Sinn Féin believes medical testing must be done in Ireland in order to ensure it is up to standard.

There have been calls for an audit of the country's ambulance service, after an ambulance broke down while taking a patient to hospital for a lung transplant.

Survivors of symphysiotomy and their families were visiting the Dáil today, where the horrific practice was being debated for the first time.

More than 300 people attended a demonstration by student nurses outside Sligo General Hospital this afternoon, protesting the Government's proposals to cut their pay.

Frontline healthcare will be severely hit if Health Minister Mary Harney oversees up to €1bn in cuts, critics said today.