There has been an alarming rise in recent drug use in Cork and Kerry, new figures show.

CLEAN needles are still not available to drug users across most of the country, risking the spread of infectious diseases, a report has warned.

Tullow Oil has reported a significant oil find in Ghana today.

A NEW project to prevent suicidal behaviour in teenagers is to be rolled out in Cork and Kerry schools.

DOCTORS at Monaghan General Hospital said that Patrick Walsh, the 76-year-old man who died in horrific circumstances in Monaghan last week, should not have been discharged from hospital in Drogheda.

THE anticipated breakthrough in the peace process, involving the disbandment of the IRA, could happen within weeks, the Northern Ireland secretary said yesterday.

An inquiry is under way today after callers to a UK phone operator’s complaints line were greeted with a string of expletives.

Royal Bank of Scotland put investors on standby for another strong set of results today after seeing “good progress” over the first part of the year.

HEALTH Minister Micheál Martin is considering abolishing half the country’s health boards to improve efficiency and reduce the 70% of his department’s budget that now goes on staff salaries.