Other News In Brief

Man Dies Unnoticed On Hospital Trolley

Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital has come under fire after an elderly patient died unnoticed on a trolley at its A&E. According to The Irish News the man was only discovered by ambulance staff who were to transfer him to another unit. It is not clear how long the man was dead before he was found. Speaking about the incident a Health Official has said that the hospital was under such pressure that it had been "pushed to its limits". A full investigation has now been launched.

British Boy Among Victims Of Swiss Bus Crash

It has been revealed a British schoolboy was among the 28 people, 22 of them children, killed when a coach crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Switzerland. The coach was returning from a school skiing trip. Sebastian Bowles, 11, was a pupil at St Lambertus School in Heverlee, Belgium. His parents, Edward and Ann, identified his body in Switzerland on Thursday night.A school spokesman has appealed for the parents to be left to grieve in peace. A national day of mourning is to be held in Belgium to remember the victims of Tuesday’s crash, with a minutes silence and flags flown at half mast.

Company Strikes Oil Of Coast Of Cork

Exploration company, Providence Resources, have struck oil off the coast of Cork. They announced yesterday that its Barryroe well off the coast of Cork had delivered the first potential commercial flow rate of oil offshore of Ireland. The find is 50km out to sea, and 100 metres deep and oil and gas is successfully flowing from the well at double the rate expected. Providence CEO Tony O'Reilly said the flow rates of 3,514 barrels of oil per day (bopd) at the well were well ahead of the company's pre-drilling expectations of 1,800 bopd. He added that drilling had shown that the oils were of a very high quality. Further tests are now planned at the well. Shares in the company have risen sharply overnight.

(LB/GK)