The inquest into the death of Savita Hallapanavar is expected to hear more medical evidence today
The 31 year old died from septicaemia last October following a miscarriage at Galway University Hospital
Many of the key witnesses have already testified, such as Savita's husband Praveen Halappanavar and her consultant obstetrician Dr Katherine Astbury
The inquest has still to hear from the coroner's own expert witnesses which include a former master of the National Maternity Hospital, Dr Peter Boylan

Savita Halappanavar's inquest continues today with further evidence from a consultant who treated the 31 year old at Galway University Hospital where she died following a miscarriage

On Wednesday's Morning Focus John Cooke spoke with Galway journalist Brian McDonald to get the latest from the inquest

On Tuesday's Morning Focus we heard James Reilly, Minister for Health exclusive interview with John Cooke during his visit to Ennis General Hospital.

The Health Minister is due to officially launch the new daycare centre at Carrigoran House, Newmarket on Fergus this afternoon during his visit to the county
Minister Reilly will also visit Ennis General, St Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis Family Medical Centre and Clarecastle District Day Care Centre.

On Monday's Morning Focus John Cooke was joined in studio by Valerie Vaughan, Manager of Daycare at Carrigoran House, who spoke about the facilities now in place for the elderly at Carrigoran.

There is huge relief as a struggling West Clare business has 'come back from the dead' and will retain a scaled down enterprise

On Friday's Morning Focus John Cooke spoke with John O'Dwyer of O'Dwyer's Building Suppliers and DIY Superstore, Kilrush

Fire crews from across Clare battled for up to ten hours to bring a major gorse fire under control overnight
The blaze spread across hundreds of acres of scrubland between The Hand and Coore yesterday and also threatened a number of properties
A spokesperson for the Fire Services described it as one of the worst blazes they have dealt with in a number of years
Separately fire crews also attended 2 other gorse fires in East Clare yesterday at Ogonnelloe and Twomilegate

Plans for new rules on school admissions have been announced by the Education Minister

Ruairi Quinn says he wants to radically overhaul the system to make it more structured, fair and transparent
First come, first served and past-pupil policies may soon be a thing of the past, as the Government attempts to even the playing field for school applications
Minister Quinn says he doesn't want to tell management how to run schools, but he does want to see them follow guidelines on what NOT to do, when it comes to enrolment policies