REPEAT Leaving Certificate students are hogging places in medicine, dentistry, veterinary and pharmacy, and are more than twice as likely to opt for these disciplines than other courses.

TWO more complaints against disgraced doctor Paschal Carmody are to be referred to gardaí who are investigating the purported cancer cure business he ran with former colleague Dr William Porter.

THE Medical Council gave prior warning about difficulties at Cavan General Hospital which sent tragic schoolgirl Frances Sheridan home with a fatal condition after misdiagnosing her as having a tummy bug.