Ryanair’s employment practices, especially for pilots, creates safety risks and puts a major question mark over who would be responsible for compensation in the event of an accident, the European Parliament was told.

A cure for asthma could be available in five years, according to scientists who believe they have found the root cause of the condition.

The media monitoring group, Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, or FAIR, studied 1,617 on camera US sources on the reporting of the 2003 invasion of Iraq between March 20 and April 9, 2003.They found 71% of all US sources were pro-war, only 3% anti-war.

The chart also has space to record the number of times students vomit.

Scientists have made a breakthrough in their research into schizophrenia that could “open a window” to finding new treatments for the disease.

SWITZERLAND: Relief for those reluctant to clean their cars could soon be on the way.

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Is there any end to Jamie Roberts’ talents?

The taste of beer releases a chemical in the brain which makes people want to drink more and take other drugs, research has found.

Gum reduces stress and builds concentration, says Lisa Salmon

Blue Monday: We (readers and writer) know it is a rubbish marketing ploy, but some other people believe it is the most depressing day of the year.

Adults can get up to five colds, and children as many as ten, especially during the winter months. A new study on a herbal remedy offers some hope for sufferers.

Break out the butter beer.

The infrastructure needed by Irish speakers is about to be destroyed.

THE Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has written to the Medical Council, requesting thatpatients are informed that certain anti-depressants can cause suicidal thoughts as a potential side effect.

DOCTORS and academics risk “professional suicide” if they reveal the adverse side-effects of anti-depressants and other psychiatric medicines, a leading academic psychiatrist has claimed.

The British government planned to turn Adolf Hitler into a woman.

Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki has died in his home city of Katowice following a serious illness. He was 76.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a genetic condition, research suggested today.

A troubled water company in the North at the heart of a long-running investigation into the awarding of contracts could be scrapped, Northern Ireland’s regional development minister warned today.

An investigation into the alleged misconduct of a senior civil servant in the North will be carried out by a retired leading official in the Welsh Assembly, it was announced today.

GILLIAN BOURKE only took up rugby in college in 2003; even then, she didn’t learn to scrummage until joining up with Connacht soon after.

PEOPLE travelling to countries like Pakistan and India are bringing back with them a new superbug that is resistant to almost all antibiotics.

SMILE – because today is officially the happiest day of 2010.

Kerry Katona wiped away tears as she watched her foster parents describe her troubled childhood in MTV One documentary 'Kerry Katona: What’s The Problem?', launched today.

Barack Obama's newly-minted vice presidential candidate turned his campaign debut into a scathing attack on Republicans seeking four more years in the White House.

AN ANCIENT astronomical calculator made at the end of the 2nd century BC was amazingly accurate and more complex than any instrument for the next 1,000 years, scientists have said.

A London-Irish writer who survived alcoholism, homelessness and brutal prison conditions will today give his first-ever book reading in Ireland.

The online bank accounts of 3.1 million UK customers at HSBC may have been exposed to hacking or fraud for at least two years, it was claimed today.

A NATIONWIDE network of coastal communities could be established within six months thanks in part to research carried out in Cork and Wales.

FEEDING on fibre and munching into muesli boosts the mental powers, yet three out of four Irish adults do not eat enough roughage.

Kylie Minogue has rewritten the lyrics to Can't Get You Out Of My Head for Cardiff University.

A Premiership footballer was today ordered to do community service for brawling in an Indian restaurant after a row over the bill.

Delegates at an environmental conference have been told that alpine ski resorts across Europe may be at risk from catastrophic landslides caused by global warming.