Health Minister Mary Harney admitted in a Morning Ireland interview yesterday that the incoming chief executive of Tallaght Hospital, Professor Kevin Conlon, informed her on December 15 last about the problems at the hospital’s radiology department.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney is facing new calls for her resignation over the country’s ongoing emergency department crisis, after almost 150 people were left waiting on trolleys at a major hospital over two days this week.

The group representing the interest of Irish patients has warned that the possibility of another Michael Neary type scandal occurring in the health care system remains.

Gardaí were today preparing to interview the driver of a bus which was involved in the worst school vehicle crash in Irish history.