A man has died after an apparent fall from a horse-drawn cart in Co Wicklow last night.

The Minister for Health James Reilly has said no acute hospital will close as a result of the reorganisation of hospitals.

Members of the public are being asked to avoid visiting St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin unless absolutely necessary, following an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug there.

Leinster Junior club Railway Union RFC have taken the lead to protect their players by bringing in an Automated External Defibrillator, commonly known as an AED.