The High Court has given the HSE until Friday to devise a better care plan for a vulnerable young woman than a "completely substandard" arrangement where she can leave a care unit and access street drugs daily.

A judge has made orders allowing doctors administer life-saving treatment to a young woman in an advanced state of malnutrition due to anorexia.

AN AIB whistle-blower was sacked shortly after he had highlighted irregularities in the bank’s internal accounting system, an Employment Appeals Tribunal heard yesterday.