“The Minister has now put to bed an issue that has been essentially an anchor around the neck of the Rotunda Hospital for far too long," Sinn Féin health spokesperson David Cullinane said.

Two members came across a man with a weapon, understood to be a knife, at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre who became aggressive and threatening.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following the incident involving a car and four pedestrians at 5:45pm

A cyclist, aged in his 60s, is in hospital with serious injuries after a collision with a car in Co Meath on Sunday afternoon

Ms Justice Emily Egan found Dr Pawan Rajpal raised a fair issue to be tried that the HSE’s chief executive unlawfully delegated a “crucial aspect” of his decision-making function in the inquiry to an independent investigator

The fatal assault is understood to have happened in the early hours of Sunday morning