A MAN remains in a serious condition after been beaten around the head with a hurley during a road rage attack.

TWO men have died after a shooting in inner city Dublin last night.

Two suspected robbers were arrested and a third hospitalised today after a jewellery store owner, staff and onlookers bravely foiled an armed raid.

THE chief executive of the HSE believes tragic cases of misdiagnosis, like the one which lead to the death of Ann Moriarty, will continue to occur if all eight centres of cancer care excellence aren’t fully up and running.

A MIDDLE-AGED mother narrowly escaped with her life yesterday after a drive-by shooting in broad daylight in a Dublin suburb.

A man is due in court this morning charged in connection with the murder of a father-of-two found dead in an alley.

An 84-year-old man has died two days after he was struck by a car crossing a street in Macroom, Co Cork, gardaí said today.

A murder investigation was underway tonight into the death of a father-of-six.

HEALTH officials in the South Eastern Health Board area are investigating the sudden death of a six-year-old boy who was waiting to be seen by doctors at Waterford Regional Hospital.

A SIX-MONTH-OLD girl yesterday survived a horror smash in which her mother died.

Fine Gael leader Michael Noonan has attacked the outgoing Government’s record on health during a visit to St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin.