THE HSE was forced to panic buy PPE from ­hardware shops, vets, a bin bag company and a phone accessory shop in a €704million splurge during the first wave of the ­pandemic, we can reveal. Our special ...

Around 20% of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) delivered from China last week is not suitable to use, according to the HSE. The first shipment of PPE from China arrived in Dublin last Sunday, but ...

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is spending almost €5.5 million each year on the storage of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) such as gowns and face masks. In response to a query raised by the ...

Profits at a little-known Ennis firm that was the largest Irish based provider of Covid-19 PPE to the HSE last year enjoyed a 20-fold increase in post tax profits to €2.86 million. That is according ...

More than a third of the over €900 million the HSE spent on personal protective equipment last year had to be written off because of the large quantities purchased and the high prices paid, the ...

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is set to pay at least €7 million to get rid of out-of-date hand sanitiser, face masks and other PPE that it purchased during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Irish Mirror ...

The HSE told the nursing homes regulator last month, as coronavirus outbreaks rose sharply, that it could not supply three days’ worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) to all nursing homes, as ...

Senior HSE officials have outlined a massive operation to increase the amount of equipment and facilities it has available to respond to the Covid-19 crisis. It includes some 15 years’ worth of ...

A little known Ennis company has emerged as the largest Irish based provider of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Health Service Executive in the battle against Covid-19. Figures released by ...

Employers should not purchase ‘KN95’ face masks as personal protective equipment because they are unlikely to protect wearers against contracting Covid-19, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has ...