Even at a moment when we are being led up the garden path in another game of dodge-and-deflect, by a health service exposed as dangerously self-serving; even at another moment when our politicians take refuge in long-fingered inquiries, when a more direct, less benign response is needed, it is important to acknowledge progress in health provision when it is made.

A volunteer group is fitting defibrillators in old Irish telephone boxes in towns and villages across Ireland.

February is Heart Month — and each and every one of us can benefit from keeping our tickers tip-top, says Abi Jackson.

Females are six times more likely to die of cardiovascular disease and stroke than of breast cancer, yet their awareness of the risk is low, writes Ailin Quinlan.