These seven high-profile cases from 2015 show that the HSE has a long way to go in translating policy into practice, writes Catherine Shanahan

TOM DUNNE is fizzing with energy. 

Two months short of her fourth birthday, the little girl from Castlegregory, Co Kerry, who can not talk or walk, yesterday settled her High Court action against the HSE with an interim payout of €2.5m to cover the next three years.

The HSE and Kerry General Hospital have apologised unreservedly in the High Court to a three-year-old girl, brain damaged during birth.

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SPRING, Skye Gyngell’s restaurant was one of the most anticipated restaurant openings in London for several years.

The best of tonight's television offerings.

Back-to-school isn’t just about freshly sharpened pencils and clean copy books.

While politicians argued the figures inside Leinster House, parents made clear on the streets of Ireland that they reject Government insistence that special needs pupils are getting the right supports in school.

Last week, I promised I would share some more of the gems cooked by the guest chefs at the Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine 2013.

A "drunk and jealous" woman has been found guilty of murdering five members of the same family, including three young children, in a devastating blaze following a row about a pram.

Tulisa has blasted her "haters" in a bizarre twitter rant, accusing the media of wanting her to be a "lifeless robot".

Tulisa is dating soccer star Danny Simpson.

SKYE EDWARDS is laughing.

FOR many people getting out the kitchen for a couple of weeks is the sweetest part of a holiday — well away from the tyranny of having to cook every day. Of course, I love eating out but I also love to cook particularly when I am in a place where the food and culture is different.

Franny Norton is determined to make a full recovery before returning to the saddle after being injured in a seven-horse pile-up at Wolverhampton earlier this month.

Godolphin’s boys in blue were the men to follow at Windsor and Pontefract after Frankie Dettori and Kerrin McEvoy landed seven races between them on Monday.

Cameron Diaz showed her squeamish side on the debut of her new MTV travel show Trippin' on Monday night when she quaked as she received vaccinations for her adventure in Nepal.