Gardaí investigating a fatal road traffic collision in Co Offaly on Monday are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Rowena Walsh talks to Tipperary fire officer Dave Carroll who discovered he had a serious heart condition following two strokes

Three people were injured following a three-car collision in Limerick on Tuesday.

New HSE director general Paul Reid says a new model of health care will require investment.

Relatives of a Polish man who was seriously injured in a road traffic collision were desperately making travel arrangements from their home country to be with him in hospital in Limerick.

A pedestrian is in hospital after being hit by a van in Co Limerick.

Nurses are to stage a number of lunchtime protests outside hospitals around the country next week over staffing shortages and overcrowding at emergency departments.

Two people have been seriously injured in a crash in Limerick.

Latest: Gardaí have arrested a third man in connection with a fatal stabbing at Marion Estate, Kilkee, Co Clare.

There are 363 people waiting for beds at hospitals around the country this afternoon.

There were 601 patients on trolleys in acute hospitals across the country yesterday, the third highest figure this year, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

The mother of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan was killed in car crash in Co Tipperary yesterday afternoon.

Update 9.23pm: The mother of singer Shane MacGowan died in a road accident in co Tipperary today.

A man was killed and three people were injured after a van collided with an ambulance in Co Cork in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A man in his 70s has died in a crash in Borrisokane Tipperary.

Accused submerged body in pit at Cliffs of Moher, court hears

Confidential patient notes, operating theatre schedules, and minutes of meetings were repeatedly sent in error to a member of the public for six months — despite his efforts to highlight the issue.

Julia Holmes’ odyssey of international fraud may end in a pauper’s grave in Co Limerick.

As chief executive of the Limerick University Hospital group, Prof Colette Cowan has found herself in one of the most publicly scrutinised posts in the HSE system.

The body of a two-year-old boy has been found in Limerick.

Relieving pressure on emergency departments requires “a longer-term plan”, Health Minister Leo Varadkar said yesterday.

Little did they realise when they set up a mortgage for their €270k three-bed semi seven years ago that they could be heading for a legal battle for the very driveways to their homes.

A well-known GAA figure has spoken about the mystery illness which has forced him to stand aside from his position as chairman of the Limerick club Na Piarsaigh and pull out as a candidate from the upcoming local elections.

This is the gaping wound six-year-old Limerick girl Abbie Cuddihy suffered when she was attacked by a large dog while out playing.

The head of the HSE said there had been significant improvements in the overcrowding situation in hospital emergency departments.

Up to 100 charity and voluntary organisations are bracing themselves for a €60m hit after confirmation that the JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am will not take place in 2015.

An 83-year-old Limerick man who suffered a heart attack is making a good recovery at Limerick University Hospital, due to the first of its kind procedure carried out in this country.

Six people arrested in connection with an aggravated assault during which a man was robbed of casino winnings have been released without charge.

It was like a scene straight from a Las Vegas crime caper.

Limerick University Hospital failed to notify a coroner of the suspicious death of a patient, as it is obliged to do so by law, an inquest has heard.

Two days after being warned by a judge about stealing, a Limerick woman tried to wheel a trolley packed with 135 items from a Dunnes Stores outlet without paying, a court heard.

The uncle of Limerick teenager Chloe Kinsella, whose body was recovered from the River Shannon yesterday, made an emotional appeal after the discovery.

Fourteen children had to be evacuated from the paediatric unit of Limerick University Hospital after a fire broke out in the building.

A troubled Limerick youth who absconded from Limerick University Hospital after being placed there by the HSE as a temporary care measure was in a secure detention centre last night after handing himself up.

As a Limerick youth, described by his family as dangerous, was at large last night, Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald was accused of gross incompetence in failing to provide adequate places of detention for troubled teenage boys.

State services are now operating a “pass the parcel” system when dealing with troubled teens, a District Court judge has warned.

Three men are still being held for questioning over the death of a 31-year-old Polish man who died following a stabbing in Ennis overnight.

An elderly man has died in Co Clare following an accident involving a horse.

Safety organisations have warned the public to be extremely careful of water after the sixth drowning in a week.

A Limerick man is travelling so often by ambulance to sleep off hangovers in hospital that emergency personnel have dubbed him “frequent flyer”.

Limerick man Vincent Campbell can truly toast the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger.