Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda has apologised in court for the "deficit in care" to a baby boy who died hours after his skull was fractured during delivery.

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation will attend a hearing at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) this morning aimed at resolving a row over staffing levels at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (IMNO) will take industrial action at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.

An elderly man has been on a trolley in an emergency department waiting for a hospital bed for five days.