The Board of Tallaght Hospital is to be more than halved as part of reforms being implemented following the X-ray scandal.

The board of Tallaght hospital is set to issue a statement later in relation to the X-ray scandal at the facility.

The board of Tallaght Hospital is meeting this evening to discuss its reaction to the X-ray fiasco at the hospital.

Fine Gael is calling for an independent investigation into the blunder which saw 58,000 x-rays go unreported at Tallaght hospital.

There are further calls for the resignation of Health Minister Mary Harney over the X-ray scandal at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin.

Fianna Fáil junior minister Conor Lenihan has said that changes to the management of Tallaght Hospital are urgently required.

A woman whose mother was diagnosed with bone cancer just a couple of months after being told she was suffering from "wear and tear" says she feels robbed.

The executive management committee of Tallaght Hospital met last night to discuss the X-ray scandal at the facility.

A prominent Fianna Fáil backbencher is today calling on the Health Minister to return to Ireland to address the Tallaght Hospital debacle.

Embattled Health Minister Mary Harney, who is in the middle of a St Patrick’s Day mission to New Zealand, has said that Tallaght Hospital chiefs gave her assurances no letters remain unopened.

Tallaght Hospital in Dublin said today that there are no unopened GP referral letters for either its adult or paediatric services.

The Government says it has yet to establish all the facts in the x-ray scandal at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has called on the Government to clarify reports there are thousands of letters referring patients for X-ray in Tallaght Hospital in Dublin lying unopened.

The chairman of Tallaght hospital Lyndon MacCann is this morning facing a call for him to consider his position, amid continuing revelations over unread X-rays at the Dublin facility.

The HSE says a review will be carried out to determine why almost 58,000 x-rays were not read by a consultant radiologist at Tallaght Hospital over a five-year period.