DEVOUT liberal Ivana Bacik and stanch conservative Ronan Mullen were last night poised to go head to head when the Seanad count resumes.

In view of the criticism for failing to provide for non-medical circumcision, the South Eastern Health Board will meet next month to discuss the provision of general services to the community.

A HEALTH BOARD, which has been criticised for failing to provide non-medical circumcision, is to meet next month to discuss improving general services.

DETECTIVES investigating the death of a baby boy who bled to death after a botched circumcision say the man who performed the kitchen-table surgery may have carried out at least two similar operations on the same day.

Detectives investigating the death of a baby boy believe a man who circumcised him just hours earlier may have carried out a number of similar operations on the same day.