On 19 July the Press Ombudsman upheld a complaint that a headline in the Irish Examiner breached Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice of the Press Council of Ireland.

As many as 62 measles cases have been notified to health authorities in the first three months of the year, a 6,000% increase compared to a single case for the same period last year.

Nine out of 10 farmers are unaware that healthy animals can be a source of infection to themselves and to their family.

Seven people have died of influenza, six in the space of a fortnight, at a time when emergency departments (EDs) are besieged by patients affected by the flu virus and the winter vomiting bug.