WHY has it taken seven years to explain the death of an elderly woman choked to death by a restraint cord when sleeping in a hospital chair in the same room as a care assistant?

A FILE is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in relation to the stabbing to death of a young woman by her mother, an inquest was told yesterday.

An inquest into the death of a baby girl found covered in blood in a Dublin lane more than 30 years ago is due to hear evidence from dozens of witnesses when it begins today.

IN recent years, Jim and Catherine McCarthy spent much of their life working out where they wanted to visit across Europe.