Media News
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Concerns by board led to report into management of hospital
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
EITHNE DONNELLAN, PAUL CULLEN and DR MUIRIS HOUSTON THE BOARD of Tallaght hospital was so concerned about the way the hospital was being run, it commissioned an independent report on...
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Court moves to car park as client unwell
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
A HIGH Court judge moved a sitting of his court to an outside car park yesterday afternoon after the plaintiff in a civil case had to leave the courtroom because...
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Beaumont warning over long-term care charge
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
PAMELA NEWENHAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL patients requiring long-term care have been warned they will incur charges of €1,365 a week if they fail to complete a nursing home support scheme application...
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Tallaght denies 30,000 letters unopened
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
EITHNE DONNELLAN, Health Correspondent, and PAUL CULLEN HOSPITAL'S RESPONSE: Tallaght hospital in Dublin said yesterday there were never anything like 30,000 GP referral letters left lying around the hospital unopened....
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Printer with Joycean links gets court protection
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
MARY CAROLAN A HIGH Court judge has granted court protection to a well-known Dublin printing company which published the Belfast Agreement and has links to James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. It...
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'Accident-prone' man in more than 12 previous personal injury cases
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
AN “ACCIDENT-prone” man who has sued Eircom after allegedly suffering injuries as a result of tripping over a manhole cover had brought more than a dozen previous personal injuries actions,...
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Anglo takes legal action against FitzPatrick
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
SIMON CARSWELL, Finance Correspondent STATE-OWNED Anglo Irish Bank has taken legal action against the bank’s former chairman Sean FitzPatrick in an attempt to recover unpaid loans of €70 million. The...
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Judgments registered against construction firm's owners
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
COLM KEENA, Public Affairs Correspondent JUDGMENTS AGAINST businessmen Liam Moran and Vincent Maguire, the owners of the Walsh Maguire construction company, which is now in liquidation, have been registered against...
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Bank granted summary judgment order of €26m
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
MARY CAROLAN TWO BUSINESSMEN who failed to defend a bank’s application for summary judgment orders for €26.2 million over guarantees on loans to their property company had judgment entered in...
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Swab left inside body of mother after birth
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
THE HSE has been ordered to pay over €75,000 to a woman because a swab was left inside her body after she had given birth. Emma Noack (27), of Dunmore...
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Patient sent home even though he needed emergency surgery
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
DELAYS in examining X-rays are occurring in other hospitals, with some patients forced to seek private treatment in order to avoid delays. The Health Service Executive ( HSE ) last...