PATIENTS could be faced with more industrial unrest in the health service as nurses yesterday warned they may go on all-out strike over pay demands.

The prevention, treatment and care of cancer will come under the spotlight at a major health conference in Dublin today.

A 15 -year-old boy arrested in connection with a gun and petrol bomb attack on a home in Dublin in March was today remanded on bail after a court heard that a detention centre did not have a space to hold him.

Age Action Ireland is warning that a large number of nursing homes around the country will need to make extensive improvements in order to comply with new regulations.

PSYCHIATRIC nurses have warned that they plan this week to significantly increase their industrial action, which has shut wards and curtailed services all over the country .

A British couple whose three young children were taken into care in Portugal after the pair allegedly drank themselves into a stupor could face a social services investigation when they return home, it emerged yesterday.

The Garda Representative Association has called for the setting-up of an out-of-hours service for the care and welfare of vulnerable children.

Violence against women is costing British society £40bn a year yet charities working to provide refuge and aid to some of the most vulnerable people in society are woefully under-funded, a leading charity warns.

Leopardstown Park Hospital in south Dublin is closing 21 beds and plans to suspend respite care for around 30 families a month. The suspension comes into effect at the beginning of May.

There were 165 mental health tribunals held in February 2008, according to the latest figures published by the Mental Health Tribunal.