Almost one-third of older people with intellectual disabilities are being prescribed high levels of certain medicines with side effects which can negatively affect their health and quality of life.

Researchers have begun a study into the causes of concussion in rugby — with the possibility of learning how the number of head injuries in the game could be reduced.

We all want it, it’s downright elusive, and for John Lennon, it was a “warm gun”. Now Trinity College Dublin will spend the week dissecting the science of happiness.