Three children's hospitals in Dublin are asking families to stay away, unless it is absolutely necessary to attend.

The CEOs of four of the country’s biggest hospitals have written to the HSE warning that years of health cuts have created “unacceptable delays” in accessing cancer treatment and are threatening the quality and safety of patient care.

Bective Under 7s beat Old Belvedere Under 7s in the final of the Kieran Burke Memorial Plaque in Kilternan today.