The death of baby Mary Kate Kelly has officially been recorded as being that of a result of "medical misadventure".

A verdict of medical misadventure has been returned into the death of a stillborn baby who died in the womb a day after her concerned mother was sent home from the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, having been told everything was all right.

The parents of a stillborn baby girl have pleaded: “Let our little girl be the last to die like this.”

The jury in the inquest into the death of a baby who died a day after her mother was sent home from the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise has returned a verdict of medical misadventure.

A midwife with concerns over a pregnant woman’s scan told a junior doctor to liaise with his consultant and told him she could not stand by his decision to discharge her, an inquest has heard.

An inquest is underway in Limerick into the death of a baby at the centre of an investigation at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.

Ireland’s oldest man, Luke Dolan, died this week at the age of 108.

On the day they buried their 5-year-old son, the Cork couple whose little boy died after a fireplace fell on him have said “it will be a long time, if ever, before we come to terms with what has happened”.

THE S/S 2013 Fashion Weeks were seeing double, with some of the biggest international names sending their models out twinned, two by two.

The year she was born Ireland was part of the United Kingdom and King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited the country.

The Maureen O’Hara Classic Film Festival opens this weekend. Marc O’Sullivan meets the lively actress.

A replica of the original pub that featured in 'The Quiet Man' film has been built by fans in Co Mayo.

Former Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker is putting her time playing fashion-obsessed New Yorker Carrie Bradshaw to good use and launching her own fashion line.

Jennifer Aniston has purchased her first home since divorcing Brad Pitt last year and is moving back to the former couple's neighbourhood in Beverly Hills.

Held for the first time in Miami, the city of skin, the MTV Video Music Awards was sizzling, energetic and colourful – yet tame, by MTV standards.

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are refusing to pay $100,000 (€81,100) for basic 'tenant improvement' work on their New York apartment.

Troubled teen star Mary-Kate Olsen wants to train as a chef and open her own restaurant - despite having just checked out of rehabilitation for an eating disorder.

Teen singer Hilary Duff has blamed the intense pressure heaped on young stars for causing TV rival Mary Kate Olsen's battle with anorexia.