Is it too much to hope that an important public health matter, such as Lyme disease, will be an issue in the general election? There’s been a worrying reluctance by the authorities to face up to the extent of the disease here.

A ten-fold increase in the debilitating disease should have alarm bells ringing, writes Donal Hickey, especially as some experts believe the real rate is even higher.

There has been a ten-fold increase in the incidence of Lyme disease in the Cork/Kerry region alone, amid concerns the extent of the disease nationally is being hugely underestimated.

Farmers have opened up about the agony of suffering silently with Lyme disease, which is notoriously difficult to diagnose.

A number of Irish MEPs have welcomed a European Parliament vote calling for better diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.

A tick bite on honeymoon has meant that a Meath woman's entire married life has been affected by Lyme disease.

Almost half of the cases of Lyme disease reported in 2016 were in the South-West, figures from the HSE reveal, amid calls for signs to be put up to warn walkers and campers about the risks of contracting it.

After five years of suffering, teenager is on the mend thanks to innovative therapies, writes Louise Roseingrave

"I thought I was dying"

I am a woman in my 50s. I’ve recently started to get leg cramps when I am in bed. This happens two or three times a week.