John Hannan has been a ‘guinea pig’ for Respreeza for 11 years. Now, due to the reported €84k-a-year cost, he faces losing access to a drug that’s proven a lifesaver. He talks to Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan

A quick-thinking garda used a shoelace to tie the umbilical cord of a baby born during morning rush hour at traffic lights near Galway City as the parents rushing to reach the University Hospital had to settle for a car seat birth instead.

Two separate investigations are under way after a man was crushed to death in a workplace accident in Cork City yesterday.