Irish medicine has a long-held tradition of treating both an expectant mother and her unborn, developing child.

There is grave concern among doctors across the specialities about the proposed legislation for termination of pregnancy in the case of threatened suicide on the part of the mother.

Anti-abortion group Youth Defence has rejected criticism of the use of controversial images in its campaign ads and compared them to the publications of corpses in Nazi death camps.

A WOMAN has been awarded €65,638 in High Court damages arising out of an incident in which her car went on fire days after it had been serviced.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern last night angrily denied Ireland’s A&E crisis could be compared to the Third World as he came under intense pressure over the state of casualty units.