Coffee beans are rich in antioxidants, can boost short-term memory and increase reaction times, help with exercise and sports performance and recovery, and improve fat breakdown. Too much of a good thing can be harmful, though — more than four cups of coffee daily can lead to irritability, nervous tension, and anxiety

Dr Olya Scannell, consultant ophthalmologist, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and Ophthalmology Service, Tallaght Primary Care Centre

Wearing sunglasses from an early age is one of the easiest, most important things children and adults can do to protect their eye-health in the long term

The optometrist is suspended until December 1 during which time the healthcare and social professionals regulator must expedite its inquiry

Anyone with even a vague commitment to social equality - far more of us than cynics might suggest - is aware of how very uneven access to health services remains.