The biggest property deal in the North's history was "seriously deficient", the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said.

The Public Accounts Committee’s report in Project Eagle has found it was not appropriate to give preferential treatment to any organisations engaged in the final stages of a bidding process for the purchase of assets owned by the State, or involved in a tendering process under public procurement.

Only half of the teenage girls entitled to receive a vaccine that prevents cervical cancer started getting the jab last year.

Nama’s resistance to public scrutiny over its handling of the sale of a distressed loans in the North could result in harmful political fallout, writes Eamon Quinn

Nama paid international investment house Lazard more than €5m to oversee the sale of the controversial Project Eagle loan portfolio which has been dogged by allegations of wrongdoing over the past fortnight.

Nama faced fierce scrutiny yesterday amid claims by senior members of the Dáil’s public accounts committee that it should have cancelled a huge sale last year of €5.7bn of Northern loans, codenamed Project Eagle.

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The controversy started over disputed legal fees at the Belfast law firm Tughans involving £7m (€9.8m) held in a secret account on the Isle of Man.

Boys may be included in the schools vaccination programme against the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, it emerged yesterday.

The Government is being urged to include the only licensed vaccine against a deadly type of meningitis in the childhood immunisation schedule as soon as possible.

Pregnant women and secondary school students are being targeted as part of a public health campaign to boost protection against whooping cough.

THERE is evidence flu-like illnesses may have “plateaued” after reaching an all-time high earlier this month.

IRISH children will have to wait until next year before they are entitled to a lifesaving vaccine manufactured in the State.

IRISH children are not entitled to a life-saving vaccine manufactured in the State.

A VACCINATION against pneumococcal disease, which claims 130 lives in Ireland every year, is expected to be included in the country’s childhood immunisation scheme.

DOZENS of lives could be saved if the Government introduced a vaccine preventing deadly diseases such as meningitis, pneumonia and septicaemia.

TÁNAISTE and Health Minister Mary Harney yesterday said her department acted swiftly in response to a warning of an increased incidence of meningitis in vaccinated children.

THE medical expert leading a booster vaccine campaign to protect children from bacterial meningitis and other diseases has rejected claims the State is dragging its heels in offering the vaccination.

A MAYO tourist spot has beaten rivals from all over the country to be crowned Ireland’s Best Kept Town.