A SENIOR doctor at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has been accused of professional misconduct over his alleged failure to properly diagnose the results of an MRI scan on a man who died a short time later.

Two people were being questioned tonight after the terrified family of a bank official were held hostage overnight at their north Co Dublin home.

HOW a woman died after waiting 12 hours for medical help is to be the subject of a special Health Service Executive (HSE) inquiry.

Gardaí have expressed growing concern for a teenage girl who has been missing for the past two-and-a-half weeks.