A seven-year-old boy was knocked down and killed by a street cleaning vehicle in Ballymun.

A man who was high on “a cocktail of drugs and alcohol” has been sentenced to six years in prison for what a judge described as a “barbaric” attack on an older male on his way home from a pub.

Detectives are questioning a suspect in relation to the fatal stabbing of a man in a laneway in Dublin's north east inner city early this morning.

Dr Vincent Carroll, GP, Public Health Doctor and chair of ARC Cancer Support Centres

Access to a cath lab would not have saved a farmer whose death during a hospital transfer following a complication of a “silent heart attack” sparked outrage over cardiac services in the South-East, it has emerged.

A Meath dentist had to turn mid-wife very quickly on the side of the busy N2 last weekend when he had to deliver his new son - who was subsequently called after the ambulance controller.

PATIENTS with rheumatology problems often complain of either localised or whole body pains. 

A male nurse who contacted a female patient on Whatsapp and Facebook was today found guilty of professional misconduct.

Lynne Martin is a co-ordinator with the National Organ Procurement Service. This is a typical day for her and her colleagues.

Private hospitals in Cork, Kilkenny, and Mullingar have been asked to support public hospitals as part of the latest Health Department and HSE efforts to tackle overcrowding at Ireland’s emergency departments.

Award-winning writer Eimear Ryan on the visceral feel of an All-Ireland success for Tipperary against Kilkenny.

Myths around cancer trials need to be dispelled to save lives says consultant oncologist Catherine Kelly at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Mater Private Hospital. She was speaking at an event last night in Dublin.

It was like winning the lottery twice over for Craig Shearer when he and his Dublin Bus colleagues collected their €23.8m EuroMillions jackpot in Dublin yesterday.

A man was found “unresponsive” in his cell at Mountjoy Prison following a suspected drugs overdose yesterday.

Injury time – that’s where Irish football finds itself right now.

Almost €60m has been spent on the new National Children’s Hospital which has yet to be built, it emerged yesterday.

The National Children’s Hospital should be renamed the Dublin Children’s Hospital as it should not be sited in a city centre location if it’s to cater for all the country..

THERE are times when it feels we have a greater chance of sending a minister for health into space than successfully completing a new national children’s hospital.

A taxi driver was assaulted and his car was stolen in the latest carjacking to take place in Dublin.

A man has presented himself at a Dublin Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.

The HSE says it has been preparing for a potential ebola outbreak in Ireland 'for a long time'.

Five teenagers arrested over the assault of a man in Dublin yesterday have all been released without charge.

Shane O’Connell received the gift of a new heart for Christmas and is looking forward to a healthier and happier new year.

A face without a name, a present without a past.

A hospital has been ordered to clean up its act within weeks after inspectors found dirty sinks, soiled toilets and unclean floors posing a risk to patients.

He was there for JT’s big day with Caroline all those years ago, so there was no way he was missing JT’s big day with Jonjo yesterday.

The Lotto sell-off will unlock €200m in ring-fenced funding for the long-delayed National Children’s Hospital, the Government has pledged.

Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald lifted the lid on his personal life in an interview with RTÉ Radio yesterday

An investigation has been launched by Gardaí and the Irish Prison Service into the death of a prisoner at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin.

Gardaí are investigating an alleged shooting after a man walked into a Dublin Garda station and pronounced he had been shot.

Sixty years ago, he unlocked the mystery of genes, but lately he seems to be more focused on the one that causes mischief.

The equivalent of one person will be diagnosed with cancer every 12 minutes by the end of the decade unless vital public donations for screening and treatment services continue to be made.

One of Ireland’s most expensive local authority’s has rejected claims it wasted more than €40m on botched planning projects since 2005 by failing to follow its own development plan.

The planned National Children's Hospital at St James's Hospital in Dublin is reported to be facing planning difficulties.

A delay of two-and-a-half years can be expected should an alternative site to the Mater be chosen for the children’s hospital, it has been claimed.

Kilmurry go in search of a first junior football county in 26 years tomorrow having survived the drawn game by the skin of their teeth two weeks ago against Rockchapel.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today insisted that another independent report into the location of the new National Children's Hospital has not been commissioned.

Sites in Blanchardstown and Belcamp in Dublin are not right for the new National Children's Hospital, according to the Master of the Rotunda hospital, Sam Coulter Smith.

Health Minister Dr James Reilly has been told that he needs to make a decision on where build the new National Children's Hospital.

SIX months ago, John Healy, the maitre D in the RTÉ series, The Restaurant, had two major heart attacks. He was on the list for a transplant but was weakening by the day. On Mar 20, he got the call.

Sixty-one years ago, Mayo kids were told to get used to the feel of the Sam Maguire.