A middle-aged man under serious financial pressure snapped and tried to kill his daughter by holding a rag to her mouth after she asked him for €5.

The HSE has said it is confident it will have appointed someone to head up its National Office for Suicide Prevention by October following the sudden departure of its director, Stephanie O’Keeffe, last Friday, after just three months in the position.

The Mother of Anthony Ward has appeared in court in Limerick, charged with her son's murder.

A court last night ordered that a mother charged with the murder of her son should be examined by a forensic psychiatrist at the female wing of Mountjoy prison.

A DISTRESS management system for cancer patients is being launched by Cork University Hospital.