The death of young people “robs us of all of our tomorrows”, a parish priest said yesterday.

A 24-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a car in Glasson Village, Athlone last Wednesday morning at 8am.

A five-year-old boy has died in an accident at a farm in Co Offaly.

A post mortem is underway at Tullamore General Hospital on the body of a woman found in Portlaoise yesterday.

A man has been shot dead in County Laois.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital following a stabbing incident in Co Laois last night.

A YOUNG man and woman who died in a Co Offaly car crash on Saturday morning were among four people to lose their lives in weekend road accidents.

A man and a woman in their early 20s have been killed in a car crash in Co Offaly.

DOCTORS have called for an extra 1,200 acute hospital beds to help resolve serious capacity problems in the system.

The Irish Nurses' Organisation says it is worried that reduced staffing levels at Tullamore General Hospital will affect patient care.

Cancer deaths will not come down for several years despite a major overhaul of services, the Republic’s new cancer chief warned today.

A woman died in a traffic accident last night.

FIVE major acute hospitals with 6,700 patients between them waiting over three months for surgery are being targeted in a new effort to fast-track their treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF).

THE Galway Hurling Board have to deal with another high profile incident after a player was hospitalised following a senior club hurling game on Sunday.

Maura Reynolds is not the first elderly person to go missing from care facilities. Many end with tragic consequences, as recent experience shows.

A male nurse was treated in hospital today after he was attacked by an intruder armed with a knife and needle at a psychiatric hospital in Co Laois.

Gardaí in Co Offaly are investigating a fatal accident last night in which an elderly female pedestrian was killed after she was hit by a car.

The body of a 16-year-old boy was recovered from a sandpit in County Westmeath tonight.

One person has been killed, and another injured in a road accident in Mullingar, Co Westmeath.

PUBLIC health doctors will continue to picket outside many of the country’s acute hospitals for as long as is necessary, a spokesman said last night.

An elderly woman has died in a house fire overnight in the midlands.

Seven people have been rushed to Tullamore General Hospital following a serious road accident.

HOSPITAL waiting lists are falling only slightly, despite record funds ploughed into the health service over the last year.

Health Minister Michael Martin tonight appealed for an end to industrial action that has halted operations at two hospital and could spread nationwide.

HOPES that planned talks at the Labour Relations Commission today will provide a breakthrough in the dispute with junior doctors at Waterford General Hospital were being played down yesterday.

A man has been stabbed during a robbery in Co Offaly.

Nine people, including three young children, were rushed to hospital late last night following a three-car pile-up in Co Offaly.

A man is being treated in hospital this morning following a shooting incident in Co Laois overnight.

A post mortem will be carried out this evening on the body of an elderly man found dead at his Co Offaly home this morning.