Gillian Treacy describes the death of her son, Ciarán, 4, in a crash caused by a drunken driver

Separate Garda and GSOC investigations have been launched following a serious road crash in Co. Kildare yesterday.

A man is fighting for his life after he was found outside a burning house in rural Co Offaly with multiple stab wounds and severe burns.

A woman who was confronted at knife-point and bundled into her own car, which was then driven away at high speed before crashing in Roscommon, has been discharged from Mullingar hospital.

Olympic medal winner John Joe Nevin is expected to be out of action until September after an assault at the weekend.

A campaign group has called for compensation of between €250,000 and €450,000 for women injured as a result of their pelvises being broken in “barbaric” surgical procedures during childbirth.

The Labour Court has found in favour of a clinical nurse manager who moved from her job at Tullamore Hospital after her line manager accused her of being “emotional and hormonal” due to her pregnancy.

The family of a woman who died from cancer who claimed that she was wrongly diagnosed at two hospitals in the Midlands as suffering from depression have settled their High Court action against the HSE for €65,000.

APPRENTICE jockey Shane Foley will be sidelined for up to two months after breaking two bones in a fall at Bellewstown on Wednesday.

Irish apprentice jockey Shane Foley will be sidelined for up to two months after breaking two bones in a fall at Bellewstown on Wednesday.

UP to 2,700 sick children are on waiting lists for surgery or other procedures because they are not being referred for private care that they are entitled to under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF).

Davy Condon remains in Tullamore Hospital after suffering a broken ankle at Kilbeggan on Friday night.

A massive manhunt was launched tonight after a popular publican died when he was tied up during a violent robbery.

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

A man has died in hospital following a road accident in Co Offaly on Saturday.

An elderly woman has been killed and another injured when they were hit by a car in Co Offaly.

A 16-year-old boy has died in a quad-bike accident in Co Westmeath.

A MAN who went missing from his hospital bed was found four hours later, badly burned, under the hot pipes in a service room of the building.

GARDA patrols in hospitals have helped reduce the number of attacks on hospital staff.

A MAN who died days after suffering a head injury at his farm waited five hours to be seen in hospital and then was refused a brain scan, an inquest heard yesterday

A PRISONER serving eight years for aggravated burglary and assault has been accused of punching and kicking an officer so badly that he will remain in hospital until tomorrow.

LEADING figures from the racing world paid a poignant farewell to 25-year-old jockey Kieran Kelly in a Co Kildare church graveyard yesterday.

Leading Irish jump jockey Kieran Kelly is heavily sedated in intensive care in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin after suffering serious head injuries in a fall at Kilbeggan on Friday evening.

Talks aimed at ending industrial action that halted surgical operations at one of the biggest hospitals in Ireland ended inconclusively today amid signs that the dispute could spread nationwide.

DOCTORS last night warned that patients on waiting lists will have their operations deferred if a series of one-day strikes are rolled out nationally next month.