It’s a tale with a flavour of Tiny Tim but brightened by the goodwill of a group of surgeons, with a fun Christmas twist.

Ireland’s elite show jumpers are to gather in Dublin next month to formulate a strategy for championship success in what Darragh Kenny has described as a “hugely positive” development.

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A quad bike accident cost an eight-year-old boy his life following a collision 500m from his home.

The news that your child has epilepsy does not mean major life changes or cutting out sports. All you need is to take some sensible precautions, writes Catherine Shanahan.

A family murdered in a suspected revenge attack may have been the victims of mistaken identity, a neighbour has said.

Almost half of Irish adults will be obese by 2030 if childhood overweight and obesity are not tackled now, medical experts have warned.

Mobile phone operators 3G Ireland and Meteor, as well as retailer Carphone Warehouse, have admitted breaking data protection regulations by sending unsolicited text messages and spam emails to customers.

An untiring commitment to voluntary community work for more than a quarter of a century was recognised with the awarding of the Paddy Fitzgerald Memorial Award to a County Limerick woman.

A decision on the location of the proposed national children’s hospital will be made in the next number of weeks, according to Health Minister Dr James Reilly.

The Mater Hospital’s role as the preferred location for a new national children’s hospital is coming under pressure after it emerged a greenfield site near the M50 on Dublin’s northside is being seriously considered.

A 10-year old boy, who suffered catastrophic injuries and is left a quadriplegic after the car his mother was driving crashed, has settled his High Court action for damages for €11.5m.

Fewer children are being killed or injured on Irish roads, research reveals, but parents are being urged to put helmets on their children when cycling.

The Killers and The Cure will headline this year’s Electric Picnic festival.

One of the country’s busiest children’s hospitals has been ordered to cut its surgical theatre procedures by one quarter — despite facing €25,000 fines for every month a patient is on a long-term waiting list for these same procedures.

Health Minister James Reilly was told on his appointment that reducing the scale of the €650m National Children’s Hospital on the Mater site would impact on patient care.

Building a smaller national children’s hospital on the Mater site in Dublin is a “distinct possibility”, Health Minister James Reilly has said.

The country’s most senior paediatricians have warned against downsizing the new National Children’s Hospital to make it fit the Mater site, fearing a smaller building would mean sacrificing vital facilities.

AN INSURANCE scheme that compensates victims of pharmaceutical injuries in Finland is being examined by parents of children in Ireland who developed a chronic sleep disorder after being immunised against swine flu.

A LEADING medic has resigned his fellowship of the country’s largest postgraduate medical institution in protest at its failure to condemn the detention and torture of nurses and doctors in Bahrain.

GARDAÍ are preparing a file for the DPP following the hospitalisation of twin baby boys with head injuries more than a week ago.

ALMOST €14 million will be slashed off the budgets of 18 hospitals in 2010 as a result of inefficiencies last year.

BIRTHDAY celebrations are memorable occasions for most children but Danny De Vaal’s recollection of hitting six is tinged with a sense of pain.