Significant failures were identified in her treatment at Mullingar Regional Hospital, with an inquest finding her death a result of medical misadventure

The woman in her 60s received non life threatening injuries and was taken to Mullingar Regional Hospital for treatment.

The new allocation for the MRI scanner at Mullingar Regional Hospital will allow the unit to begin operation.

Sligo University Hospital currently holds the highest number of patients waiting locally in Emergency Departments, with 36 people on trolleys or waiting in wards.

Nationally, 115,165 patients did not wait to be seen in emergency departments last year.

Mullingar Hospital's emergency department is extremely busy today.

Sligo University Hospital is the second most over crowded hospital in the country today, with 45 people waiting in the Emergency Department.