A man who “savagely” assaulted his partner after he had been out drinking and taking cocaine while celebrating his birthday has been jailed for 32 months.

Dad Alan Pluck said: "There's no need to throw rocks through the windows. My baby could have been killed last night. If the driver had lost control of the bus, we could have been seriously hurt."

There were a record number of students entered again for the higher-level Leaving Certificate maths.

Pilot project shows benefits for nurse retention, patient outcomes

The Government is set to radically reform the way hospital wards are staffed and structured after a new pilot project found simple changes can reduce deaths, improve patient outcomes, and save the State millions of euro a year.

Two farmers have died in separate incidents as they worked to repair roofs damaged in recent storms.

Not a single hospital has been fined for failure to implement a policy that is supposed to reduce overcrowding in emergency departments — at a time when numbers on trolleys are at record levels.

Not a single hospital has been fined for failure to implement a policy that is supposed to reduce overcrowding in emergency departments — at a time when numbers on trolleys are at record levels.

The HSE has spent almost €300,000 over the past three years on burial expenses on patients who died in its care.

The HSE has spent almost €300,000 over the past three years on burial expenses on patients who died in its care.

A man has died following a road accident in Co Wicklow today.

Almost one in 10 critical care beds in Irish hospitals are not being used due to staffing shortages.

Gardai are awaiting instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the death of an elderly woman struck by a car on the N11 last May. 

Health Minister Simon Harris has defended his decision not to provide a budget for a major anti-obesity action plan.

Waiting times for the country’s only two public weight treatment services are over two-and-a-half years, with almost 1,500 waiting simply to get an outpatient appointment.

An ambulance driver has said he feels he has failed as a parent after his son took part in a violent attack.

A few weeks back, Damien Duff painted a somewhat poignant image of a player struggling to come to terms with retirement, recalling that one recent morning in Loughlinstown he hired out an astro-turf pitch all for himself. And even as he practised with his right foot, he found himself wondering just what the hell it was he was actually practising for?

A dispute between a company of property developer and investor Michael O’Flynn and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council over a refusal of planning permission for a €75m residential development in south Dublin will be heard by the Commercial Court in May.

There is a book to be written on the medical profession and its influence on the wine industry.

The latest tool to help women achieve the perfect hour-glass figure is the waist trainer, made popular by Kim Kardashian. Deirdre Reynolds tests it out.

Two brave David’s to talk about this week — David Whelehan of Whelehan’s Wines which opened in December in the old Silver Tassie pub in Loughlinstown on the N11; and Dave Gallgher of Green Man Wines in Terenure which opened last month.

A man has told a court he never gave permission to a woman to take over €102,000 from his bank account.

A man’s internal organs started dying after he took headshop drug mephe-drone, an inquest has heard.

A man in his 20s has died in a single-vehicle crash in Co. Wicklow.

A man has died after a single-vehicle road accident in south Dublin.

A man has died after losing control of his motorcycle in Co Wicklow early this morning.

Potentially lifesaving gastric bypass operations are on hold because of a HSE decision to limit the number of procedures it funds.

A murder investigation is under way in Co Wicklow this evening following the death of a 50-year-old woman in Bray..

Gardaí are investigating two fatal collisions yesterday evening.

A three-year-old boy was among five lives lost on the roads over the bank holiday weekend.

A 40-year-old man has died following a motorbike crash in Bray, Co Wicklow.

A Dublin mother-of-two has lost her legal action against the owners of a pub in Loughlinstown after she was injured during an Ann Summers lingerie party.

Blaming a pub owner for the alleged injuries of a woman during a rush to grab a spot prize at an Ann Summers sex toy party would fly in the face of common sense, a court has been told.

Plating food has taken on a new meaning for some schoolchildren who are learning about healthier eating. A group of parents in Dublin have been promoting a ‘Portion Plate,’ which helps children learn about portion sizes and the components of a healthy, balanced meal.

A number of Irish ‘neknominate’ pages have been shut down in the wake of the death of Carlow teenager Johnny Byrne.

A protest is due to take place outside Loughlinstown Hospital in Dublin this afternoon against the downgrading of services at the facility.

Hospital chiefs across the country have been ordered to crack down on sloppy hygiene among medics which is putting tens of thousands of patients at risk of infection.

Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus are set to lose 10% of their routes to private operators.