TWO members of the Health Service Executive (HSE) forum in the north-east resigned yesterday in protest at what they say is the lack of “accountability” and “responsibility” by the HSE to the members of the forum.

A High Court action brought on behalf of a 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, who requires constant care and attention as a result of the injuries she sustained during his birth at Monaghan Hospital, has been settled today for €3m.

COUNCILLORS in Louth have called for the abolition of the HSE and its executive over the forthcoming transfer of cancer services from Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda to Dublin’s Beaumont hospital.

A YOUNG Co Louth woman who suffers from an inflamed colon has been awarded more than €500,000 in damages by the High Court after a judge found her illness was not properly treated or managed by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and the HSE (North Eastern Health Board).

A young Co Louth woman who suffers from an inflamed colon has been awarded more than €500,000 in damages by the High Court today.

THE need for an out-of-hours child protection service was highlighted in the south east 10 years ago in a child care report.

IF there is evidence of a second Down’s syndrome cluster in Dundalk then it should be investigated.

A bachelor farmer who is giving away land in Co Meath worth €1.6m to the travelling community today said a multi-cultural society would aid the country.

THE cautionary tale of what happened at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, where an inordinately high number of women had their wombs removed, was, we are told, “set in a time of unquestioning submission to authority, whether religious or civil, when nurses and doctors were in abundant supply and permanent jobs were few and treasured.”

A PUBLIC inquiry is to be established by the Monaghan Health Services Action Group (HSAG) to examine the quality of care being offered by Monaghan General Hospital.

MEDICAL staff will be spared criminal charges over the death of a schoolgirl sent home from hospital with a “tummy bug” when she was suffering serious complications following surgery.

The inquest into the death of a nine-year-old girl who died after being released from Cavan General Hospital is to go ahead after the Director of Public Prosecution decided to take no action.

A SENIOR consultant, who turned down the post of chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE), is believed to be back in talks about taking up the position.

The minister with responsibility for the elderly, Seán Power, yesterday admitted inspection procedures for nursing homes were “ridiculous” and vowed to do something about it.

THE mother of a brain-damaged boy yesterday claimed a health board attempted to portray her as unfit in a bid to limit the amount of damages it was set to pay out.

A former IRA jailbreaker was today detained for further questioning by gardaí in relation to yesterday’s armed extortion attempt in Co Cork.

Two surgeons who were prevented from working at Cavan General Hospital for the last 18 months have had their suspensions lifted by the Department of Health, it emerged today.

SURGICAL services at Cavan General Hospital are continuing to nosedive despite repeated recommendations for ways to improve the situation, the latest in a series of damning reports warns.

A senior doctor at Cavan General Hospital today denied that the surgical unit was in a dysfunctional state.

A HEART attack victim who fell ill just minutes away from his local hospital, died after being taken to another hospital 37 miles away.

AMBULANCE personnel and child care staff are subjected to particularly high levels of workplace violence, a study has found.

THE gardaí are investigating 18 cases of sexual abuse of elderly men and women in the North Eastern Health Board region.

ALCOHOL abuse is leading to the sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections (STI), which are now at their highest-ever recorded level, Health Minister Mary Harney said yesterday.

DRINK-DRIVERS are playing Russian roulette with their own lives and the lives of others, it was claimed yesterday.

Drink-drivers are playing Russian roulette with their own lives and the lives of others, Minister for Transport Martin Cullen warned at the launch of the Christmas drink-driving blitz.

A HOSPITAL unable to treat a heart attack victim because its A&E service was off-call will remain closed to emergencies for at least two months.

AN elderly man who suffered a heart attack just 500 yards from Monaghan Hospital died as ambulance staff were forced to rush him to Cavan Hospital 45 miles away.

MORE THAN half underage drinkers typically buy alcohol themselves in a pub, according to a survey.

The North Eastern Health Board has confirmed that all planned operations at one of the country’s largest hospitals have been cancelled until further notice.

ADMISSIONS of drunk people to acute hospitals have shot up by 80%, a study found yesterday.

Parents whose children are being bullied at school must listen carefully to their problems before they act, a booklet launched today will warn.

SCHOOL bullying could be significantly reduced if the Government trained teachers better in how to deal with the problem, an expert psychiatrist said yesterday.

Nurses worked under protest at a Co Louth hospital today to highlight the severe pressures they face with a growing volume of patients.

THE hospital where a Cavan schoolgirl died after a series of failures by medics and managers must be given the money to hire key personnel, the Medical Council has said.

JASON started pre-school last year but only after his father again took on the local health board.

DR MOSNEY ASYLUM, the medic who appeared to receive €4,940 for treating asylum seekers, is fictional and so was the payment made to him.

JASON LOGAN-MACKIN is very small for his age but he can always rely on his father to stand up for him and fight his corner.

The North Eastern Health Board has reportedly criticised the standard of health services provided at the Mosney accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Co Meath.

MORE women have died from breast cancer in the Republic than Northern Ireland because of the lack of national screening problem.

THE chief executive of the North Eastern Health Board, at the centre of much controversy in recent years, yesterday hit back at negative reporting by the media about its hospitals, including Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda and Cavan General Hospital.

IN June 2002, my 87-year-old mother, who lives with me, tripped and fell. She injured her leg and arm, her mobility was permanently affected, and she now only has limited use of her arm and walks with the aid of a stick.

THE organ retention controversy continued last night after the second company named as using pituitary glands from dead children for drug manufacturing said it was supplied by a large number of Irish hospitals.

The North Eastern Health Board has confirmed that two of its hospitals supplied pituitary glands from deceased children to a pharmaceutical firm.

All orthopaedic surgery has been postponed at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan.