The Minister for Health has announced that new management arrangements are to be put in place for two groups of hospitals in the West and Mid West.

AN investigation has been launched after patient documents from a hospital in Sligo were found dumped in a bog in Co Galway.

Gardaí in Roscommon are appealing for witnesses to a crash yesterday afternoon that claimed the life of an 83-year-old woman and seriously injured her 86-year-old brother.

TWO men were charged in connection with an attack on a retired couple living on the banks of the Shannon.

Gardaí in Longford have arrested three men in connection with an aggravated burglary on an elderly couple's house in the county.

Nurses will today hold a second day of work stoppages as they continue their fight for better pay and conditions.

Secondary school teachers voiced their support today for the nurses’ campaign for better pay and working conditions.

Secondary school teachers voiced their support today for the nurses’ campaign for better pay and working conditions.

There is no sign of any moves today to resolve the long-running nurses' pay dispute as hospitals in Dublin and Roscommon prepare for the latest round of work stoppages tomorrow.

The Irish Nurses Organisation has announced details of further work stoppages this Friday as part of its campaign for improved pay and conditions.

A total of 325 patients were waiting on trolleys in accident and emergency departments throughout Ireland this morning, according the Irish Nurses Organisation.

AS latest figures from the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) show that the A&E crisis is getting worse not better, nurses will take to the streets today to protest against overcrowding.

A PATIENTS’ lobby group is urging employers to let their workers join with hundreds of nurses who will take to the streets tomorrow in a campaign to highlight overcrowding in hospital’s accident and emergency units.