LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Hospital board 'not consulted' about resignation request; North Korea holds live drills

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IRELAND: A member of the National Maternity Hospital Board has said that they were not consulted about a request for Dr Peter Boylan to resign.

IRELAND: A form of superbug which can be resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics has been detected at two adjacent beaches in Ireland.

IRELAND: A Co Galway couple say they were horrified after Portiuncula Hospital carried out a review into the death of their baby - without their knowledge.

WORLD: North Korea has held major live-fire drills as it marks the anniversary of the founding of its military.

WORLD: It is almost ten years since three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from the Portuguese coastal village of Praia da Luz.

BUSINESS: 40 new jobs have been announced for Dublin by Web Summit today, and co-founder and CEO Paddy Cosgrave praised the city as he confirmed the news.

SPORT: Mike Ross will retire from rugby at the end of the season, bringing an end to a career that was rewarded with a pair of Six Nations and European Cup trophies.

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SHOWBIZ: The Cork International Choral Festival opens this Wednesday.

VIRAL: Alan Corcoran is swimming 500km around the Irish coastline in memory of his late father.

FEATURES: By the time Ella Fitzgerald came to perform at the Cork Jazz Festival in October 1980, she was the well-established and undisputed singing queen of the world jazz scene. Fitzgerald’s stint at Cork Opera House was a welcome boost for the then burgeoning festival, whose organisers shelled out a reported £16,000 for the star.