A number of other letters and files were also found in separate incidents over a number of weeks.

An ambulance transporting a young patient from Donegal to Dublin broke down outside Letterkenny, so another vehicle had to be called to continue the journey.

SAVAGE health cuts of almost €50 million will have to be imposed in the west of Ireland by the end of the year, it has been revealed.

THE chief executive of the Health Service Executive has confirmed that a third case of cancer misdiagnosis is expected to come to light and that medical files have been taken from Ennis General Hospital for assessment at another facility.