The Court of Appeal has halted, for reasons of delay, a profoundly disabled man's case over alleged negligence in the circumstances of his birth at a Co Donegal hospital more than 30 years ago.

AN OIREACHTAS committee is to seek an independent review of the cases of women who underwent a controversial procedure during childbirth which left them with a litany of lasting health problems.

A disgraced obstetrician who needlessly removed the wombs of expectant mothers performed unnecessary surgery on 39 more women, it emerged today.

THE group representing former patients of disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary has requested an extension of the government’s redress scheme to all women on whom he performed unwarranted medical procedures.

By Catherine Shanahan>BR> The North Eastern Health Board (NEHB) has received the consent of patients for an independent review of care and treatment by consultant obstetricians at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.