All babies transferred to other units from two hospitals in the North where four infants died are to be screened for the killer infection, public health authorities said.

A seventh child has been diagnosed as carrying a killer infection that killed three babies in a Belfast hospital.

Ireland’s neonatal and maternal death rates have been a source of pride to the medical community in recent years.

A killer infection that claimed the lives of three babies in a Belfast hospital has been traced to taps in the neo-natal unit, the North's health minister said.

The North's health minister Edwin Poots is due to make a new statement today on attempts by medical staff to discover the source of a killer infection which has claimed the lives of three babies at the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital in Belfast.

Experts are closing in on the source of an infection that killed three babies in Belfast’s Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital, the North's Health Minister Edwin Poots said today.

Another five babies are being monitored for an infection which killed three new-borns in hospital.

The parents of 24 babies are waiting to find out if their children are free from the infection that caused the deaths of three newborns at a hospital.

An Irish hospital has launched an investigation after a jar containing a human organ was discovered lying on a roof.