The HSE has apologised to a six-year-old girl with cerebral palsy over the failings in her care after her birth at University College Hospital, Galway.

A 49-year old man who claimed his life was ruined after a bread delivery man allegedly slapped him on the bum has lost his High Court action for damages.

Campaigners for a No vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum say the head of the Referendum Commission has contradicted himself.

Allowing same-sex couples to marry will not impact on adoption laws or redefine marriage, the independent chairperson of the Referendum Commission said.

A High Court judge has rejected a claim by a 76-year old woman that an unnecessary symphysiotomy was performed on her 12 days before the birth of her first baby at a Dublin hospital in 1963.

Former President Mary McAleese and Justice Kevin Cross have reassured middle Ireland that a ‘Yes’ vote on same-sex marriage will not undermine the the rights and status of families.

Lawyers acting for the partners of Bloxham Stockbrokers have applied to have the firm wound up as the partners see “no prospect of an improvement in Bloxham’s trading position.”