Former Health Minister Michael Martin today angrily hit back at claims by his department’s secretary general that he was aware of illegal nursing homes charges as early as 2003.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was told about illegal nursing home charges almost a year before they were eventually uncovered, an Oireachtas Health Committee heard today.

FORMER Health Minister Mícheál Martin yesterday stood firm amid a flurry of calls for his resignation as the Travers report was debated in the Dáil.

Former Minister for Health Micheál Martin today told the Dáil that if he had known about the illegal nursing home charges during his tenure, he would have alerted the Cabinet immediately.

OBESITY levels in children have tripled in just over a decade, with the number of those overweight doubling in the same period, a nationwide survey of 20,000 students has found.

A QUADRIPLEGIC’S dying wish was granted yesterday — a day after his mother injected a lethal dose of barbiturates into his feeding tube.

A quadriplegic’s dying wish was granted today – a day after his mother injected a lethal dose of barbiturates into his feeding tube.

Former Health Minister Dr Rory O'Hanlon has told the Lindsay Tribunal the decision to give the Irish Haemophilia Society £50,000 as compensation for haemophiliacs who had contracted HIV from contaminated blood products lay ultimately with him.

Former Health Minister Barry Desmond is due to give evidence to the Lindsay Tribunal today.

Former Health Minister Barry Desmond has told the Lindsay Tribunal he is appalled at being given incorrect information during the unfolding Aids crisis among haemophiliacs.

Former Health Minister Barry Desmond has taken the witness stand at the Lindsay Tribunal.