The European Parliament voted against it in December, signalling that the commodification of humans is about what adults want, not what children need, says Margaret Hickey

The retired clergyman who died on Sunday night when his car was caught in floodwater on Achill Island has been remembered as “a man you could be proud of and very fond of”.

Galway and Mayo kept their unbeaten starts to 2015 intact, while NUIG and Sligo also recorded wins in the FBD League this afternoon.

Children’s health will suffer with the loss of a quality paediatric diabetes service at University Hospital Limerick, a national campaign group has warned.

Garry Hynes co-founded Druid in the 1970s, and is not going to stop and rest on her laurels yet.

Genetic advances a political football

Oisín Concannon discovered a gap in a huge market by accident. Now the ex-soldier is taking full advantage of the demand for an organic weedkiller that was previously unavailable in Europe, writes Trish Dromey

Gardaí have launched an appeal for witnesses to a fatal crash between a van and a bus in Co Galway on Sunday night.

ORTHOPAEDIC consultants in Galway last night expressed fear of proposals by the HSE West to suspend all elective surgery at Merlin Park Hospital from September until the end of the year. They say as many as 1,000 patients could be affected.

THE takeover of the two biggest mortgage providers in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will help ease the credit crunch crisis.

A four-year-old boy who was struck by a truck in Cork city on Friday has lost his fight for life.

INFLATION concerns have let two leading ECB officials to warn the next move in European interest rates could be upwards.

A special book celebrating the relationship between one of Ireland’s best-loved writers and Galway University was launched today.

HEALTH specialists have welcomed the appointment of 60 new consultant posts to hospitals that are making progress in tackling the A&E crisis.

THE gap between schoolgirls and schoolboys in terms of cannabis use has narrowed dramatically in the last four years, new research shows.

LONG hours of physical work are not the route to making money in farming.

A Spanish fisherman, who fell overboard from a trawler 140 miles west of Slyne Head in Co Galway this morning, is being airlifted to Galway University hospital.

There may be a marked absence of girls in grass skirts, and there are certainly no tropical temperatures, but Ireland can offer one tangible link with the exotic islands of the South Pacific - its own coral reef.