FAMILY and friends of Derek O’Toole gathered in his native west Dublin yesterday to pay their final tributes to the young man who died in mysterious circumstances more than a week ago.

THE contents of Limerick’s Jesuit Church, which closed over two weeks ago, were auctioned off yesterday.

A DOCTOR who has used unlicensed stem cell therapy to treat multiple sclerosis sufferers has claimed he has had to turn hundreds of patients away because of new EU regulations.

REGULATIONS governing the use of controversial stem cell therapies will be introduced within a matter of months, Finance Minister Brian Cowen said last night.