The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has begun meeting with hospital groups seeking curtailment of services against a backdrop of more than 1,300 vacancies in nursing and midwifery posts.

A woman walking on the right side of the road in Cobh a year ago was struck by a motorist who drove away from the scene.

THE HSE has yet to complete an internal inquiry more than a year after the death of a garda sergeant and her baby son hours after she gave birth to twins.

Gardaí have released the name of a woman who was killed in a road accident in County Wexford on Thursday.

The Belfast woman killed in a road accident in Spain at the weekend has been named.