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This year
2024
Ireland's nursing home sector 'under threat of failure' amid post-pandemic challenges - report
Fourteen private operators control 40% of nursing home beds, the study found.
One in five small, private nursing homes have closed for good, since the pandemic.
Private patients receive 55% less subsidy funding compared to patients in the public sector.
Models of care are being wiped out and the sector is under threat, according to one sector representative.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
Updated 9 Jan
22.4k
30
Last year
2023
Highest number of asylum applications filed on record last year
29 Nov 2023
12.1k
Irish GDP set to contract for the first time in over a decade, ESRI says
4 Oct 2023
26.0k
28
Means-tested extra child benefit payment could lift 40,000 children out of poverty
7 Sep 2023
48.4k
92
Ireland's poorest households saw their income dip even further during the pandemic
5 Sep 2023
12.0k
53
People in disadvantaged areas experienced greater employment disruption during Covid pandemic
13 Jul 2023
6.2k
35
All time
Report finds number of households in energy poverty now at highest recorded rate
16 Jun 2022
9.0k
11
Covid-19 pandemic means hard Brexit 'could impact Irish economy even worse than feared'
17 Sep 2020
21.3k
23
Almost half of people don't know calling GP to discuss Covid-19 symptoms is free, ESRI finds
26 Aug 2020
22.2k
24
Students want overhaul of Leaving Cert course to avoid 'immense pressures' and rote learning
7 Nov 2019
12.6k
27
Students 'pressured' by new Leaving Cert grade scheme as number sitting higher level exams rises
17 Jan 2019
10.7k
18
'It will deepen the crisis': Government warned of 'little or no scope' for tax cuts
19 Jun 2018
12.6k
57
Living near a green space may not have any impact on obesity
15 Apr 2018
8.8k
16
People living in areas of high radon exposure at higher risk of lung cancer
8 Feb 2018
23.5k
21
ESRI forecasts strong growth in economy ... but Brexit will hamper some sectors
13 Dec 2017
6.4k
34
C-section rates are on the rise in Ireland - but age is a considerable risk factor, says study
25 Oct 2016
17.0k
17
Britain leaving the EU could cost Ireland €3 billion a year
5 Nov 2015
11.6k
77
Better childcare over tax cuts? Will the government listen to this advice?
21 Jul 2015
15.3k
61
Growing up in Ireland: The recession made kids more badly-behaved
15 Jul 2015
17.2k
38
Your electricity bills are going to get more expensive in a couple of years
10 Mar 2015
9.4k
29
It's true...Ireland IS affected by housing market changes more than other countries
10 Jun 2014
9.3k
60
Irish Water compared to HSE as expert says €2bn wasted on overstaffing
27 Jan 2014
8.4k
63
Irish consumers in 'notably more positive mood' last month
15 Jan 2014
4.9k
16
Irish attitudes to immigrants have become ‘more negative’ over last 7 years
26 Jun 2013
9.5k
119
ESRI predicts economic growth and fall in unemployment in 2013
31 Jan 2013
3.4k
58
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
29 Nov 2012
8.2k
14
Top execs pension contributions 36 times more than other staff
14 Nov 2012
3.6k
15
ESRI report on economy is 'a waste of paper'
21 Sep 2012
10.0k
118
Think-tank says Irish economy is 'bouncing along the bottom'
21 Sep 2012
7.5k
69
If demand to buy houses rises, shortage in cities could see price surge - ESRI
19 Jun 2012
4.5k
50
Suggestions of government interference in ESRI paper withdrawal 'unfounded'
13 Jun 2012
5.2k
34
ESRI paper which said many would be better off on dole withdrawn
12 Jun 2012
7.5k
69
ESRI report says just 3 per cent better off on dole than in jobs
13 Oct 2011
794
26
New bailout deal will reduce debt quicker than expected - ESRI
6 Sep 2011
734
11
Government should cut €4 billion in December budget, says ESRI
1 Sep 2011
527
12
Ireland has highest birth rate in the EU
28 Jun 2011
4.4k
36
Looking for work? Don't go through the State's back-to-work plan, report finds
13 May 2011
1.7k
Childhood mental health being "neglected" despite its effect on later life
7 Oct 0201
241