Management at Monaghan General hospital are said to be planning a further downgrade of services early next year.

Finbar Lennon, medical advisor to the North Eastern Health Board has offered his resignation over the baby Bronagh Livingston tragedy.

Minister for Health Micheál Martin has said that he believes that no attempt should have been made to transfer Denise Livingston from Monaghan hospital when she arrived there in the later stages of labour.

The Irish Nurses Organisation (INO), has welcomed the publication of the independent review into the death of baby Bronagh Livingstone and joined the baby's grandfather in calling for the resignation of the North Eastern Health Board.

The family of the premature baby who died last week when her mother gave birth in an ambulance having been refused treatment at Monaghan General Hospital, have reacted angrily to the publication of an independent report into her death.

An independent report into the death of baby Bronagh Livingstone has found that her mother, Denise, should not have been transferred to Cavan Hospital, following her arrival in the late stages of delivery at Monaghan General.

The Labour Party has called on the Government to publish the Irish Medical Council's report on the management of Monaghan Hospital.

The report into the death of a baby who was born prematurely after her mother was denied treatment in Monaghan Hospital is expected to be published later today.

Action must be taken to ensure there is no repeat of a situation in which a baby girl died after her mother was refused treatment at a hospital, Minister for Health Micheál Martin said today.

The grandfather of the child who died in Cavan hospital last week after her mother was refused service at Monaghan hospital because its maternity ward has been closed has called on the Minister for Health to stand down from the North Eastern Health board.

The father of the pregnant woman whose baby died after being denied treatment in Monaghan Hospital is due to meet Health Minister Micheál Martin today.

Health Minister Michael Martin has told the Dail that, contrary to reports, the mother who lost her premature baby yesterday morning was seen at Monaghan Hospital.

The family of the baby, who died when her mother was turned away from her local hospital, has hit out at the Minister for Health, Michael Martin, and the North Eastern Health board.

The Department of Health is launching an investigation into the death of a premature baby, whose mother was unable to have treatment at her local hospital.

The High Court is due to deliver its judgement today in the case of the unborn baby of a Nigerian woman who is seeking a declaration that the foetus is a legal person.