Time and Time Again

A powerful “skunk-like” cannabis has been linked to one in four new psychosis cases.

A young girl was fighting for her life in hospital last night after it is believed she was shot in the head by her father — who then apparently killed himself.

A French doctor was acquitted of poisoning charges after giving lethal injections to seven terminally ill patients, and Britain’s Supreme Court said an assisted-suicide ban is incompatible with human rights, fuelling the arguments of those who say the duty of doctors is to end the suffering of those beyond treatment.

It is claimed bullying at school can have a negative effect on victims 40 years after they have experienced it.

School bullying leaves deep life-changing scars that are still evident after nearly 40 years, a study has shown.

Richard Mosse’s installation at the Venice Biennale features his grim photographs of the Congo, writes Peter Murray

The body of a young man murdered by carjackers in Mozambique will be buried in his native Cork next week.

An independent review of breast screening in the UK is under way after researchers suggested the harms may outweigh the benefits.

“FINGERS crossed” were Joe McGivern’s first words when he arrived at King’s College Hospital in London yesterday with teenage daughter Meadhbh for her liver transplant.

A SYSTEM set up since the Meadhbh McGivern case means the HSE’s National Ambulance Service (NAS) now gets updates twice a day on the availability of emergency aircraft and gets instant alerts if any of those aircraft become unavailable.

UNTIL recently, John Yates was seen as a safe pair of hands at Scotland Yard, a clever copper with a record of investigating controversial cases.

An inquiry has been ordered after a teenage girl missed out on a vital liver transplant in London because no aircraft could be sourced.

AN infant girl will have to wait another two months before doctors decide she is ready for a life-saving liver transplant.

Boxing promoter Frank Maloney has vowed to return to the sport as soon as possible after undergoing an operation at King’s College Hospital in London yesterday following a heart attack.

WOMEN with brains have more fun in bed than the average bimbo, new research suggests.

Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has called for “nothing short of a green revolution” to save Africa from a food crisis already killing many thousands.

ELY, the property arm of Newcourt Group, has acquired a site for the development of student accommodation in London in a €28.5m deal.

SCIENTISTS have identified a gene which leads children to have higher IQs if they are breastfed, according to a study released Monday.

Scientists have identified a gene that appears to be linked to both alcoholism and depression, a finding that may one day help identify those at higher risk for the diseases and guide new treatments.

TOP scientists have voted Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner the best science fiction film ever made.

More than 200 Americans studying in Britain have signed an open letter accusing US President George W. Bush of endangering the security of American nationals abroad through his unpopular foreign policies.

Two British women attempting to becoming the first mother-daughter team to row across the Atlantic Ocean were just hours away from the finish line tonight.

A gene that provides a natural defence against the Aids virus could pave the way for new treatments for HIV, scientists said today.