THE number of crime victims seeking support jumped by a fifth last year, taking the total to almost 3,000, a report reveals.

MORE than 21,000 people affected by cancer were helped by the Irish Cancer Society last year, a 10% increase on calls made in 2009, new figures show.

A MORE widely protective meningitis vaccination is to be added to the child immunisation schedule this autumn.

THE death of a 10-day-old baby in north Dublin more than two weeks ago is being treated as murder, a senior garda has confirmed.

WATER should be restored today to the hundreds of Cork city households still without supply almost 12 days after the flood.

THESE are the men who helped get water flowing from Cork’s main treatment plant last night for the first time in a week.

A SPECIALIST helpline has been established for GPs dealing with women seeking a review of their breast cancer results.

THE Garda’s unsolved crime unit is to launch a full-scale investigation into the murder of an elderly shopkeeper 10 years ago.

BROTHER and sister Harry and Beth Prendergast are as close as any other siblings. But after today they will be even closer when four-year-old Harry donates bone marrow to his little sister.

IT IS now “crystal clear” that all the mistakes made in diagnosing breast cancer were due to an absolute breakdown of best practice, Europa Donna Ireland said yesterday.

The Irish Cancer Society has moved to calm public fears over new research revealing your morning fry could prove terminal.

UP TO one in 10 cases of breast and ovarian cancer diagnosed every year are hereditary, a conference heard yesterday, yet there is no permanent funding for cancer risk services.

NEW vaccines against cervical cancer have been described as a historic breakthrough by the Irish Cancer Society (ICS).

DRINKING more than two glasses of milk a day increases the risk of ovarian cancer, research has revealed.

PARENTS seeking details of post-mortem procedures carried out on their children have been refused access to records despite making requests under the Freedom of Information Act.

A BREAST cancer drug which prevents relapses and the return of tumours will offer new hope to women living with cancer after other treatments have expired, the Irish Cancer Society said yesterday.

AS tens of thousands of college applicants await the first round of CAO offers tomorrow, the National Parents Council has announced it is extending the opening hours of its helpline to cater for the anticipated influx of calls.

A TEAM of mountains climbers were last night scaling Carrantuohill in the final leg of their bid to conquer the five highest peaks in Ireland and Britain inside 24 hours.

EARLY today a team of Irish climbers were beginning their ascent of Scotland’s Ben Nevis.