Goals from Michael Doran and Dan McCormack ultimately separated Laois from Westmeath in a gripping tie in Mullingar last night.

Diarmuid Whelan struck a magnificent 10 points as Laois ended Kildare’s reign as Leinster and All-Ireland U20 champions at the first stage in St Conleth’s Park last night on Tuesday evening.

Readers of a certain age will remember Tony Doran.

Galway endured an uncomfortable afternoon in Ruislip as a gutsy London side make the Connacht champions work hard for their victory.

An estimated 43,000 commuters from the county are using the main arteries into Cork city centre every morning, a data analytics report has found.

Tipperary councillor David Doran is the latest public representative to quit Sinn Féin, describing the party as “an affront to democracy”.

The story has now become the story of Health Minister, Simon Harris's reaction to the Bishop's comments which he has heard out of context.

As things stand, the bishop remains correct in the letter of the law, if not the spirit that currently appears to prevail with this Pope, writes Alison O’Connor

A plaque has been unveiled at St. Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh to honour Charles Guilfoyle Doran.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has launched a legal bid to overturn two historical convictions for attempting to escape from prison.

Nurses have been instructed to ignore a HSE directive that changes the way in which agency staff are booked in circumstances where adhering to it could compromise patient safety.

Fermoy bowlers Arthur McDonagh and Gary Daly scored a double in the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig in the race for a semi-final place in next month’s King of the Roads.

Almost 8,000 patients were admitted to hospital on trolleys in August, an increase of 27% on the same period last year.

A key member of the emergency department task force set up to tackle overcrowding said it has become expert at “measuring the problems, describing the problems, but not resolving them”.

Republic of Ireland footballer Jeff Hendrick has been found not guilty of violent disorder.

A court has heard a friend of footballer Jeff Hendrick’s told gardaí people often call him ignorant if he doesn’t say hello, because he’s a footballer.

Latest: The row between professional footballer Jeff Hendrick and another man was just “drunken handbags”, according to his barrister.

A Dublin man has said that he was left with multiple fractures to his jaw following an attack by a group of men.

Owen Mulligan’s London debut ended in disappointment as Leitrim escaped from McGovern Park with a narrow victory.

Doctors, nurses, and midwives have accused the Government of taking an “ostrich approach” to the staffing crisis in hospitals, community and mental health services.

IT was hard to tell which infuriated INMO leader Liam Doran the most — the suggestion by Dr Kevin Kelleher, assistant national director of the HSE’s Health Protection unit, that nurses be given chocolates to entice them to take up the flu vaccine or RTÉ’s Sean O’Rourke’s opening question when interviewing him: “Well, Liam, Roses or Milk Tray?”

When Liam Doran was a young nurse staying in the nurses’ home at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth, the nuns hung a sign on his door saying “Man in the House”.

Nurses have threatened to disrupt the health service if the Government fails to address demands for pay parity with other health professionals in upcoming talks.

Cork University Hospital (CUH) has recorded the highest number of patients on trolleys for the second month in a row.

The problem is we all know the Church plays a very long game, and sticks, religiously, to its beliefs, writes Alison O’Connor

A record 9,500 patients ended up on hospital trolleys last month, the highest number for the month of March in over a decade.

New legislation could be passed to direct Gardaí to appear before the Kingsmill inquest into an IRA massacre, a lawyer has said.

A plan to have 107 nurses look after admitted patients on trolleys in emergency departments has stalled because there is no money to employ them.

Nurses require financial incentives to avert strike action in a dispute over staffing, recruitment, and retention, their trade union has said.

Wexford 1-17 Dublin 0-17: Three late unanswered points handed Wexford a deserved victory over Dublin in this Walsh Cup game played at Hollymount last night.

Nurses are also being told to submit statement of concern forms to management in their hospitals.

Nurses are to meet with the Department of Health and the HSE today in a bid to avert planned strike action.

Seven people have died of influenza, six in the space of a fortnight, at a time when emergency departments (EDs) are besieged by patients affected by the flu virus and the winter vomiting bug.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has described the record 612 patients on trolleys as “entirely predictable” and warned it could worsen.

Former team-mate Len Gaynor has paid tribute to the memory of the late Tipperary hurling legend Mick Roche, whose death was announced yesterday at the age of 73.

A controversial memo advising nurses of their right to remove “trespassing” public patients from acute hospital beds when others are more in need has been withdrawn by the HSE.

Hospitals may be brought to a standstill within weeks due to growing public service pay and staff level tensions after a leading nurses’ group became the latest union to threaten strike action.

Fionnuala Doran began her career as a Ninja Turtles fan, but has just published a graphic novel on Roger Casement, writes Don O’Mahony

The Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe has hinted that a deal could be reached in the near future to attract more nurses into the Irish health system.

It’s a magical moment when you have a child, but it’s not all plain sailing as Comedienne Emma Doran points out in her latest comedy sketch.