A DRINK-DRIVING doctor who drove his car while sleepwalking has been banned from driving for 12 months.

Dublin-based iB Solutions, an IBA subsidiary, has this month won five contracts with 16 NHS trusts worth a total of £1.75m (€22.m) for its Integra range of financial and purchasing applications.

The Dublin-based branch of Australian health IT company, IBA Health, has won a €22m contract with the British health service, the NHS.

Firefighters were today trying to prevent the collapse of an office building following a city centre blaze in Manchester.

A pair of crooked bank workers today admitted stealing about £300,000 (€440,000) from the accounts of three Manchester City footballers.