Sixty minutes plus injury-time, 20 minutes of extra-time, another 10 minutes of "extra" extra-time, and still these brave teams couldn't be separated as they put everything they had into trying to earn a place in this year's Harty Cup semi-final.

Bereaved parents have accused the HSE of covering up warning signs in relation to baby deaths at Portlaoise Hospital.

A consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology who was placed on administrative leave more than a year ago following the death of a newborn at Cavan General Hospital has still not returned to work.

An inquest is underway in Limerick into the death of a baby at the centre of an investigation at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.

The lives of pregnant women and unborn babies are being gambled with due to a “geographic lottery” when it comes to standards in the country’s maternity services.