A BABY born at home attended by a self-employed midwife died from natural causes, a Cork coroner found (November 6).

THE draft Dublin city development plan will go on public display before the end of the year. This is an extremely important document that will determine the shape of our city for a number of years to come.

MORE than one-third of all public patient beds in Ireland are set to close over the next six years. This will enable private investors to make money from the sick and the dying.

I HAVE been informed that the Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, is proposing to amend the Grangegorman Development Agency Bill to allow the Dublin city manager to nominate the residents’ representative on the board of the agency.