Irish people remain very wary of giving up their private health insurance, latest figures show. They are fearful of having to rely on the public system given the very long hospital waiting lists. Despite the impact of Covid-19 and employment levels, there has been a rise in people taking out private health insurance. In Ireland,…

Hospital waiting lists in Ireland continue to deteriorate. Latest figures just published show that there were 857,290 people waiting in August for some kind of acute hospital care. By far the biggest list within the overall figures are those waiting to be seen, for the first time, by a consultant at an outpatient clinic. That…