Seán Rowlette and Michael Kivlehan, whose wives died after giving birth in the same hospital, are seeking a meeting with Leo Varadkar, the health minister.

A conflict has arisen over whether a mother who died after giving birth was aware she had the deadly Hellp syndrome.

A tiny Irish cow is set to enter the record books as the smallest in the world. Ella, a Dexter cow from Sligo, stands at 31 inches — two inches shorter than the previous record holder, Swallow, from England.

The emerald illuminations that transformed world landmarks over the St Patrick’s weekend weren’t the only kind of green light in evidence as the occasion gave the country the go-ahead to forget current crises and get the craic back for a while.

A DAIRY farmer who celebrated his 80th birthday during the Christmas holiday died in a single-vehicle road accident yesterday.

SIPTU has claimed a west Sligo construction company is paying up to 70 Eastern European workers as little as €5 per hour for work.