Health professionals found it difficult to identify risks with a mentally ill mother who later jumped off a cliff with her newborn daughter as she was "articulate" and "middle class", a review has found.

A leading figure in the music industry has brought a High Court action claiming his wife has suffered irreversible brain damage as a result of medical negligence.

A 13-year-old child is recovering in hospital this morning after he fell from a Martello Tower on Dalkey Island late last night.