TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday rejected an assertion that the Government considered splitting the national children’s hospital over two campuses only a month before opting for a single site.

A SIX-STONE, five-year-old girl is finally getting her weight under control, but only after her mother revealed to media she had been waiting 18 months for a referral to a paediatrician.

SERIOUS measles outbreaks – that put hundreds of children’s lives at risk – will happen every three or four years unless MMR vaccine uptakes increase dramatically, a leading specialist warned yesterday.