Seven people have been arrested in a British-Irish operation targeting a criminal gang suspected of smuggling Georgian nationals into Britain through Ireland.

Cork woman Kate Walsh won’t let cystic fibrosis stop her from living a full and active life, she tells Karen Murray

Health Minister Simon Harris says he will work with Cystic Fibrosis Ireland to establish a dedicated CF inpatient unit at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital.

Well-wishers have been sending their thoughts across the Atlantic for cystic fibrosis campaigner Orla Tinsley who had a long-awaited double lung transplant in New York on Wednesday night.

Catherine Shanahan meets some of the people who have fought to make the cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi available in Ireland.

Cystic Fibrosis Ireland has welcomed the long-awaited deal completed by the HSE and drug manufacturer Vertex to make a wonder CF drug available.

Cystic Fibrosis Ireland (CFI) has reiterated its call to Government to swiftly conclude discussions with the manufacturer of a life-changing drug so that more than 500 patients can potentially benefit from the treatment.

Cystic Fibrosis Ireland (CFI) has come under fire from another CF charity for making public pronouncements about the dire state of paediatric facilities at Cork University Hospital (CUH) while failing to mention that a major upgrade is currently under way.

Tom Parlon, director general of the Construction Federation of Ireland (CFI), said in an RTÉ radio interview that land was half the cost of a new house and that hard-pressed buyers of new houses were paying for land for social housing.

PLANS to build a 20-bed respiratory ward at Cork University Hospital have stalled because the hospital has refused to ring-fence any of the beds for adults with cystic fibrosis (CF).

The stand-off between a cystic fibrosis charity and a Cork hospital over the ringfencing of beds means work is yet to begin on building a ward which should be complete by now.

Cystic Fibrosis Ireland (CFI), the national charity, has met with the hospital management, clinicians and the HSE and has urged that a speedy resolution is found to end the dispute that is holding up the development of a new inpatient facility in Cork University Hospital.

A voluntary children’s hospital has told the HSE it would apply for charitable funding for minor building jobs to allow it to reallocate money and indirectly cover its pension deficit.

THE creation of 200 jobs on a new gas pipeline between Kerry and Limerick has been welcomed in an area where the construction jobs have dropped by 55%.

Ryanair tonight slammed a new European Commission investigation into its operations as “spurious and baseless”.

VIVAS Health has expressed disappointment at the decision byt the European Court of First Instance to dismiss Bupa's challenge of risk equalisation in Ireland.

CFI, the corporate finance group has shelved plans to buy Athlone Town Centre for €345m due to the international credit crunch.

BUSINESS leaders have been advised to consider philanthropy, or charitable donation, as a means to reduce their income tax liability, and save thousands of euro annually.

Ryanair has today confirmed that it has submitted its appeal to the European Court of First Instance (CFI) in Luxembourg against the EU Commission’s decision to prohibit its merger with Aer Lingus.

A GROWING number of Irish tradesmen are swapping the Celtic Tiger for the sunny Oz lifestyle and job opportunities Down Under, according to Australian visa agencies.