Prosecutors say a Texas nurse who is in prison for the 1984 killing of a toddler and faces new charges over the 1981 death of an infant is suspected of killing as many as 60 children who were in her care around that time.

A row over the ring-fencing of beds for cystic fibrosis patients at a Cork hospital has been resolved, paving the way for the handover of €2.3m to fund a respiratory ward.