A Dublin woman has said her autistic son is now homeless in hospital because the HSE have not housed him in residential care.

For a tangible expression of motherly love, see Adrienne Murphy and Caoimh Connolly, mother and child, faces pressed tenderly together in a photo of a protest at the Dáil when Caoimh was just a tot.

A Dublin mother whose emotional Facebook appeal has now been viewed over 60,000 times has called on the HSE to act now to provide "nothing more" than the desperate care her son needs, writes Ciara Phelan.

Washing over the EU is a flurry of supportive economic figures; from robust unemployment data to solid GDP data.

Midwives say unsafe staffing levels in maternity units around the country could lead to a repeat of the catastrophic systems failures that claimed the life of Savita Halappanavar.

A 20-year-old American beauty queen was crowned Miss Universe today.

TRUDIE and Sean O’Doherty said ‘yes’ pretty quickly to having their pregnancy and the birth of their baby filmed for the second series of Here To Maternity.

THE Green Party has upped the pressure on Minister for Education Mary Hanafin after meeting parents embroiled in a battle with her over services for autistic children.