The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has written to the HSE seeking specific details about preparations for the coronavirus.

Latest: A fourth person has been arrested by police investigating the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a lorry in Essex.

When The National performed at Cork’s Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival in 2017, they were raising the curtains on 18 months of punishing touring. After that, the plan was to lay low and recuperate. What the Ohio five piece certainly hadn’t in mind was recording another album so soon after their career-best Sleep Well Beast.

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A medical law expert and a patient safety advocate have both urged a rethink of provisions in the Patient Safety Bill that would criminalise medical practitioners for failure to disclose information in relation to serious mistakes.

Social media users are calling on John McGuirk make good on a pledge he made to fellow No campaigner Keith Mills.

As a teenager, author Emma Healey’s depression almost resulted in her being sectioned. She draws on those dark days for her follow up to ‘Elizabeth Is Missing’, writes Rowena Walsh.

Cork Constitution 12 Lansdowne 32: Cork Constitution relinquished their Bateman Cup title in tame fashion at Temple Hill on Saturday when Lansdowne produced a stunning second-half display of poise and power to take the spoils for the first time in the modern era.

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A nurse said a doctor facing allegations of poor professional performance for his treatment of a child who had chicken pox told her he had seen blood-test results, but had failed to write these on a medical chart.

Senior counsel for the woman told the High Court the woman wore high heels all her life but cannot do it any more.

One-fearsome hurricane Harvey has spun deeper into Texas, unloading extraordinary amounts of rain after crashing into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least two people and injured up to 14.

Donal O’Keeffe tells the story of the mobile library service which brings a sense of community and joy to people of all ages.

Motor dealers Johnson & Perrott are poised to invest €15m in a new, third dealership location for their Cork City-based business.

A Kerryman who was “off his head” tried to barge his way past a Cork householder in the early hours of the morning in the mistaken belief that he was at someone else’s house, writes Liam Heylin of the Irish Examiner.

A Kerryman who was “off his head” tried to barge his way past a Cork householder in the early hours of the morning in the mistaken belief that he was at someone else’s house.

Nobody knows our troubles but God. Not exactly the words of Clare co-manager Gerry O’Connor after this game but close enough.

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has raised pricing for July sales of all crude grades to Asia, the US, and north-west Europe.

The young revolutionary who killed the only policeman to die violently between 1916 and the War of Independence later became an early member of An Garda Síochána, a police researcher has found.

London. 4 pm. I’m on my way to meet James, the man I lived with before I met my husband.

A teenager responsible for killing a family's beloved cat and seriously injuring six others during a shooting spree has been jailed.

Kevin Pilley takes a trip to Saarbrucken to Europe’s first – and so far only – residential Klingon language course.

To understand why Saudi Arabia changed course and decided Opec should go back to managing supply, look at two of the kingdom’s biggest policy challenges: The urgent need to plug holes in its budget and the plan to sell a stake in the state-owned oil monopoly.

Oliver Stone’s new film aims to show the human side of CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden, writes Helen Barlow

A doctor accused of misdiagnosing an ectopic pregnancy and prescribing drugs to terminate it was following guidelines in what could have been an extremely risky situation, a Medical Council inquiry has been told.

Cathy Desmond rounds up the best opera and classical events coming up in Ireland and further afield

A 35 year old pregnant woman died due to a tear in the abdomen during the course of laparoscopic surgery for an ectopic pregnancy, an inquest has heard. 

They may yet transpire to be the cause of the intermittent financial bubbles that have shaken the global economy since 2008, as they were in the late 1920s, says Eddie Hobbs

Warmth of reception at Holiday Inn makes up for lack of heating in a hotel that used to be regularly hit by shells and peppered with bullets throughout the bloody three-year siege of Sarajevo, writes Liam Mackey.

Worcester 13 Northampton 12: It wasn’t just a new dawn for English rugby that kicked off at Sixways last night, just six days removed from the World Cup hosts’ disastrous exit. 

The Taken series has proven pretty popular with three movies so far - naturally that means its spin off time.

An international nursing study has linked long shifts to increased burnout but nurses in Ireland say staffing levels and workloads are mainly to blame.

Kathleen MacMahon was suffering second-book syndrome when she fell ill. Holed up in bed for months, she created the vibrant ‘Long Hot Summer’, writes Sue Leonard.

A 21-year-old man who sped from his bed in the early hours of the Feast of the Epiphany, after it suddenly came to light his girlfriend might be with another young man, ended up in court on a charge of dangerous driving.

From massive hit singles to suing hip hop samplers, Gilbert O’Sullivan has had quite a career, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Some of the more light hearted stories from around the world.