Claims by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation that conditions at University Maternity Hospital Limerick make it unsafe for mothers and babies have been rejected by management.

A top cancer surgeon is to leave his post next month, claiming he no longer has the resources to take care of his patients.

THERE is a maddening predisposition in public service agencies to spend taxpayers’ money on outside companies and consultants rather than rely on their own resources, especially when those resources are readily available.