Beaumont Hospital has apologised in the High Court for the failings in care and the devastation caused to the family a young Mayo girl who died there six years ago.

Ballina Breastfeeding Support Group held an event for Breastfeeding Awareness Week, which ran from October 1st to 7th. Breastfeeding has many positive benefits for mother and baby.

The people of Lahardane have demanded that the Minister for Health and representatives from the HSE attend an upcoming public meeting regarding the vacant GP position in the village.

Full services in two day care centres in Co Sligo are set to be restored in the coming weeks.

A Mayo election candidate is calling for the roll-out of a mobile X-ray service for the county.

There were 294 patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital in August, which was the second worst August for overcrowding at the facility ever recorded. The four hospitals in the west had more than 2,200 patients awaiting treatment.