The Irish Medical Organisation will hold an extraordinary general meeting in the coming weeks after a south Dublin GP gathered 120 signatures from other members to trigger the move.

A drug with the potential to prolong life for people with terminal colon cancer will be offered to suitable patients of a Cork hospital as part of a worldwide trial.

The High Court has reserved judgment on a human rights bid by an American paedophile to block being returned to the US where he is wanted for allegedly abusing three girls in the mid-Nineties.

THE Archbishop of Dublin has secured summary judgment for €1.5 million against a Dublin solicitor who admitted misappropriation of the amount after it was bequeathed to the church for charitable purposes.

OUTSIDERS Ballincollig produced the shock of the Evening Echo Cork SFC opening round at Ovens yesterday when defeating kingpins Nemo Rangers 3-4 to 1-7 to guarantee themselves senior status for at least another year.