Ed Madden, BL, looks at a Northern Ireland Court of Appeal case that considered a claim for damages brought by twins, based on the fact that the sperm donor used in their mother’s IVF treatment came from a different ethnic background to their parents.

Dear Editor, What an emotional, heartfelt article from Dr Cyril Daly (‘A heinous and intrusive insult to our profession’, Irish Medical Times, July 15, 2011, http://bit.

Winning an Irish Healthcare Award in 2009 was key to securing funding for a second partnership project between Cork University Maternity Hospital, University College Cork and the Omdurman Maternity Hospital, Khartoum, reports Aoife Connors.

Open letter to Mr John Costello, President, Law Society of Ireland.

By Aoife Connors.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Gary Culliton.

By Pat Kelly.

Pat Kelly looks at a recent study that examined the motor functions of NCHDs prior to their on-call shift and the day after — by assessing their performance on a Nintendo Wii console.