A fertility clinic in Cork is the first in Ireland to introduce a service which promises a 90%-plus survival rate for frozen embryos, as they will be frozen 600 times faster than before.

FEELING flu-ish? Lie down, take a rest, drop two soluble aspirin in a hot Irish whiskey, and put your feet up. It may not cure you but you will certainly feel better – and it beats all this panic about what for most of us will be a case of the sniffles. Swine flu hysteria is spreading faster than the H1N1 virus itself.

A BABY born using sperm which was frozen for 21 years is believed to mark a world record in fertility treatment, British researchers said yesterday.

INTENSIVE care specialists warned over a year ago of a crisis in services but they say little has been done since to address the issues raised.

The latest audio recording attributed to Osama bin Laden is not authentic, according to a report by a Swiss research institute.