TREATMENT of patients with advanced colorectal cancer varies according to marital status with singletons less likely to be operated on, it has emerged.

FORMER Clare hurler, Tony Griffin, yesterday began a cycling odyssey across Canada and Ireland to raise more than €1 million for cancer research.

THE world’s fish and seafood supplies could disappear by 2048 as overfishing and pollution destroy ocean ecosystems at an accelerating pace, US and Canadian researchers have reported.

SHOPPERS were urged yesterday to do their bit to keep fisheries afloat by choosing their fish products carefully.

Over thousands of springtimes, as far back as Homer’s Odyssey, the fishermen of Favignana have battled giant bluefin tuna lured into vast chambers of intricate netting.