Dignity Health, one of the largest healthcare providers in the US, is looking at expanding its operations to Ireland.

Looking every inch the confident toddler, Prince George is pictured walking in an official photograph released to mark his first birthday.

Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton has been admitted to St Mary’s Hospital in London in the early stages of labour, Kensington Palace said today.

THE emergency department at one of Cork city’s busiest hospitals is to close next April as part of a major reconfiguration of the region’s health services.

FERTILITY researchers can accurately predict the outcome of pregnancies threatening to miscarry, a European conference held in Sweden has heard.

THERE was no room for basic civility. When Enda Kenny stepped from his vehicle in Athlone last Monday, he saw his fellow TD, Luke “Ming” Flanagan, and approached him. Flanagan was among a large group of people protesting at the scheduled downgrading of A&E facilities at Roscommon Hospital.

The HSE has confirmed plans to relocate orthopaedic services from St Mary’s Hospital in Cork to the South Infirmary hospital.

AN outbreak of the Norovirus at St Mary’s Hospital in Castleblayney has led to a ban by the HSE on all visits to the Co. Monaghan hospital with the exception of visits arranged by relatives with hospital staff in emergency cases.

A hospital consultant in Britain was jailed for six years today for trying to poison his lover to bring on an abortion.

MARRIED hospital consultant Edward Erin is facing jail after being convicted of attempting to spike his pregnant lover’s drinks in a bid to make her lose her baby.

STUART MANGAN, the 26-year-old Corkman left paralysed by a freak rugby accident who died at the weekend, has requested that his organs be donated to save the lives of others.

A WOMAN, pregnant with a rare form of Siamese twins, is refusing medical advice to terminate the pregnancy.

CRIMEWATCH presenter Jill Dando was deeply in love and planning to marry when she was gunned down on her doorstep.

Kidnappers broke into a top US doctor’s home, kidnapped a female family member to withdraw money from a bank, then murdered his wife and their two daughters.

JOHN INMAN, star of TV sitcom Are You Being Served?, died in hospital yesterday.

THE High Court yesterday approved a settlement of €2.5 million for a woman who suffered brain damage in a car crash and needs long-term permanent care.

Catherine Shanahan tells the story of a 76-year-old woman who went to hospital for an operation. Now she has hep C.

PROFOUNDLY disabled Charlotte Wyatt was surrounded by presents as she spent her first Christmas at home with her family.

Generous passengers travelling through Dublin Airport have given 19 Irish charities a Christmas present worth thousands of euro.

THE parents of profoundly disabled Charlotte Wyatt enjoyed a double celebration yesterday - their daughter’s second birthday and winning the right to have doctors ventilate her in a life-threatening situation.

A teenager was being questioned by police today after three young girls were allegedly raped while playing in a park.

A FORMER fireman who gave first aid to victims of the bombings said yesterday he was “not a hero”.

SOME have missing limbs. Others have to undergo operations on wounds penetrated with indented stone, debris, glass or metal.

MINUTES after the first blast ripped through Liverpool Street station, the emergency plan swung into operation. Hospitals were soon inundated with the hundreds of injured.

All London hospitals were put on major incident alert after today’s explosions.

The parents of seriously ill baby Charlotte Wyatt lost their legal battle today to overturn a court order allowing doctors to let her die if she stops breathing.

The former lover of British ex-Home Secretary David Blunkett has given birth to a baby boy, it was reported today.

POLICE have been called in to investigate claims that a hospital involved in a legal fight over the treatment of a seriously ill baby has been administering drugs to hasten the child’s death.

A baby born using sperm which was frozen for 21 years is believed to mark a world record in fertility treatment, British researchers said today.

UK detectives today appealed for help in hunting a killer who murdered a newborn baby girl.

Entertainer Paul Daniels will remain in hospital for at least another night after being diagnosed as suffering from an infection, his spokesman said today.

AN Post has denied union claims that a backlog of post was mounting as a result of the postmasters dispute.

IT'S been almost two years since Siamese twins Jodie and Mary Attard were born in August 2000.