SEVERAL hospitals around the country are only able to maintain services due to nurses working unpaid hours to cover for increasing staff shortages.

A WELL-KNOWN member of the McCarthy-Dundon gang was one of two men arrested after the murder in Limerick yesterday of a respected businessman.

A man has been shot dead in Limerick city.

PEOPLE living in isolated parts of the mid-west will not be put at risk with the centralisation of A&E services at Limerick’s Mid-Western Regional Hospital, a leading surgeon said yesterday.

PLANS to locate a private hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital (CUH) have been described as dangerous and deluded by the former president of the Irish Medical Organisation, Dr Christine O’Malley.

CONCERNS have been expressed over a decision to refuse planning for a satellite kidney dialysis unit.

Sinn Féin activists are to protest at 11 hospitals today against government plans to allow private health centres to be built on the same sites as public units.

TWO prison officers were attacked by an inmate at Limerick prison last week who armed himself with a deck scrub.

Four people were being questioned by detectives tonight in connection with a fatal stabbing in Limerick.

The Irish Nurses' Organisation dispute in three Mid-Western hospitals looks set to escalate.

RAPE prosecutions have collapsed because inexperienced and ill-trained GPs are being drafted in to carry out specialist forensic examinations, the Mid-Western Health Board claims.