A verdict of medical misadventure into the death of a baby girl following an attempt to perform a vacuum delivery due to her mother’s labour slowing has been returned by an inquest.

A hospital has apologised in court to the family of a 75-year-old man who died a month after falling out of his hospital bed.

His daughter Abby, whose birthday party they were marking, turns 18 tomorrow and as a result, her much-loved father’s funeral will take place after that according to close family members.

Funeral arrangements for a father-of-three who died when the light aircraft he was piloting crashed into electricity cables are being finalised.

The Health Minister has asked his department to engage with the HSE to establish how four consultant obstetricians at a Kilkenny hospital have “decided unanimously” that their unit is not a suitable location for abortion services.

A MRI scanner being partly financed through hundreds of thousands of euro raised by the public is still lying idle more than two years later.

There are 582 patients waiting for beds in hospitals around the country.

There are 532 patients waiting on a bed in hospitals around the country this morning.

Two men have been charged in relation to an alleged assault in Carlow which left a Laois GAA star with serious injuries.

A farmer who suffered crush injuries after he was attacked by a cow on a farm died of multi-organ failure, an inquest heard.

A crisis is looming at University Hospital Waterford over Christmas as up to 100 shifts will have no staff cover, it has been claimed.

A 31-year-old man has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court accused of the murder of his partner, Rita Apine, in her Co Kilkenny home.

A HSE-run hospital in Kilkenny has been criticised for not having all “essential elements” of an infection prevention and control programme in place.

A 22-year-old man suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in an incident at Riverdale complex in Carlow town yesterday afternoon.

A man is to appear in court charged with the murder of a 29-year-old mother who was found fatally injured at the bottom of her stairs last Sunday, writes Conor Kane of the Irish Examiner.

St Stephen’s Day has lived up to its reputation as a busy one for hospitals, with figures from emergency departments around the country showing a spike in presentations the day after Christmas.

Two people were killed in separate road crashes in Cork and Carlow yesterday.

A lobby group which brought thousands of protesters onto the streets last winter to object to any downgrade of hospitals in the South-East reacted with scepticism to yesterday’s announcements on hospital groupings.

Phil Hogan has refused to rule out the deduction of the household charge from social welfare payments and said it’s “likely” the Revenue will be involved in the collection of household charge arrears.

More than 10,000 people have taken part in a march in Waterford protesting against health cuts.

Plans to downgrade services at one of the country’s busiest regional hospitals have been called “reckless”.

MENTAL health service users in south Tipperary are expected to gather with their families at a public meeting tonight to protest against the planned closure of a 49-bed acute psychiatric unit.

OFFALY’S David Kenny is hoping to line out in Sunday week’s Allianz NHL Division One clash against Galway despite suffering concussion in Saturday’s abandoned Walsh Shield final.

PATIENTS and their families are being forced to pay almost €1.4 million in car park fees every year — the equivalent of €3,800 a day — at one of the country’s largest regional hospitals.

WATERFORD Regional Hospital is the only hospital in the south-east with a clinically viable Emergency Department (ED), according to a leaked report.

IT IS a haunting image of two young sisters, full of life and excitement, enjoying a visit to Santa just days before they perished in a Christmas morning house fire.

VISITING restrictions have been lifted at all parts of St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny following a suspected outbreak of the vomiting bug.

KILKENNY hurling was in mourning yesterday with the news that one of two women killed in a crash outside Thomastown was the wife of All-Ireland-winning goalkeeper James McGarry.

A CASE of Legionnaires disease has been confirmed in Limerick.

One person died and 11 were taken to hospital today following an accident at a quarry in Co Kilkenny.

AS THE nation celebrated the beginning of a new year, babies across Ireland were getting used to their new surroundings.

A SECOND patient has picked up a potentially fatal respiratory disease from a shower head or water source in a hospital bathroom.

A HOSPITAL which confirmed it is treating an elderly patient for Legionnaires’ disease says it will know by the end of next week if the potentially-fatal infection was contracted in-house or in the community.

THE murder of a Kilkenny mother of two has sent shock-waves through the city.

GARDAÍ have appealed for help following a possible assault on a Carlow man who has been in a coma for almost two weeks.