Parents Ann-Marie and Paul Lafferty said Cormac, who died aged three months, surprised them constantly during his short life.

Aspiration of milk was a factor in the death of a three-month-old baby who became ‘inconsolable’ following a feed.

The HSE has refused to re-test up to 2,600 heart patients whose echocardiogram results were sent to GPs with a disclaimer about the quality of the machine.

The former St Kevin’s Asylum, and over 14 acres of zoned land, has finally been placed on the market for sale by the HSE, with a €2.95 million price guide via agents Lisney, who say it has clear residential development potential.

A coroner has returned a verdict of medical misadventure at the inquest into the death of a nine-month baby with a congenital heart condition.

The flu has claimed 92 lives over the winter so far. Most of those who died were aged 65 and over.

The HSE received more than 23,000 formal complaints about the health service in 2016. The main issues raised included access, dignity and respect, safe and effective care, communication, and clinical judgement.

A family whose home flooded for a second time in less than two years after a water mains burst said the emotional impact is taking its toll.

Our Lady’s Hospital on the Lee Road in Cork City was built as a mental health institution on the northern slopes overlooking the River Lee in the 1840s.

There was great potential in the iconic St Kevin’s asylum, writes Kieran McCarthy.

Two Government ministers have backed plans for an imminent review of the religious patronage of more than a dozen hospitals across the country, after Health Minister Simon Harris publicly confirmed he is planning the move.

An x-ray report found in a department store, a cancer patient’s chart left on the roof of a car before driving away, and a child’s mental-health records accidentally faxed to Bank of Ireland.

The HSE has spent more than €27m on refurbishing a hospital that had “no patients” in the building when TDs visited unexpectedly last year — €7m more than initially planned.

Gardaí arrested a 20-year-old mum in relation to the death of her four-month-old boy over concerns regarding the cause of head injuries he had suffered.

As the number of Irish children seeking medical help over gender identity rises nine-fold, support groups and families say children’s distress is being exacerbated by the lack of a treatment framework here.

Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee to investigate the spending of more than €22m on a hospital which has not had overnight patients in several years.

The number of women giving birth by Caesarean section (C-section) in Ireland continues to rise, year on year, as does the number of people taking antibiotics.

A small development opportunity, at the foot of one of Ireland’s longest buildings, has come up for sale.

An elderly man died from an adverse reaction to a common antibiotic he was prescribed to prevent possible infection following a successful operation, an inquest has heard.

A renowned Irish landscape photographer has launched an app which will let anyone print and frame photographs directly from a smartphone and post them anywhere in the world.

Tributes have been paid to a couple who died in a house fire in Meath over the weekend.

They’ve been through sick days, hospital stays and hair loss together, but friends Ashleigh Kiernan and Amelia Deane now also share the joy of having had their wishes come true.

Size: 61 sq m (650 sq ft)

A festival which began life inspired by a child’s recovery at Crumlin Children’s Hospital is expected to draw over 15,000 people to Clonmel this weekend.

Gardaí arrested a man they described as being caught red-handed with over €10,000 worth of heroin on the grounds of a derelict hospital in Cork, but he claimed that he picked up the bag by chance while out walking his dog.

Over-spending by hospitals is running at twice the rate it was this time last year. And there’s little sign the trend is going to change, writes Claire O’Sullivan

A six-year-old boy tried to save his friend when he fell into a fast-flowing river, an inquest heard.

A woman whose hopes of competing in the Special Olympics were dashed when a fracture to her knee was missed by a hospital has settled her action against the HSE for €142,000.

Politicians have expressed disappointment and a sense of helplessness at a decision by the National Ambulance Service to cut the number of ambulances based at a Co Tipperary town.

A “significant incident investigation” has been launched after an underground fire at Tara Mines left one miner in hospital.

Two Cork teenagers yesterday celebrated their work and friendship which earned one a gold medal as being among the country’s top young volunteers.

A neonatal ambulance broke down as it was on its way to collect a baby in Cork who needed to go to Our Lady’s Hospital in Dublin, the HSE has confirmed.

Fears are growing in a Co Tipperary town that they are about to lose one of two ambulances bases they were given as part of a High Court agreement when their local hospital was downgraded.

Courageous Rosy Ibotson has overcome more challenges in her 11 years than most of us would face in a lifetime.

There is no evidence that a schoolgirl who died by suicide was cyberbullied, an inquest heard.

HAVE you heard about the ‘Chinese walls’ in hospitals? These walls separate tranches of money gathered for the functioning and upkeep of the hospitals, it was revealed last week.

Patients will die because of the scale of health cuts being imposed, opposition parties have warned after hospital chiefs voiced grave concerns.

Deciding to shut down town councils and centralise local government within county council structures is one thing, but implementing the decision is a very different matter. What is going to happen to the buildings now housing the local council offices, and what is going to happen to the people working in them?