A nurse midwife has had her registration cancelled by the High Court over concerns about her ability to practice safely due to a history of psychosis.

A doctor has been suspended from the medical register here for six months for professional misconduct following a finding he told a female patient he wanted to kiss her.

A doctor received sums totalling about €12,650 from a seriously ill patient aged in his seventies in circumstances suggesting a breach of the Medical Council's ethical guidelines, the president of the High Court has said.

Ambulance crews in the Mid-west will meet tonight to discuss what action to take in protest at the reinstatement of a former colleague who pleaded guilty in court to spying on female colleagues.

FOR the first time in its 30-year history, the Medical Council will today allow public attendance at a fitness to practise (FTP) inquiry.

THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has decided not to prosecute disgraced surgeon Michael Shine in respect of complaints by two patients.

IN JANUARY last year, Britain’s General Medical Council (GMC) erased the name of Dr Hassan Hassan Baker from its medical register.

TWO hospital consultants found guilty of professional misconduct are to seek a judicial review in the High Court of the Medical Council’s findings against them.