A 27 year old man sustained fatal head injuries in a fall down stairs after a night out with friends, an inquest heard.

A woman who died of breast cancer following a nine-month delay in her diagnosis voiced concerns about her young daughter and her will shortly before she passed away.

THE crisis in the health service deepened last night with the country’s main children’s hospital announcing a series of severe cuts.

Criticism has been levelled against the North-Eastern Health Board over its decision to locate a specialist breast cancer unit in Navan rather than in Drogheda.