The Central Criminal Court jury in the trial of four men accused of the fatal shooting of a Limerick bouncer have been hearing from taxi drivers who were working in Limerick on the night of the shooting.

A review commissioned by the Health Service Executive is reportedly set to recommend the closure of accident and emergency departments at three hospitals in the mid-west.

Gardaí in Limerick have launched a nationwide appeal for help in tracing the whereabouts of a Co Limerick woman who has been missing for over three weeks.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been released from hospital in Santa Monica, California, after he was involved in a motorcycle crash near his home in Brentwood on Sunday afternoon.

The Department of Health has set up a new Internet register that will allow the public to know the current waiting time for common surgical procedures.

GARDAÍ are trying to establish a motive for an attack in which a man was lifted onto the bonnet of a car, driven down a road then stabbed 10 times in the legs and shoulders.

A man is reported to have suffered multiple stab wounds in Limerick.

Two Sligo hospitals are faced with protests today from emergency services nurses over rostered working hours.