Thousands of people have turned out to protest against cuts at Navan Hospital in Co Meath today.

Fine Gael has accused Minister Noel Dempsey of trying to undermine this afternoon's protest march against cuts at Navan Hospital.

Around 5,000 people are expected to take to the streets in Co Meath this afternoon in a bid to have closed services at Navan Hospital reinstated.

Up to 700 people have turned out in Co Meath to protest over cutbacks at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan.

The HSE is due to meet unions involved with staff at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, Co. Meath, today.

The Deputy Mayor of Navan Peadar Tóibín has announced a rally in support of Navan Hospital tomorrow at 1pm outside Our Lady's Hospital.

THE HSE’s decision to cut all acute and emergency surgery services from Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan is part of a wider plan to downgrade the facility, it has been claimed.

Model Katy French remains seriously ill in hospital following her collapse at a party in Co Meath over the weekend.

Relatives of a top model who is seriously ill face a further anxious day at her hospital bedside as a friend said he believed she had the strength of character to recover.

FOUR of the five teenage girls who were killed in yesterday’s horror bus crash were pupils at the Loreto Convent in Navan.

GARDAÍ are treating as suspicious the death of a man found by the roadside in Co Meath yesterday.

NAVAN has had an Accident and Emergency unit at Our Lady's Hospital since Adam was a boy.