A man is dead following at a road accident in Co Wexford at about 1am today.

The Irish Nurses Organisation has postponed its planned protest action at Cavan General Hospital today.

A motorcyclist died last night following a road crash in Monaghan.

The second inquest into the death of a nine-year-old girl following an operation at Cavan General Hospital has been adjourned amid legal threats from the Health Service Executive.

An ombudsman for the health service is urgently needed to restore public confidence, the Dáil heard today.

A 75-YEAR-OLD man who died due to lack of available care could have been treated at Cavan Hospital after all, Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney last night revealed.

A group campaigning for proper hospital services in the north-east of the country has called on the executive of the local health board to resign.

Ambulances services at Monaghan General Hospital have resumed almost three years after they were suspended.

Campaigners have said the death of a man en route to Cavan hospital yesterday shows the effect of the Hanly reforms on the health service.

A HOSPITAL unable to treat a heart attack victim because its A&E service was off-call will remain closed to emergencies for at least two months.

AN elderly man who suffered a heart attack just 500 yards from Monaghan Hospital died as ambulance staff were forced to rush him to Cavan Hospital 45 miles away.

Fine Gael has called on the Government to establish an independent body to take responsibility for patient care in Irish hospitals.

The Minister for Health has been called on to consider his position following the death of a nine-year-old girl in Cavan two weeks after having her appendix removed at Cavan Hospital.

The grandfather of the baby girl who died after her expectant mother was turned away from Monaghan Hospital has called on Health Minister Micheál Martin to resign in light of the current budget crisis in Irish hospitals.

The grandfather of the premature baby who died after her mother was turned away from Monaghan Hospital has called for the resignation of the chief executive of the North Eastern Health Board.

The North Eastern Health Board is in talks this evening about the death of a premature baby who was born in an ambulance after her mother was turned away from Monaghan Hospital.

The North-Eastern Health Board is to hold a special meeting next month to consider the case of a baby girl who died in Cavan Hospital after her expectant mother was turned away from Monaghan Hospital.

Minister for Health Micheál Martin has said that he believes that no attempt should have been made to transfer Denise Livingston from Monaghan hospital when she arrived there in the later stages of labour.

THE conflicting versions of events in the two reports into the death of premature baby Bronagh Livingstone were deeply disturbing, opposition parties said last night.

Health Minister Michael Martin will hold talks tomorrow with the family of the Monaghan baby who died after her mother gave birth while en route to Cavan General Hospital.

Health Minister Michael Martin has told the Dail that, contrary to reports, the mother who lost her premature baby yesterday morning was seen at Monaghan Hospital.