CREATING centres of excellence to treat cancer is no guarantee breast cancer survival rates will improve, a consultant surgeon has warned.

A PSYCHIATRIST chosen to work with homeless people in Dublin has had his job offer withdrawn because of a row over funding.

HEALTH board officials have insisted emergency treatment will continue at Cavan General Hospital despite leaked correspondence which calls into question the hospital's ability to provide the service given a staffing crisis.

THE Departments of Health and Environment have clashing policies on Monaghan General Hospital, according to local independent TD Paudge Connolly.