The family of a toddler were yesterday continuing to pray for a miracle as she battled critical injuries in hospital.

A computer crash continued to bug the biggest hospital in the West yesterday.

The postmortem examination of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko was “one of the most dangerous ever undertaken in the western world”, the public inquiry into his death has heard.

A 33-year-old man armed with a shotgun told his brother he shot their father, an inquest heard yesterday.

The second anniversary of the death of Savita Halappanavar was marked by a candlelight vigil in Galway last night.

A huge volunteer search effort helped in the recovery yesterday of the body of a man who had been missing from his home in Cork for over a week.

Family and friends were attempting to support and comfort the parents of a two-year-old boy who died following an accident in the driveway of his home

Psychiatric Nurses at University College Hospital in Galway have warned the HSE they will undertake industrial action within the next fortnight, if new staff aren't hired.

Members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association working at University College Hospital in Galway have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. (83%-17%)

The HSE was yesterday locked in talks with representatives of psychiatric nurses at the biggest hospital in the West in a bid to avoid industrial action over staff shortages.

Gardaí in Galway have stepped up efforts to trace the driver of a car involved in a fatal hit and run.

A toddler remains in a critical condition in hospital this morning following a two-car collision in Co Roscommon.

A man has died following a collision in Co Roscommon earlier today.

Three men in their 30s and 40s were being questioned last night about a horrific sex attack on two little girls attending a birthday party.

A 15-year-old girl has been killed in a road accident in Co. Galway.

Legal issues have prevented the publication of the HSE’s clinical review on the death of Savita Halappanavar, it has emerged.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told the Dáil that the three Galway hospital consultants on the Savita inquiry board will be replaced by experts from outside the hospital.

A Sunday afternoon stroll in the autumn sunshine turned into tragedy yesterday when a two-year-old girl and her 12-week-old sister were killed when they were knocked down by a car.

A Sunday family walk turned to tragedy when two young sisters were knocked down and killed in Co Galway today.

The HSE has apologised to a 57-year-old woman whose breast cancer was misdiagnosed three times and who later had to undergo a mastectomy after an invasive cancer was finally discovered.

Gardaí are treating the death of a man who drowned in Co Clare last night as a "tragic accident".

The stabbing of a 31-year-old man in Cork on Friday is now being treated as murder after the victim died in hospital last night.

A new technique to treat early prostate cancer that may have far fewer side effects than existing therapies has been given a cautious welcome by the Irish Cancer Society.

A man in his late 60s has been airlifted to University College Hospital in Galway after falling more than 100 metres, while climbing the Mweelrea Mountain on the Mayo/Galway border.

The crisis in emergency departments around the country appears to be getting worse.

Overcrowding continues to be a problem at hospitals throughout the country.

A BRAVE young student who was rushed to hospital after becoming ill during the night still managed to sit his Leaving Cert exams from his hospital bed.

JOAN SOLON is realising her dream of going to art college, four years after a brain haemorrhage nearly put an end to her life.

A 31-year-old Lithuanian man is being treated at the University College Hospital in Galway following an incident in Athenry.

A man in his 40s is in a serious condition in hospital in Cork after being found unconscious this morning in a Garda station in Co Kerry.

Two separate investigations have been launched after a farmer was crushed to death by machinery.

PATIENTS and their families are being forced to pay almost €1.4 million in car park fees every year — the equivalent of €3,800 a day — at one of the country’s largest regional hospitals.

THE mother of Cork miracle twins, Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf, has said her biggest dream is to see her toddlers walk hand-in-hand as they prepare for their prosthetic legs this year.

AFTER a brave battle which lasted half her life, Cork girl Holly O’Keeffe has lost her fight against a rare but lethal form of cancer.

GARDAÍ investigating a horror crash which killed the driver of a bus load of students and a van driver in Galway on Sunday night have appealed for witnesses to the incident.

HUNDREDS of protesters marched on health authority offices in counties Galway and Mayo yesterday demanding an end to cuts in disability services.

THE mother of Ireland’s little fighters has told how she believes their remarkable spirit will help them overcome their disability.

IRELAND’S miracle twins Hassan and Hussien Benhaffhaf are due to fly home today just six weeks after the successful operation to separate them.

Separated twins Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf are to leave hospital tomorrow.

IT’S a tale of two cities, two babies, three hospitals and a single fertilised egg that split to form twins, who refused to separate, leaving them conjoined but doing well.

There was a significant increase in the number of visits to Accident and Emergency Units over Christmas due to the cold snap.

Gardaí in Galway are looking for witnesses to an aggravated burglary during which an 80-year-old woman was assaulted.

A 27-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital following an assault in Galway City.

An 86-year-old man has died following a crash in Co Galway more than a week ago.