A young mother who laughed as she kicked and punched a Co Waterford man before leaving him for dead in a skip has been jailed for life.

A man was confrontational and angry when he sought answers over why his seriously ill wife was not in intensive care six days before she died, a senior doctor told the inquest into her death.

A man was confrontational and angry when he sought answers over why his seriously ill wife was not in intensive care six days before she died, a senior doctor told the inquest into her death.

A young girl was fighting for life in hospital tonight after it is believed she was shot in the head by her father who then apparently killed himself.

A Crohn’s disease sufferer has lost a High Court challenge against what she claims is an “unlawful” decision to refuse her funding for her eggs to be frozen before she undergoes chemotherapy.

A Crohn’s disease sufferer is challenging what she claims is an “unlawful” decision to refuse her funding for her eggs to be frozen before she undergoes chemotherapy.

A three-year-old girl who underwent a life-saving liver transplant operation in King’s College Hospital, London, has returned to her home in Kerry.

A community is rallying around the family of a little Kerry girl due for a life-saving organ transplant next month.

The first clinical trials of an electronic eye implant designed to restore the sight of blind people have proved successful and “exceeded expectations”, scientists said yesterday.

Liver transplant teenager Meadhbh McGivern has told how she has become hooked on exercise just eight months after her marathon lifesaving surgery.

A former visual effects supervisor for Doctor Who has had fat taken from his stomach and inserted into his temple after falling 8m from a drainpipe in 2009.

A teenager who missed a liver transplant operation earlier this summer because of botched transport plans was recovering tonight after undergoing surgery in London.

HOPES have risen that a baby girl who received a liver graft from her mother this week will see her first birthday.

A BABY girl who needs a liver transplant if she is to see her first birthday is to get a partial liver graft from her mother next month.

THE father of a Co Leitrim teenager who needs a liver transplant said he has been reassured that there is no need to relocate his family to Dublin or London to ensure her place on the waiting list for a donor organ.

IRISH children awaiting transplant operations in Britain may no longer be able to avail of organs from “non-heartbeating” donors if they live more than three hours travel time from the British hospital where the surgery will take place.

A SYSTEM set up since the Meadhbh McGivern case means the HSE’s National Ambulance Service (NAS) now gets updates twice a day on the availability of emergency aircraft and gets instant alerts if any of those aircraft become unavailable.

MEADHBH McGivern’s father has said that he was shocked at a report’s finding that no single body had overall responsibility for co-ordinating travel plans for patients requiring transplant surgery in Britain.

THE failure to arrange a flight in time to bring Leitrim teenager Meadhbh McGivern to London for a life-saving liver transplant operation was primarily due to the absence of a single co-ordinating agency or individual with overall charge of the patient’s transport arrangements.

More than 100 people have been arrested after bouts of rioting and looting broke out across London overnight.

AN infant girl will have to wait another two months before doctors decide she is ready for a life-saving liver transplant.

A FOUR-month-old baby girl needs a life-saving liver transplant, if she is to see her first birthday.

Stephen Gately had an undetected heart condition which killed him, his family believes.

Boxing promoter Frank Maloney has vowed to return to the sport as soon as possible after undergoing an operation at King’s College Hospital in London yesterday following a heart attack.

The father of a Co Down teenager who urgently needs a liver transplant is set to take his battle to the courts.

A PARAMEDIC in Britain was charged yesterday with murdering his three-month-old son and abusing the baby’s twin sister.

Former Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam died today in a hospice, a family spokesman said.

Former Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam is today fighting for her life in hospital.

FORMER Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam is critically ill, hospital officials said last night.

SURGEONS have developed a pioneering operation performed in the womb that can save babies with a fatal birth defect, it was revealed yesterday.

A baby born using sperm which was frozen for 21 years is believed to mark a world record in fertility treatment, British researchers said today.

FAMILY and friends of Lizzie Finnegan (nee O’Farrell) are rallying together to raise funds to ensure she has company at her bedside.

LIZZIE O’FARRELL still clings to her dream of a new life.

AN Irish hepatitis C sufferer remains in a critical condition in a London hospital and there are still no immediate plans to give her a potentially life-saving liver transplant.

An alleged rape of a 60-year-old woman at a London mental health unit was today being investigated by detectives.