Approximately 3,400 procedures are being cancelled in public hospitals every month, according to the latest figures.

A second man has been arrested as part of an investigation in London by counter-terrorism officers.

Operations are expected to resume at Bus Eireann this morning.

Health Minister Simon Harris expects 600 people awaiting orthopaedics, spinal, and scoliosis procedures to be removed from waiting lists by the end of the year.

For many women who survive cancer, their journey is not over, with reconstructive and preventative surgery and genetic testing prolonging their ordeal, writes Norma Costello.