Researchers at Cork’s Tyndall National Institute have developed a groundbreaking handheld device that allows early stage detection of heart disease by GPs.

Children are stressful. The more children you have, the more stress you have to manage. But that isn’t all, having lots of children might raise more than just stress levels, writes Clare Oliver-Williams.

The Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) has warned that lives will be put at risk unless the HSE takes steps to replace the machine used for the vast majority of thrombectomies, which removes blood clots from inside arteries and veins.

Patients prepping for major heart surgery at Cork University Hospital are to be involved in a pre-operative “work-up”.

There are calls for junk food ads to be banned on TV before 9pm.

Consumption of up to one egg daily was linked with lower rates of strokes and heart disease, according to the research published in journal Heart.

Around 13 people a day die from a sudden heart attack in Ireland.

The HSE has refused to re-test up to 2,600 heart patients whose echocardiogram results were sent to GPs with a disclaimer about the quality of the machine.

Deaths from heart attacks and strokes could rise as the obesity epidemic takes it toll, experts have warned.

Doctors said a Wisconsin man came perilously close to death after accidentally shooting a nail into his heart while working on his house - before driving himself to hospital and walking into the emergency room.

Rescue 117 has transported a critical cardiac patient from University Hospital Waterford to Cork University Hospital for treatment.

Heart disease is still the number one cause of death in Cork.

When your heart pumps blood round your body it produces pressure against the walls of your blood vessels. The force of this pumping is called blood pressure.

Heart failure, which costs the State at least €660m every year, could be largely managed in the community but GPs do not have access to the necessary resources, according to the HSE’s national clinical lead for heart failure.

Gretchen Reynolds on running a stress-free marathon.

Being angry or upset can more than double the chance of having a heart attack.

An Orange Order parade at the heart of one of Northern Ireland's most protracted marching disputes will take place today.

A “close commercial relationship” exists between two firms at the heart of the multi-million euro Olympics ticket touting scandal, it was admitted last night writes Daniel McConnell and Fiachra Ó Cionnaith .

The special moment a bride shared with the man who had received her father’s heart just before her wedding has touched a lot of people online today.

Doctors must warn patients with pacemakers that their devices may be disrupted by anti-theft devices used in shops, experts have said.

Women who experience migraines are also more likely to suffer from major heart problems, a study has found.

Twitter investor Chris Sacca got his way, instead of clicking on a star to ‘favourite’ a tweet, users will click on a heart to ‘like’ it.

A processed food product demonised because of its allegedly toxic effects may be safe in small amounts and one version could even protect against heart deaths, research has shown.

A biological Velcro has been developed that makes it possible to stack layers of living tissue together and then peel them apart.