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

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

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.

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.