Nurses who are members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association have voted in favour of industrial action at St Ita's Hospital in Portrane, north Dublin.

The health service is set to earn hundreds of millions of euro from the sale of over 200 acres at 15 mental hospitals around the country.

The Health Service Executive has reportedly ordered an independent investigation into a number of deaths at Leas Cross nursing home in north Co Dublin.

MORE THAN 300 people with intellectual disabilities are still in psychiatric institutions even though the Department of Health admits they should not be there.

A radio fanatic who stole and damaged FM 104 transmitting equipment and also stole property from a hospital station for his own pirate broadcasting enterprise has been ordered to do 240 hours of community service.