WHEN her husband, Terence Bryan Foley, died, it took Amanda Bennett by surprise.

A 37-year-old man injured in a 1997 gun accident has been given a new face, teeth, tongue and jaw in what doctors say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed.

Thirty jobs are to be created at a business service outsourcing company in Waterford.

Thirty jobs are to be created at an IT company in Waterford.

Hopes of a breakthrough in breast cancer treatment were raised today following spectacular test results of a new vaccine.

THE family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee has sought to sue the state for $150 million (€100m), saying officials failed to prevent the attack.

Actor Robin Williams is recovering well after undergoing heart surgery - and was cracking jokes with the medical team just two hours after the operation.

ILLUSIONISTS Siegfried and Roy — and the Bengal tiger that ended their careers — shared the stage again on Saturday night for a haunting final performance.

America’s first near-total face transplant has been carried out on a woman, a hospital announced today.

The Glazer family insist it is still ‘business as usual’ at Manchester United despite Malcolm Glazer’s stroke.

MANCHESTER United owner Malcolm Glazer has been released from hospital after suffering a stroke on Easter Sunday.

Manchester United and Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer has been released from hospital after suffering a stroke on Easter Sunday.

A MEDICAL team in the United States is planning to undertake the world’s first face transplant.

A medical team in the United States is planning to undertake the world’s first face transplant, it emerged today.

Jonathan Woodgate is to receive treatment on his long-standing thigh injury in Cleveland, Ohio, after Real Madrid’s doctor Alfonso del Corral claimed he had warned the club they were taking a risk in signing the defender.

Scientists in America said today they have designed a test which acts as an early warning system for people who are about to suffer a heart attack.

“IS my beloved Ladan really not with us anymore?” Zari Bijani, an elder sister of a conjoined twin, said after Ladan’s death was reported.

Iranian sisters Iranian Laleh and Laden Bijani died today, more than 48 hours into marathon surgery to separate the 29-year-olds who had been born joined at the head.

Ladan Bijani, one of two Iranian twins joined at the head, died today shortly after being separated from her sister, doctors in Singapore said.

One of the Iranian conjoined twins separated during a major operation today has died, a hospital spokesman has confirmed.