Half a dozen people who brought personal injury claims totalling €360,000 against an Allianz-insured driver have seen their cases end in five last-minute refusals and a dismissal.

Cancer patients and their families have urged Health Minister Simon Harris to ensure a sarcoma specialist remains at a major acute hospital in Dublin while a recruitment process is ongoing.

It was always going to be a small protest outside Leinster House yesterday because most of those at the centre of the campaign were too ill to be there.