13/02/2026
😡 WAKE UP, IRELAND, OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS COLLAPSING! 😡
Let’s cut through the spin: the public health service in Ireland is in a catastrophic mess and everyday people are paying the price.
📊 Latest figures show over 750,000 people are currently on hospital waiting lists, including more than 123,000 forced to wait over a year for treatment, and that’s before counting all the outpatient and diagnostic delays. 
📈 Even worse — 64% of patients on these waiting lists are waiting longer than the government’s own target times. 
🏥 And it’s not just a waiting list number, this means people with potentially life-threatening conditions are forced to wait MONTHS just to see a consultant, let alone get treatment.
Women with debilitating endometriosis? 747 are still stuck on waiting lists, many waiting between 3–12 months with no relief. 
More than 2,700 people waited longer than the recommended timeframe for urgent colonoscopies, a test that can save lives. 
🧠 We’ve also heard in recent privacy investigations that waiting lists for mental health care have reached record highs, with people needing help simply ignored. 
💸 The government and the HSE keep telling us there’s “progress”, yet the average wait time across the system is still well over six months according to HSE testimony to the Oireachtas. 
Meanwhile, money is flying out the door, more than €70m paid to outside companies to “tackle” waiting lists while the core HSE continues to sputter. 
This isn’t stress or inconvenience, this is systemic failure. Our hospitals are oversubscribed, under-staffed, and unfairly prioritised for political optics rather than patients.
🚨 We deserve better.
We pay some of the highest per-capita healthcare costs in Europe, but get a third-world level of access.
💬 If you’ve waited months for an appointment, had a loved one stuck on a trolley in A&E, or seen the reality of this system yourself, share your story. The time for polite talk is over.
