A leading weight-loss surgeon at one of the country’s largest private hospitals has described the HSE’s decision to suspend surgery for dangerously obese public patients for the rest of the year as "morally wrong".

Traditional Irish singing legend Sean Ó Sé has spoken openly about his battle with cancer in the hope that it will encourage men over 50 to get regular health checks.

Keyhole surgery carried out by a robot will be beamed live by satellite from a Cork hospital to one of the city’s top hotels — and viewed by an audience of hundreds.