A man has avoided jail after he stole mor ethan €10,000 from the organisation which runs the annual Gay Pride Parade while he worked there as financial director.

CALLS for a radical overhaul of the health system have been prompted by news that a record 569 patients were languishing on hospital trolleys yesterday.

PATIENTS could lose their lives unless steps are taken to ease the beds crisis which has left 569 people on trolleys, it was claimed last night.

THE failure to provide stab vests to ambulance crews means that it’s just a matter of time before somebody is killed or seriously injured while on duty, paramedics warn.