A man was confrontational and angry when he sought answers over why his seriously ill wife was not in intensive care six days before she died, a senior doctor told the inquest into her death.

A senior doctor who treated a woman who died from multi-organ failure days after a caesarean section has said a 12-hour delay in reviewing her first set of blood tests was a mistake.

A widower whose wife died days after giving birth has told an inquest into her death he has lost the light of his life.

A widower whose wife died days after giving birth has told an inquest into her death he has lost the light of his life.

Shane Filan’s home in Sligo, built for €3m and reported to have been once valued at €10m, has sold for over €800,000.

The depths of Irish motherhood was underlined at the opening of an inquest into the death of a 29-year-old woman who died after she gave birth to her first baby in Sligo.

Two men are in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in Co Roscommon.

An inquest has heard of the desperate attempts to keep a teenage girl in the protective care of the HSE shortly before she was killed.

A 21-month-old toddler died after she was hit by a car in south Dublin on Saturday.

A husband has demanded an inquest into the death of his wife who lost her life after giving birth to their first child.

The father of Ciara Pugsley, a schoolgirl who died by suicide after a campaign of online bullying, has warned lives will continue to be lost unless steps are taken to tackle the problem.

Allowing those under the age of 15 to have unfettered access to the internet is akin to giving them the keys to a car and then wondering why they have crashed, a leading cyberbullying expert has said.

Console, the national suicide prevention organisation, has urged anyone affected by cyber bullying to seek help from the organisation immediately.

Connacht Gold has appointed Eoghan Sweeney as general manager of its consumer foods business.

Shane Filan has been declared bankrupt due to debts of £18m (€22.3m).

A drug dealer’s girlfriend will have to leave a luxurious house he built for them from the proceeds of his criminal activities, the High Court has ruled.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has secured orders for the seizure of approximately €146,000 from a Co Sligo family which the bureau says are the proceeds of crime.

ACC Bank has sued a firm of solicitors for some €5.75 million over alleged failure to ensure the bank had proper security in relation to a loan advanced to buy a hotel, bistro and nightclub in Dromahair, Co Leitrim.

A man in his 60s has been killed in a car crash in Co. Leitrim.

FOR a selection of noodles try Mr Bell’s stall in the English Market in Cork, the Asia Market at 18 Drury St and the Oriental Emporium at 25 South Great Georges St, both in Dublin 2.

SWEDISH safety experts are coming to Dublin this week to help tackle unprecedented carnage on Irish roads.

A PROPERTY development company owned by Westlife singer Shane Filan showed a loss of just over €52,000 last year.

ONE of America’s most distinguished police officers has claimed a garda reserve won’t work because the force cannot rely on volunteers.

A NEWLYWED couple from Ireland who travelled to New Orleans for the honeymoon of their dreams told yesterday how they were rescued from the squalor and mayhem of the storm-ravaged city.

Three Co Leitrim families devastated by the suicide of loved ones have been moved to organise a two-day seminar on the suicide issue in their home village next month.

A 25-year-old Welsh woman who stabbed a middle-aged Leitrim man thirteen times admitted today under cross-examination that she had lost her head “completely” because she was drunk at the time and didn’t know what she was doing.

A 25-year-old Welsh woman accused of stabbing a Leitrim man 13 times with three knives and then pouring boiling water over him has pleaded not guilty to his murder at the Central Criminal Court today.

THE deaths of four men in the north west were being investigated by gardaí yesterday.