History of medicine reveals a recurring truth: improvements come about because of two factors, innovation and revisionism

We all nod our heads reverently for Women’s Day, but maybe it’s time to ask just how important the day now is, writes Terry Prone.

'Acknowledge the wrong, apologise for it, and give us a fair deal'

New CEOs need to remember that great old statement that actions speak louder than words

On this day in 1988, the Virgin Store in Dublin started to sell condoms for the first time — and it was illegal until five years later

The signs of age are no longer seen as manifestations of a well-lived life and accreted wisdom, and so athletes and the super-rich are looking to turn back time.

You might not want something that was designed on a sick bag, but some women out there are willing to pay a quarter of a million euro for a handbag that started out as a sketch on one of those. It happened like this.

The thing about Eoin Ó Broin, and indeed all of Sinn Féin, is that they have done a superb job of opposition

It may not be much of a claim to fame, but at least it’s unique. I was yelled at in public, sworn at and called names by the editor of the Irish Examiner. Not the current editor. We’re not on such intimate terms, him and me.

Freedom is myriad tiny choices that people who are free take for granted. White or beige coffee filters. Toast or porridge. Driving the long way or the short. Now try living without that autonomy