THE director for operations in the HSE West area said yesterday there was no possibility of the Mid-Western Regional Hospital’s A&E unit being closed at night-time due to a shortage of junior doctors.

EVERY strand of Tommy Murphy’s short life was represented at the crash victim’s funeral yesterday in west Limerick.

MOTORISTS staged a city centre protest this weekend against the National Car Test (NCT) and “the absurd nature of car failures on trivial points”.