The Health Service Executive (HSE) says that staff payroll will proceed this week but they may see some discrepancies. Earlier, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed that the HSE payment system is down as a result of the attack. He said getting it back up and running to ensure HSE staff are paid is now “an absolute priority”. He also confirmed that some of the 146,000 people working in the HSE are due to be paid on Thursday. HeartbreakingThe health minister described the cyberattack on the HSE as “an attack on the Irish people, the health system and patients and their families”.

Source: Irish Examiner May 18, 2021 08:00 UTC