Among various claims, Meraid Hyland-McGuire alleges failure to act appropriately in response to an electrocardiogram (ECG) carried out on her 58-year-old husband Patrick.

The HSE pays approximately €18m a year on legal representation in cases involving children, a sum its national director of children and family services has said may be unnecessary.

The Government was accused today of doing nothing to tackle incidences of blindness despite predictions that cases will soar 170% over the next 25 years.

CANCER patients are expected to be given a better chance of survival after the arrival of breakthrough technology in Ireland.

AT the heart of the health service crisis is the urgent need to put back 3,000 public hospital beds.