THE chief executive of the Health Services Executive has said his organisation must find an effective and lasting solution to the A&E problems in the North-East which led to the death of 76-year-old man last week.

THE redevelopment of the country’s largest hospital for sick children must be given the urgency it deserves, a parents’ lobby group will tell Tánaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney today.

THE redevelopment of Crumlin Children's Hospital needs to proceed as soon as humanly possible, a parents' lobby group said last night after reports of an alternative to the Department of Health’s plan emerged.

FACILITIES at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin have become so bad that they wouldn't pass basic hygiene tests, a leading consultant has warned.

A TIMETABLE on the redevelopment of the country’s major hospital for sick children must be published immediately, a parents’ lobby group is insisting.