One of the country’s leading surgeons has spoken of his devastation at the unexpected death of a mother of four during an uncomplicated elective surgical procedure.

Accepting the use of donated eggs brings on a classic conflict between head and heart, reports Helen O’Callaghan

CARNACON and Inch Rovers will meet in the All-Ireland Club senior championship final for the third time in four years after semi-finals wins yesterday.

The Laois senior hurling team has been given a major boost ahead of their 2008 Walsh Cup opener against Wexford this weekend.

ALCOHOL played a key role in the death of a woman in a house fire in Cork last year, an inquest heard yesterday.

JUST four-years-old and smartly packaged, the family home 16 Carraig Donn, in Shannon’s Ballycasey is ideally placed for first-time buyers who might qualify for the just launched 100% mortgages.

DESPITE the fact that a €5 million upgrade in cancer treatment equipment and additional consultants was announced for Cork University Hospital last week, there is only one specialist social worker attached to the unit for the whole of Munster.