The driver of the tram said the lighting was bad in the area and he did not see the woman until it was too late.

A verdict of medical misadventure was returned at the inquest of a man who had surgery for an aortic aneurysm.

Newcastle have completed the permanent signing of goalkeeper Martin Dubravka from Sparta Prague.

The daughter of a 91-year-old woman has called for the exhumation of her mother’s body to facilitate a fresh autopsy.

“He died ...due to a reaction to medication it was well known he was allergic to," the family said in their statement.

Former US president Jimmy Carter is out of hospital after being treated for dehydration, a spokeswoman has said.

Tommy Barker is blown away by this spectacularly set, architect-designed, no-expense spared home.

The founder of the Jack & Jill Foundation said he is “withdrawing gracefully” from his public campaign opposing the location of the new children’s hospital at the St James’s Hospital site in Dublin.

The Government has been put on notice of possible legal action to stop the development of the new €1bn children’s hospital at the St James’ hospital campus in Dublin.

Two Fianna Fáil deputies are today putting a motion to the party, opposing plans to build the new National Children's Hospital at St James in Dublin.

Caroline O’Doherty visits St James’s Hospital in Dublin to see staff cope with another night of the walking wounded

Temple Street goes ‘off-call’ as precaution, transferring critically ill children, cancelling surgeries

Lisa Flynn was one of a group of parents who travelled to Dublin yesterday to voice their opposition to the location of the new children’s hospital.

A nurse who received life- threatening burns at a garden party to celebrate a child’s Confirmation has pleaded with people to be vigilant with barbecues.

Teenage cancer survivor Ashleigh Kiernan played a major role in ensuring that the food at the new national children’s hospital at St James’s Hospital in Dublin will be worldclass.

Victoria Pendleton faces the crucial moment in her Cheltenham Festival quest today as a decision on whether she will ride in the St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase will be announced at a press conference in London.

Classic vacations

The Dáil’s money watchdog has called Finance Minister Michael Noonan to give evidence to it regarding the highly controversial €1.6bn sale of Nama’s Northern property empire.

The London market ended the week in positive territory after growing hopes that last-ditch reform proposals by Greece will lead to a bailout deal with its creditors.

Overcrowding the main issue behind plan as ministers deny relocations are a political stroke.

The sight of Paolo di Canio sliding across the St James’ Park turf on his knees in celebration is one which will always haunt John Carver.

Thankfully, unlike the farcical officiating at the Etihad, the ref at St James’ Park on Saturday didn’t thoroughly spoil the spectacle for the watching millions, by sending the wrong player off in the opening seconds.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded thousands of planned surgeries were cancelled in January in an effort to cope with the daily crisis of overcrowding in emergency departments (EDs).

The Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin has downplayed reports that there is no money to equip the National Children's Hospital.

There’s patient and there’s asleep at the wheel

The taxpayer has no way of clawing back almost €72m in money spent on the national children’s hospital if the project falls at the planning permission hurdle again.

An environmental study at the site of the proposed new Childrens Hospital at St James's in Dublin found no evidence of a grave, or any significant archeological feature.

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.

Nearly €40m of taxpayers' money has been spent on the doomed bid to build the National Children's Hospital at the Mater in Dublin.

It was cold, blustery and there were showers of rain, but not even a campaigning politician could have dampened the positivity of the spirit at O’Moore Park yesterday.

DANIEL O’CONNELL never had it this good. The original purveyor of the monster meeting would have been astounded as to the quality of debate among those in attendance at Saturday’s gathering of the Reform Alliance in the RDS in Dublin.

A voluntary children’s hospital has told the HSE it would apply for charitable funding for minor building jobs to allow it to reallocate money and indirectly cover its pension deficit.

Ex-smokers are just as likely to develop lung cancer in later life as those who fail to stub out the habit.

Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin has said it categorically supports the planned home of the new national children’s hospital after one of its senior doctors spoke out against it.

Fears now being expressed by An Taisce — that a new national children’s hospital will not be co-located with a maternity hospital — were first raised months ago by independent paediatric specialists.