Almost 6,000 fewer healthcare staff than officially permitted, HSE says
Gap will close as trainee staff move into regular employment on graduation, officials say, but nurses and doctors express concern
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Gap will close as trainee staff move into regular employment on graduation, officials say, but nurses and doctors express concern
There is a case to be made for rethinking priorities in education and training
Memoirs of notable athletes contain triumph, but most are punctuated with much punishment
Weapon was subsequently returned to Kerry TD, who has said ‘gun ownership is important’ to him
Perhaps the term was a replacement for the equally irritating ‘touching base’
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The US president’s warnings about China, European defence and border security are now concerns widely shared
Ratio of retirees to workers is rapidly increasing but for some economists that won’t be as big a problem as has been feared
Newsreaders and Elon Musk aside, people generally don’t change accents on purpose
Offshore sailor and endurance athlete Pamela Lee has set three world records for sailing around Ireland
Inane music gets in the way of forecasts
Despite near full employment there were more than 80,000 people aged 34 and under unemployed in the second quarter of 2026
About half of the nature reserve, near Peterborough, has been affected.
Town council leader Simon Rielly says the area has "a great chance of success".
A boat about 70 miles (113km) off the east coast of England had an unexpected visit from a tired owl.
Stuart Kerrison says he is taking drastic measures to keep the grass alive during the season.
The BBC can reveal detectives considered bringing new charges against double murderer Luke D'Wit.
Pacific fleet launched missile drills near what Moscow calls the Kuril Islands but Japan regards as its Northern Territories Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last week amid continuing tensions between the two countries. Russia’s Pacific fleet said on Thursday that it had fired Bastion surface-to-ship missiles from Etorofu, the larges
Consumers prioritising lower bills over environmental reasoning by a factor of 10 to one
A campaign group and a council seek to overturn a government decision to approve the development.
Bel Aghedo has completed her first year of a law degree at University of Galway
Port Erin Bay, Isle of Man: A few years ago they disappeared from these shores, but with food stocks on the up, they’ve made a magnificent return Not long ago, my encounters with basking sharks were pretty close up. When a scientist researching them off the Isle of Man needed help, with my experience of driving inflatable ribs, I was tasked with steering his small boat up to a 10-tonne shark, closely and carefully en
Radio: The presenter has a deeply moving discussion with Phil Coulter, while Second Captains Saturday also dives deep
Traverse theatre, Edinburgh Malaika Kegode delivers a supernatural story about the strange disappearance of a maudlin folk singer Playwright and performer Malaika Kegode tops and tails this show for Theatre Royal Plymouth with a message about the allure of storytelling. In a festival city bursting at the seams with stories, it is an unnecessary observation. A more important question is about which stories we choose t
Chester zoo resident, 23, ‘back to her usual feisty self’ after electrochemotherapy for tumour in her jaw A 15ft (4.5-metre) python is believed to be the first snake in the world to be given a pioneering, life-saving cancer treatment normally used on humans. The 50kg reticulated python, named Jodie Foster after the Hollywood star, has just turned 23 and lives at Chester zoo. Keepers first became concerned that she ma