The Irish Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey returns from a warm weather camp boasting a nice tan and vowing to be nicer to Cork Blue.

The Irish Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey returns from a warm weather camp boasting a nice tan and vowing to be nicer to Cork Blue.

Union leaders have said nurses are more determined than ever to continue their campaign of industrial action, following today's one hour stoppages at five different hospitals.

PLANS to almost double capacity for dialysis patients at a Dublin hospital where services are already overstretched face further delays following a Government request for a value-for-money (VFM) audit.

BEAUMONT Hospital in Dublin is seeking 250 additional in-patient beds and is pushing ahead with the development of new state-of-the-art facilities, including a surpra-regional cancer centre, as part of a five-year plan unveiled yesterday.

GARDAÍ have launched a criminal investigation into the awarding of a series of building contracts worth €3.3m by Beaumont Hospital between 1998 and 2001.

Doctors at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital have decided Charles Haughey is well enough to be moved from intensive care.

A spokesman for Beaumont Hospital has confirmed that Charles Haughey had a "comfortable" night.