A showjumping horse has been first to benefit from a new Irish-developed biomaterial that can repair damaged knee cartilage.

Recorded in a copybook is a telling account of the Rising and the rebels’ principles, writes Jane Maxwell

SINCE its beginnings, the internet has become an unrivaled source of entertainment and information for tens of millions of people the world over.

Having whittled down the entries for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition from 2,077 to 550 last October, the judges will crown an overall winner this evening — which won’t be easy because the standard is up across the board, writes Evelyn Ring.

The book of evidence is to be served next month on a 66-year-old man accused of damaging the historic front gates of Trinity College Dublin in an alleged car ramming incident.

A 66-year-old Dublin man is to stand trial charged with wrecking the historic wooden front gate of Trinity College Dublin during an alleged dangerous driving incident six months ago.

It will not be possible to reverse the €2.50 prescription charge or have any health "give backs" in the next Budget, Health Minister Leo Varadkar said yesterday.

A newly restored Front Gate will be reinstated this week at Trinity College Dublin.

Michelle Obama told Irish young people that “we are just like you” on the first of her two-day visit to Ireland with her daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12.

People with an intellectual disability who are bullied in the workplace are often afraid to report it to bosses, say experts at the Anti-Bullying Centre in Trinity College Dublin.

Bullying has become a common problem for people with disabilities, with verbal bullying the most prevalent.

Genetically modified crops are important for all Irish farmers — but maybe not for the obvious reasons.

DARRAN McCANN

WITH Christmas fast approaching, many people, including me, are looking for good ideas for gifts for friends and members of the family, male and female.

AS the value of Irish food and drink exports approaches a record €9 billion in 2011, the key contribution of Jameson Irish whiskey was recognised last night when it won the Bord Bia Food and Drink Export Award.

BORD BIA has launched its Food and Drink Industry Awards 2011. The awards, in association with Rabobank, will recognise excellence in export development, branding, innovation, sustainability, entrepreneurship and success on the domestic market.

Scientists from the Conway Institute at University College Dublin have uncovered the first Irish genetic code.

STUDENT leaders have promised they will continue to oppose any form of college fees or loans system ahead of an announcement by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe in the coming months.

YOUNG volunteers are the future of Ireland’sefforts in tackling the poverty faced by children in the developing world.

IF YOU voted for Fianna Fáil in one general election, what is the likelihood that you will continue to support the party in the next one?

DARRAGH CROWLEY believes the Health Service Executive’s broken promise on having a new cystic fibrosis patients’ facility at St Vincent’s Hospital by 2010 will cost lives.

Two previously-unknown prehistoric creatures have been discovered by British scientists during a month-long expedition in the Sahara desert.

Students at University College Dublin will attempt to blockade a Government minister from the campus this evening in protest at the proposed re-introduction of third-level fees.

THE election of a new US president will not have a devastating effect on foreign investment into Ireland, two leading US business figures have said.

Donal Hickey takes flight with Ireland’s bats.

The late journalist Terry keane was known for her cordial, colourful and controversial persona, mourners at her funeral heard today.

Trinity is once more defiantly giving voice to the man who called Ireland a legitimate terror target — but this time moderates of his creed join the debate, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

Fresh calls were made today for the Hill of Tara to be protected during the building of the controversial M3 motorway.

The Labour Relations Commission is due to chair talks this afternoon aimed at averting industrial action at University College Dublin.

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney has reiterated that the PDs could enter government with Fine Gael after the next election.

The introduction of new metric signs and speed limits will improve driver behaviour, it was claimed today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern must think Iraqis are “stupid” if he continues to promote Ireland as a neutral state, it was claimed today.

Infamous US porno actor Ron Jeremy is to address students in Trinity College Dublin as a guest of the college's Philosophical Society.

The family of Brian Murphy, who died in a brawl outside a Dublin nightclub, have asked for time to absorb sentences handed down to three people in connection with his death today.