A murder trial has heard evidence from a neuropathologist that the deceased suffered an acute brain stem injury which he was unlikely to survive.

A MOTHER of four has been acquitted of her close friend’s manslaughter outside the Rotunda Hospital two years ago.

WRITER and broadcaster Nell McCafferty does not want to be depicted as curmudgeonly in recent dealings with medical staff at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.

HOSPITAL consultants have warned they will “walk off the job” if any member is sued over the failure to resolve a row over who is liable for claims of past medical negligence.