Children were admitted to a dirty adult psychiatric unit with known choking hazards, according to the Mental Health Commission.

It is the second-highest figure seen at UHL this year, following the record-breaking 92 people on trolleys on January 6.

Gardaí investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl in a car crash in Cork City last Wednesday believe the driver of a white taxi may have information which could be vital to them.

Over 600 patients are being treated on trolleys at hospitals across the country.

A Co Limerick man who was died instantly when his van collided with the back of an articulated truck outside Limerick city, Saturday has been named locally as Ivan Harvey

There were 1,450 admitted patients waiting on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick this month, making it the most overcrowded public acute hospital in the country.

The victim had been fishing with another man at Castle Point near Kilkee in the west of the county when the tragedy occurred at around 2.30pm.

A prisoner who escaped from custody during a Limerick hospital appointment Thursday, returned himself to jail this Friday.

The passenger is understood to have been suffering from ‘acute pain’.

The flight had departed at around 3.45pm and was about two hours into its journey when the crew turned around and diverted to Shannon.

A five-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after he was trapped in a hole and had to be dug out by fire crews.

A father-of-one died from a stab wound which penetrated the left side of his chest to a depth of over 25cm, a murder trial has heard.

A man has died following a single-vehicle road traffic collision in Co Clare this afternoon.

A group of school children came upon the woman’s body close to the edge of stream, along a walkway, a short distance from the Ardnacrusha electrical power station, a garda source said.

Fianna Fáil has claimed the trolley crisis is a symptom of a sick health system.

Gardaí in Listowel investigating the death of a male cyclist in his 60s are appealing for witnesses.

One of the country's leading HPV vaccine campaigners Laura Brennan has died at the age of 26.

A young rock climber is recovering in hospital following a late night rescue operation in Co Clare.

A man has died in hospital following a tragic accident at his home in Co Clare this afternoon.

Son reveals his mother’s ordeal at Portiuncula Hospital to highlight healthcare crisis, need for action

Relatives of a pensioner found dead in her Limerick home yesterday were said to be “distressed and shocked” after gardaí confirmed they were treating her death as suspicious.

The family of a Co Tipperary mother who died 12 days ago after a life-saving trial drug was withdrawn is seeking a meeting with Health Minister Minister Simon Harris to get reassurances no other patient would have to face that position.

Three people have been taken to hospital following a multi-vehicle collision in Clare this afternoon.

LATEST: The crew of a transatlantic flight which diverted to Shannon Airport with an ill passenger this afternoon reported an issue with a fuel valve before landing.

Almost 6,000 elderly people over the age of 75 have been forced to wait on hospital trolleys and in emergency departments for more than 24 hours this year despite a Government commitment to end the scandal.

Update: Gardaí have ruled out foul play in the deaths of a soldier and a student, who passed away suddenly in separate incidents in Limerick.

As he faces into his last day in Cabinet, the Minister for Finance yesterday tore up his ministerial scripts and let rip with the famous Michael Noonan wit.

The family of the baby who died after being left unattended in a car for several hours are being comforted by relatives and neighbours as they attempted to come to terms with the tragedy.

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A Limerick criminal who claims he is addicted to fast cars, sped through heavy city centre traffic in a stolen BMW pursued by armed gardaí, crashing into two patrol cars and a bus before knocking down a garda, a court heard.

Funeral arrangements are being prepared for devoted teenage sweethearts Gary Kelly and Delia Keary after they both lost their lives following a head-on road collision, last Friday.

A young woman is recovering in hospital after she was struck by a bus and thrown over a ditch into a field in Co Clare.

In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in Irish courts, a Lithuanian man is set to commence a compensation case against the State, claiming he was accidentally shot during a garda operation.

Private hospitals in Cork, Kilkenny, and Mullingar have been asked to support public hospitals as part of the latest Health Department and HSE efforts to tackle overcrowding at Ireland’s emergency departments.

A transatlantic jet diverted to Shannon Airport this afternoon after a passenger was reported to have suffered a heart attack.

A three-year-old girl has died after sustaining catastrophic injuries in a horrific crash on the M20 near Patrickswell, Co Limerick.

Patients and staff welcome €3m cancer care facilities that replace prefabs in Limerick, writes Kathryn Hayes

A woman who died after her car overturned into a field was not found for several hours. Catherine Lynch, 56, died late on Friday night. Her car drove off a narrow country road, at Shanaway West, near Miltown Malbay, in Co Clare.

An air of silence and sadness hung over the usually boisterous Ballybrit yesterday as the racing community mourned the passing of jockey John Thomas ‘JT’ McNamara.

A review of security arrangements is being carried out at an acute psychiatric unit after the HSE confirmed three patients left the facility in the space of one month.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who witnessed a fatal collision in Limerick yesterday to come forward.

A boat club said yesterday it had not given permission for the use of a 16ft launch in which a man died and three others were rescued during an early morning incident on the Shannon in Co Limerick.

A well-known Tipperary publican and farmer who had a passion for vintage machinery died on Wednesday evening while starting a vintage lorry, one of his four devastated children said.

There needs to be a mandatory five-year jail sentence for anyone found guilty of assaulting an elderly person Metropolitan Mayor of Limerick, Jerry O’Dea has urged after two pensioners in the city were viciously beaten and robbed.

The home of a senior member of the McCarthy Dundon criminal network has been raided by gardaí as part of the investigation into the attempted murder of crime boss Christy Keane.