A man has been released without charge after being questioned in connection with a fatal crash in Co Donegal.

A young man killed in Co Donegal on Saturday night was walking home after celebrating the christening of his baby son.

The flu death toll so far this winter is 24, according to latest figures from the HSE.

This Friday marks the first anniversary of the latest collapse of Stormont.

The HSE says hospitals struggling to cope with the flu epidemic will not turn people away.

As a record 656 patients waited for a hospital bed yesterday, nurses warned that the health service could buckle under pressure from the flu epidemic.

The health minister wants heads on plates over the emergency department crisis, but the labyrinthine management structures in the health services may make his targets hard to choose. Caroline O’Doherty tries to untangle a very messy bureaucratic web.

The Health Minister Simon Harris will visit a number of hospitals this week to check in on the number of patients on trolleys.

Health Minister Simon Harris is to visit a number of hospitals this week to closely monitor the number of people waiting on trolleys.

Offaly 1-10 Dublin 2-15: Seán Treacy showed he could be a star of the future with a brilliant display as Dublin secured the Leinster title at O’Connor Park last night.

Cavan 1-17 London 1-8

Antrim 6-22 Derry 0-6

London 2-11 Leitrim 1-13

Leitrim 0-13 London 2-07

Leitrim 0-13 London 2-7

Derry 1-15 Down 2-17

London 1-12 Sligo 0-14, Ruislip

Stephen Kenny will live to fight another day as Rovers boss having recorded a vital victory at his former stomping ground last night.

Mark Quigley broke Derry City hearts at The Brandywell last night, the Sligo striker pouncing with five minutes remaining to open up a seven-point lead at the summit of the Premier Division.

UCD stay rooted to the bottom of the Premier Division after a first-half goal from Stephen McLaughlin was enough to enable Derry to record only their sixth league win of the season at a damp Belfield last night.

London 2-9 Antrim 2-11

Gavin Brennan punished a struggling Derry City at the Brandywell last night, the Drogheda winger plundering a brace in what will prove a morale-boosting victory.

Philly Hughes was the Shelbourne hero at the Brandywell last night, having taken advantage of a Derry defensive howler to plunder the points.

Stephen McLaughlin blasted his second brace in five days as Derry won this north-west derby.

Double All-Ireland winner and 1950s Mayo GAA legend Pádraig Carney described the late Garda Robert McCallion as a hero as a new pitch was poignantly rededicated to his memory in Swinford, Co Mayo yesterday.

St Patrick’s Athletic cruised to a thoroughly deserved victory at the Brandywell last night, Liam Buckley’s side extending their unbeaten record this season.

A 77th-minute David McDaid goal earned 10-man Derry City a share of the points against Shamrock Rovers in their absorbing Airtricity Premier Division encounter at Tallaght Stadium last night.

Dundalk stunned Derry City at the Brandywell last night, the Lilywhites recording their first win on the road since last June.

Less than 50 paying customers turned out at sun-splashed Fraher Field, Dungarvan, yesterday for this final round tie.

Derry City disrupted Sligo’s momentum as Airtricity League leaders with a battling performance in a mediocre game at the Showgrounds last night.

UCD put up a dogged performance last night to frustrate the Candystripes in what proved a very poor game at the Brandywell.

Derry eased their relegation fears with a significant, if hardly stylish, victory over out-of-sorts Meath in Navan.

Meath 0-9 Derry 0-13

Brian Murphy and JJ Smith fired second-half goals as Carlow made hard work of a poor London side at Ruislip.

Derry City may have cruised into the Setanta Sports Cup quarter-finals, but it was the presence of James McClean, who clearly lit up the Brandywell last night.

THE HSE West says it is starting to see significant improvements in its battle against absenteeism in the region.

BRAY WANDERERS severely dented Derry City’s title hopes following the northern club’s second successive draw at the Brandywell last night.

DERRY CITY returned to the summit of the Premier Division table last night, but they found UCD a tough nut to crack at the Brandywell.

A CHEEKY Patrick McEleney goal helped Derry City move three points clear at the summit of the Airtricity League Premier Division following their 1-0 victory over Bohemians at Dalymount Park last night.

Derry City 2 St. Patrick’s Athletic 0

DERRY CITY went top in Terryland Park last night as Galway United set a league record for consecutive defeats, last night’s loss being the 19th league game on the trot in which they have tasted defeat.

THE Sky Sports cameras were at Ruislip on Saturday but they didn’t get the result they were hoping for. In what they described ‘Gaelic football’s version of the FA Cup’, this was one giantkilling act too many for London.

DERRY eased past a disappointing Drogheda side in this totally one-sided Premier Division contest at Hunky Dorys Park last night.