A hill walker has been rescued after being seriously injured in the McGillycuddy's Reeks in Kerry.

A student who suffered a shoulder injury at birth, yesterday settled his High Court action against the HSE for €250,000. Shane Kelly McGrath, aged 15, Stoker’s Lawn, Listowel, Co Kerry, was not in court when the settlement was approved as he was sitting his Junior Cert exams.

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A pensioner who suffered severe spinal injuries when he fell while crossing rocks on a Kerry beach was left waiting two hours for an ambulance, an inquest has heard.

A highly contagious flu virus that carries serious implications for sick patients has forced another major hospital to drastically curtail visitor numbers.

Gardaí at Listowel are appealing for witnesses following fatal road traffic collision in Co Kerry today.

The Air Corps has completed its 100th Air Ambulance of this year.

Two men are due to appear in court this morning in relation to the seizure of more than €2m worth of cannabis plants.

A man in his 20s has been killed in a road crash in Co Kerry.

Rose of Tralee visitors are set to give thousands of euro today in honour of a cancer sufferer whose fight touched the hearts of the nation.

Gardaí say foul play is not suspected following the discovery of a man's body in Co Kerry yesterday.

Two people have died and two other men are in a critical condition in hospital this morning, after road crashes yesterday in counties Kildare and Kerry.

Four people have been taken to hospital following a two-car collision outside Killarney this afternoon.

A man in his 30s has died following a fall on the McGillycuddy Reeks in Co Kerry.

A woman who had been drinking Wkd alcopops chased a fast-food worker around a Tralee takeaway shouting that she loved him and wanted him.

A Limerick woman who became pregnant following a failed sterilisation and gave birth to a baby who died months later has been awarded €100,000 in High Court damages.

A woman who became pregnant after a sterilisation operation and gave birth to a baby boy, who died after six months, has been awarded €100,000 in damages.

Crew aboard one of the world’s top ocean-racing yachts could not access lifesaving equipment or emergency communications after the €18m boat capsized off the Cork coast last year.

President Michael D Higgins is attending a ceremony in Cobh, Co Cork this afternoon marking the Titanic's maiden voyage.

The ship retracing the doomed Titanic’s voyage across the Atlantic was almost struck by tragedy last night after a BBC cameraman developed heart problems and was airlifted to hospital.

A man is in a critical but stable condition following a stabbing in Listowel, Co Kerry earlier today.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident in Tralee, Co. Kerry.

A DOCTOR is to face sanctions over his treatment of a GAA player with cruciate ligament injuries in the emergency department at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee last year.

A man in his 60s has been airlifted to hospital after being rescued from near to Carrantuohill in Co Kerry this evening.

A 24-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist died after he collided with a 4x4 in Tralee yesterday afternoon.

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl allegedly brain damaged at birth secured €2 million in part settlement of her claim in the High Court yesterday. The settlement was without admission of liability by the Health Service Executive (HSE).

A day to forget for Davy Russell ended in drama as the star jockey was taken to Tralee General Hospital after suffering a bad fall at Listowel on Thursday.

CRACK Irish jockey Davy Russell, who has not had a drink for 15 years, failed a breath test at Listowel yesterday – over mouthwash.

Jockey Davy Russell has been taken to Tralee General Hospital after suffering a bad fall at Listowel today.

Rescue workers clawed their way up steep rocks in complete darkness early today to reach an injured woman on one of Ireland’s most remote islands.

KERRY football captain Bryan Sheehan has expressed relief that the ankle injury he sustained in Sunday’s McGrath Cup victory over Waterford wasn’t as serious as he feared.

THE Government will manage to cling onto its Dáil majority with the help of two Independent TDs who have pledged their support to Brian Cowen in a motion of confidence in his leadership.

A man has died in a house fire in Co Kerry today.

Failure to detect a man’s heart problems resulted in a father-of-two dying suddenly at the age of 42 and today his family was awarded almost €500,000 in settlement of their civil action against the Health Service Executive.

The search for an elderly man whose boat capsized off the Co Clare coast yesterday is due to resume in the next hour.

LAST year 589 hospital workers outside Dublin were attacked in the course of their work. A mere 14 of those cases were reported to the gardaí, and eight of those resulted in convictions.

A man in his 30s has died and a woman has been seriously injured in a road crash in Co Kerry.

A post mortem examination is to be carried out on the body of a man who died in a fire in the early hours of this morning.

A motorist was killed tonight when her car collided with a bus in Co Kerry.

MORE than 150 people staged a silent protest yesterday against plans to withdraw most of the cancer services provided at Tralee General Hospital in Kerry.

A MOTHER of three children who alleged both of her ovaries were unnecessarily removed by an obstetrician at Tralee General Hospital has settled her High Court action on undisclosed terms.

BEFORE the Medical Council can notify either the Minister for Health or an employer that a doctor is under investigation or even suspended, a fitness to practise inquiry must have been held and its negative finding must have been upheld by the High Court.

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has moved to assure women that it does not intend to compulsorily force new mothers out of maternity hospitals 12 hours after giving birth.

Dev’s papers have been transferred to UCD, which plans to digitalise them and make them available on the internet.