Paul Dunne rounded off a stellar breakthrough year on tour last night when he was named “Professional of the Year” by the Irish Golf Writers’ Association.

City air pollution can cancel out the beneficial effects of exercise in older adults, say scientists.

WITHOUT the help of grand-parents siblings and friends, single mothers can find it difficult to raise a child.

Let’s face it, Tayto always wins.

A former Islamist has started a foundation to combat extremism among Muslims - and has made a lot of enemies in the process, writes Thomas Chatterton Williams

Taking over today, Patrick O’Shea discusses student funding, the arts and science, and how UCC benefits the community. He talks to Education Correspondent Niall Murray.

Tests can predict whether children as young as three will grow up to be criminals, claim a disproportionate amount of benefits or be obese, researchers have found in a 35-year study.

Collegiate life as a Duke Blue Devils golfer certainly does not lack excitement, according to Slieve Russell talent Lisa Maguire.

Mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy show partial recovery

A two-year feud between Ukraine and Russia is on the verge of being played out in a London courtroom after the government in Kiev defaulted on $3 billion (€2.75bn) in bonds.

Uber Technologies, a startup with losses that outstrip revenue, is drawing fresh comparisons with another big tech company that has a reputation for spending: Amazon.

Stephanie Meadow and Graeme McDowell both won nine times during their US college careers but Leona Maguire could blow their records out of the water after a sensational start to life at Duke University in North Carolina.

To improve airline safety, maybe we need to remove the pilots.

A study using mice has uncovered a possible new cause of Alzheimer’s disease, and suggests a drug being investigated in human clinical trials to treat cancer could prevent the illness.

Republican Jeb Bush staked out a robust vision for US foreign policy in line with party doctrine and sought to ease concerns that he might be influenced by his powerful political family by insisting, “I’m my own man.”

ACCORDING to the cynics, it’s not what you know but who you know, which matters in life. This could hardly be true of the animal world, or could it? Surely, health and strength are the crucial factors in staying alive and reproducing successfully.

Ireland’s sensational golfing twins, Lisa and Leona Maguire, are heading Stateside after top results in the Leaving Certificate.

WORLD CUP POPES

Some have criticised the lack of coverage given to the historic event, saying it wasn't even shown on TV.

Ever wondered what became of all those bright young minds who collected the Young Scientist title over the years? Well wonder no more.

Assisted labour during childbirth can raise the risk of autism by more than a third, research has shown.

Eating larger amounts of red meat can heighten the chances of developing diabetes, researchers in Singapore have found.

Though we hadn’t enjoyed watching an Irish soccer team so much since 2002, rarely was it more frustrating watching their manager stumble and stutter on than the last couple of weeks.

Robert C Richardson, a Cornell University professor who shared a Nobel Prize for a key discovery in experimental physics, has died at the age of 75.

Doctors treating US secretary of state Hillary Clinton for a blood clot said today they were confident she would make a full recovery, after locating the damage.

Cannabis can lower the IQ of teenagers and may cause permanent mental impairment, research has shown.

Even President Barack Obama took time out of his busy re-election campaign to wade into last week’s debate-du-jour.

Doctors have successfully dropped the first “smart bomb” on breast cancer, using a drug to deliver a toxic payload to tumour cells while leaving healthy ones alone.

A one-size fits all, lock-them-up approach to dealing with substance abuse in the courts did not make sense, the chief clerk at the country’s only drug treatment court has said.

WHEN Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch it was like déjà vu for Dublin man Marcus Ó Buachalla.

EIGHT years ago today, Peter Canavan sat in the lounge of a Dublin hotel to catch the end of the rugby World Cup final.

LAST night was due to be the start of the new NBA season in the US.

A recent case highlighted how firms and employees need to be aware of data laws, says Diarmaid Condon

MANUFACTURERS of fertiliser will be among those facing stringent new EU regulations in the wake of Anders Behring Breivik’s murder spree in Norway.

UNFULFILLED potential is unforgivable in American sport.

THE art of winning is in learning from losing.

What could Obama possibly know of struggle, of breaking down boundaries? Does he even realise what it took for players like Canty to topple Kerry?

AN early taste of higher education is helping disadvantaged and migrant teenagers make up their minds about going to college.

Scientists claimed today that they have taken a small but important new step towards making objects invisible a reality.