Independent review by ex-NHS executive says smaller units cannot operate in ‘isolation’

Former NHS executive’s review of Clonmel unit strongly critical of gaps in management

Driver and rear seat passenger also taken to hospital with minor injuries

Thomas McCarron reached out and pushed 13-year-old schoolboy as he was driving past

Sandra Higgins (34) was charged with recklessly causing serious harm to infant in 2012

Childminder Sandra Higgins (34) is alleged to have caused injuries to a baby girl

Luke Yore suffered neurological damage as a newborn baby

There were over 1,300 incidents across maternity hospitals last year

Health Service Executive commissions four external investigations into fatalities

Variations in infant death rates within acceptable limits, says NPEC

Leo Varadkar says review of all fatalities at Cavan maternity unit not yet warranted

HSE must take findings of Portlaoise Hospital report to see if any deficiencies there apply in smaller units

Monitoring by Hiqa to be complete by end of year in wake of baby’s death, says Taoiseach

Varadkar says personnel have been referred over deaths of babies during visit to centre

Four babies have died in 30 months at the maternity unit due to be reviewed by Hiqa

Boy (7) has cerebral palsy, is confined to wheelchair and has no means of communciating

Hiqa issued formal warning to Midland Regional Hospital over practices, says report

After row about affair father-of-four says he meant to kill himself but shot wife instead

Ex-IRA man a suspect for repeated stabbing of woman known to him on Christmas Eve

Man arrested after knife attack in which a woman in her 40s sustained serious injuries