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Fergal Bowers

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Health Correspondent RTÉ News. Journalist for 45 years. NUJ member. Author. Views my own.

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RTÉ News: Can the scoliosis and spina bifida inquiry get to the truth?
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
RTÉ News: EU health ministers to discuss medicines, clinical trials
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
RTÉ News: Call for scoliosis inquiry to focus on harm to children
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
RTÉ News: Flu vaccine shortage sees clinics at workplaces cancelled
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
RTÉ News: Scoping report says commission of investigation into child spinal care should take place in private not a
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
RTÉ News: What will this winter trolley season bring?
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RTÉ News: Cancer patients losing average of €16,200 annual income
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RTÉ News: HSE expects to receive full supply of flu vaccines
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RTÉ News: HSE home care supports an Eircode lottery, say independent providers
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RTÉ News: Abortion wait rule may impact care for some, committee told
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
RTÉ News: Doctor cleared over breast cancer patient's treatment
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
RTÉ News: Marty Whelan: The making of an Irish broadcasting icon
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
RTÉ News: Teenage girl who survived life-threatening sepsis relearning everyday tasks
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
RTÉ News: Bouncy castles linked to Ireland's biggest MRSA outbreak
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
RTÉ News: 'Risk to public': Paramedics regulator unable to remove criminals
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
RTÉ News: Music therapy provides emotional and social support to palliative care patients
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
RTÉ News: Family 'failed' over man's death hours after discharge from mental health unit
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
RTÉ News: Only one in five people expect to retire fully - survey
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
RTÉ News: Journalist, author Frank McDonald dies aged 76
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
RTÉ News: 'Enormous improvements' in hospitals since public-only consultant contract introduced - minister
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
RTÉ News: Improved outcomes for cancer patients in Ireland over 30-year period - report
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I just received this Scam message circulating about Medical Card renewal - Beware
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
RTÉ News: Poison helpline reports 4% rise in calls in 2025
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
RTÉ News: Wide variations in delivery of cancer treatment, data shows
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RTÉ News: 'This cannot happen again' - Friedreich's Ataxia patients
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RTÉ News: Uncertainty over final decision on Skyclarys as HSE team to meet
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
RTÉ News: World Rugby loses bid to throw out concussion lawsuits
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
RTÉ News: Concerns around Cork University Hospital must be listened to - IHCA
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
RTÉ News: HSE detects high-risk cannabinoids in vape products sold in Ireland
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
RTÉ News: Weight loss drugs - can the demand be contained?
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
RTÉ News: Survey explores effects of prostate cancer on intimacy
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
RTÉ News: Parking fee revenue at public hospitals doubles over four years
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
RTÉ News: Health watchdog to carry out tobacco affordability study
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
RTÉ News: HSE to consider covering cost of Friedreich's Ataxia drug
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
RTÉ News: AI use in health system must be deemed safe - HIQA
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
RTÉ News: Woman who suffered delayed Huntington's diagnosis settles case against HSE and Dr
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
RTÉ News: Health experts call for European neurological strategy
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
RTÉ News: Calls to support older people as high temperatures continue across the country
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
RTÉ News: Govt agrees to investigation into paedophile Michael Shine
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
RTÉ News: Six children on life support at Temple St after e-scooter injuries
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
RTÉ News: Wide variation in take-up of public-only consultant contract - data
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
RTÉ News: Heatwave in Europe is the most severe ever recorded - study
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
RTÉ News: WHO chief warns that heatwave-hit Europe must adapt healthcare
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
RTÉ News: HSE €400m over budget at end of May, committee told
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
RTÉ News: Clive Davis, music industry mogul, dies aged 94
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
RTÉ News: Minister calls on all groups to engage with CHI inquiry
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
RTÉ News: Families write to minister over CHI inquiry concerns
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
RTÉ News: Value of early access to new medicines questioned by Director of National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
RTÉ News: Mother with ADHD says diagnosis in 30s 'greatest gift'
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Fergal Bowers @fergalbowers.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
RTÉ News: Charity launching strategy to broaden understanding of ADHD
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