FAMILIES of women who died as a result of cancer misdiagnosis will get “the full facts” about what happened to their loved ones, Health Minister Mary Harney has said.

CORK University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) was officially opened yesterday but a cynic would ask “why now?”.

The head of the Health Service Executive Professor Brendan Drumm has said Ireland's standard of healthcare can be amongst Europe's best within five years.