Four inpatient mental health units that failed to meet standards in fundamental areas of operation had their licences “endorsed” during 2018 by the mental health watchdog.

Sparks flew at the emergency department at the Mater University Hospital in Dublin as fire brigade personnel were called in to use an electric angle grinder to remove a metal ring from a man’s penis.

Sparks flew at the emergency department at the Mater University Hospital in Dublin as fire brigade personnel were called in to use an electric angle grinder to remove a metal ring from a man’s penis.