The Minister for Health James Reilly has said no acute hospital will close as a result of the reorganisation of hospitals.

AN open verdict was recorded yesterday by a coroner into the death of a 61-year-old woman who developed septicaemia after having a gastric band operation in Britain.

The Health Minister James Reilly has described as "utter nonsense" proposals to cut the vaccination programme for young children.

ONE of the highest alcohol readings ever recorded in the history of the state was detected in the bloodstream of a man found dead in a public toilet in Drogheda, an inquest heard yesterday.

GREEN Party councillors will meet tonight to discuss their approach to NAMA.

Tesco will create 220 new jobs in Drogheda today with the opening of a new store in the town.

DROGHEDA UNITED confirmed yesterday they will be appealing their 10-point deduction for entering the examinership process.

Caroline O’Doherty reviews the National Cancer Control Strategy, which provides the opportunity to see whether specialist centres are the best means to survival.

A WOMAN suffered septic shock and died nine days after being admitted to a hospital where surgery to rejoin her bowel was unsuccessful, an inquest heard yesterday.

MALLOW hospital provides an excellent service for the people of north Cork. The population of the area is expanding rapidly, putting more strain on the hospital, particularly as Mallow is designated a hub town under the national spatial strategy.

One of the men arrested in connection with the discovery of a body in Dundalk has had his period of detention extended.

GARDAÍ have ruled out foul play after a pensioner and his daughter died in a house fire in the early hours of yesterday morning.

THE chief executive of the North Eastern Health Board, at the centre of much controversy in recent years, yesterday hit back at negative reporting by the media about its hospitals, including Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda and Cavan General Hospital.

GARDAÍ are investigating the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a man found dead at his home the morning after he was caught up in a row outside a pub.

Gerry Adams is to be challenged in a new move to force the IRA to clear the name of Jean McConville, it emerged tonight.

The children of IRA “Disappeared” victim Jean McConville have lived through more than 31 years years of hell since their mother was murdered, an inquest was told today.

Forensic evidence found during the examination of the body of IRA “Disappeared” victim Jean McConville could still be used to convict her murderers, it emerged today.

Gardai have released the name of the elderly woman who died in a house fire in Co Louth yesterday afternoon.

Two people have been injured in a road accident in County Louth.

Six people have been taken to hospital in the North East following a crash between a car and a motorbike. The accident happened at Ballymascallon on the Newry side of Dundalk.