A father-of-four has died after a car on which he had been working collapsed on top of him at his home in Co Clare.

Firefighters are continuing to battle a number of bog fires that have been burning in the midlands for several days.

AN insurance body is refusing to pay compensation to around 100 women who say that their wombs were unnecessarily removed.

A DISGRACED obstetrician faces claims for damages from more than 100 women after a High Court ruling yesterday.