A doctor found guilty of professional misconduct has said his treatment during a public inquiry “will be fully paid for at an extremely bloody price for the people involved worldwide,” the High Court heard.

The Oscar-nominated ‘Brooklyn’ helped drive profits at the family-controlled Dublin Cinema Group last year.

Uncertainty continues to dog political talks aimed at saving power-sharing in Northern Ireland after a British government statement failed to prompt unionists to sign up to negotiations.

Uncertainty continues to dog political talks aimed at saving power-sharing in the North after a British Government statement failed to prompt unionists to sign up to negotiations.

Sinn Féin has said it is “open” to the potential return of the Independent Monitoring Commission to ensure paramilitary groups no longer exist after Northern Ireland’s secretary of state said this may be the only way to resolve the current crisis.

The North’s politicians have been called into talks next week to resolve the crisis over IRA activity.

Police in the North have said they would support an independent assessment of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland after IRA members shot a man dead.

An independent monitoring commission-style group could be brought back to examine ongoing paramilitary activity in a bid to save Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government from collapsing, over the provisional IRA crisis.

A DUP delegation met Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers in Belfast yesterday to discuss the furore sparked by the recent murder of IRA man Kevin McGuigan in the city and a PSNI assessment that Provisional IRA members may have been involved.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has insisted the Provisional IRA no longer exists, even in a “benign” criminal gang form alleged in recent days, and that his party has “no special responsibility” over recent murders in Belfast.

The Government has pledged to publish new abortion laws in July.

The Government has pledged to publish new abortion laws in July.

Irish mining group IMC, which discovered a sizeable quantity of gold in Co Wexford, has identified the full length of the potential gold seam in the South-East.

A mining company may have literally struck gold in Wexford.

IMC Exploration Group has today announced "significant" gold results from its Wexford licence area.

No women have complained to authorities after having a termination performed on medical grounds in an Irish hospital, health chiefs have revealed.

Politicians have been told to ensure the protection of the public is paramount when drafting abortion legislation and regulations.

A Chinese woman has been convicted of sexually assaulting two twelve year old girls at a Dublin cinema.

A fitness to practise committee of the Irish Medical Council has expressed serious concern about surgical procedures at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin after it claimed there was “significant evidence of systems failures, weaknesses and errors” at the hospital.

A consultant surgeon at Ennis General Hospital who carried out three operations on a 39-year-old mother who subsequently died has denied poor performance.

A medical inquiry is expected to rule later today into allegations of poor professional performance against one the country’s leading paediatric surgeons.

Exchanges should slap higher fees on traders who cancel many of their buy and sell orders to stop potential abuses from ultra-fast high-frequency trading, a senior EU politician has said.

THE Government is to examine laws regulating mortgage brokers after the case of a debt-ridden family affected by suicide was raised in the Dáil.

ENDA KENNY ruled out a blanket debt forgiveness scheme for distressed mortgage holders but pledged that troubled borrowers would not be kicked out of their homes.

INVESTIGATORS from the Central Bank have started to interview distressed mortgage holders as part of a probe into the sales practices used by mortgage brokers during the boom.

JENNIFER* lost her husband to suicide after they fell into mortgage arrears — now she could lose her home.

The final report from the Independent Monitoring Commission has found that while paramilitary activity has decreased significantly, the threat against PSNI officers from dissident groups remains.

Hopes of an end to rioting in Belfast were growing today after a night which was free from trouble.

Guns were back on the streets in Belfast tonight after three people were shot during the most serious rioting in the North for years.

A major riot that saw police come under gun attack by loyalists in the North is being blamed on the Ulster Volunteer Force, despite the paramilitary group being on ceasefire.

Loyalist paramilitaries supposed to be on ceasefire organised major rioting in Belfast and opened fire on police, a senior officer has revealed.

A CORK-BASED doctor has appeared before the Irish Medical Council over his treatment of a patient with a history of cardiac problems who collapsed at home two years ago.

The British government will help 5,000 people escape the besieged rebel-held town of Misrata and provide vital medical supplies to those caught up in violence across western Libya, Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today.

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed it is fully committed to the closure of St Joseph’s psychiatric hospital in Limerick.

The watchdog commissions that oversaw the winding-down of paramilitary groups in the North have been dissolved.

A watchdog set up to monitor paramilitary ceasefires in the North has presented its final report to the authorities.

THE care provided by a consultant at St James’s Hospital in Dublin to a woman who died as a result of complications from a bowel obstruction fell seriously short of expected standards, a medical expert has claimed.

THE family of a woman who died at St James’ Hospital in Dublin five days after being admitted with repeated complaints of vomiting and stomach cramps has expressed “grave concern” about the level of care provided by a doctor at the hospital.

MORE than 20 doctors are currently receiving support from the Irish Medical Council (IMC) to cope with medical problems that could impact on their professional performance.

A LITHUANIAN doctor accused of professional misconduct and poor professional performance stormed out of an Irish Medical Council (IMC) hearing in Dublin yesterday.

DISSIDENT republicans have detonated four times as many explosives in the last six months, compared to the previous six months.

“I KNEW there was something wrong. Nobody listened to me. I was the over-anxious mother fussing about her child. Now I have no child. It’s just not good enough.”