EFFORTS will switch from containing the spread of swine flu to lessening its impact on the population from next week, the Department of Health announced last night.

EFFORTS will begin today to secure the release from an Asian prison of a pregnant woman with Irish-based family who was sentenced to life yesterday for drug smuggling.

EFFORTS to improve student attitudes to science will remain unsuccessful unless reforms in teaching and out-of-school activities are increased, research has suggested.

EFFORTS to tackle the problem of child pornography on the internet received a boost yesterday with the relaunch of a hotline developed by the Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland.

EFFORTS have begun to bring conversation rather than confrontation into the heart of the legal system to ease the level of conflict in family disputes.

EFFORTS to dismantle North Korea’s nuclear programme moved ahead yesterday, with the chief US envoy saying he wants the North’s reactor completely disabled by year’s end and UN inspectors heading to Pyongyang to supervise the shutdown.

EFFORTS to root out corruption in politics are being undermined by weaknesses in legislation, according to a new report.

EFFORTS are to be made to bring an extra 7,000 workers with disabilities into employment by 2010, but that still means close to two-thirds of people with disabilities will remain outside the workforce.