Sinn Féin TD for Waterford David Cullinane has said there needs to be a fresh review of cardiac services in the South East.

A public inquest into the death of Waterford man Thomas Power, who died of a heart attack in the back of an ambulance on its way to Cork, has been requested by his family.

Thousands are expected to march on the Dáil this lunchtime over cath lab facilities at Waterford University Hospital.

The family of Waterford man Thomas Power, who died of a heart attack in the back of an ambulance on his way to Cork University Hospital, will attend a meeting in Dáil Éireann.

The tragic case of a young man who died while being transferred to hospital in Cork because of a lack of cardiac services in the south east has been raised in the Dáil, writes Elaine Loughlin.

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The death of Waterford man Thomas Power, who died of a heart attack in an ambulance on his way to Cork, has been described as a “national disgrace”.

LATEST:Health Minister Simon Harris has said that he is open to a further review on the issue of cath labs in the South East.

Calls for University Hospital Waterford’s (UHW) cath lab to operate 24/7 have re-emerged after a man died of a heart attack on his way to Cork in an ambulance.

Three little pigs tucked into a pile of grain dumped by protesting farmers outside the EU Commission’s offices in Dublin yesterday.

Irish censors didn’t just impose their rulings in this country. One early pioneer also served in Britain, writes Robert Hume

GARDAÍ are investigating separate shooting incidents in Limerick and Cork.

HOLIDAYMAKERS are expected to ignore today’s deadline to vacate a caravan park that is shortly due to be placed on the market.

THE summer holiday plans of hundreds of families were in tatters yesterday following confirmation that a popular caravan park is to be sold after a long-running planning saga.

OWNER Desmond Gibson from Co Down and breeder Thomas Power from Dungarvan, Co Waterford, produced Tinahely Show’s 2006 Red Mills Non-thoroughbred Two-year-old All Ireland colts/gelding champion, by Puissance out of Artic Gem (by Artic View).