Group psychology involving Buddhist meditation techniques can be just as effective at combating depression as medication, a study has found.

Scientists claimed a significant breakthrough today in their research into the spread of tuberculosis.

The Migrant Rights Centre (MRC) is today calling on the Government to introduce temporary bridging visas for immigrant workers who have become undocumented due to workplace exploitation, deception or redundancy.

BUS ÉIREANN is hoping to offer commuters free rides on a new Luas-style bus system that will be tested in Cork within months.

A possible indication that H5N1 bird flu is mutating towards a form adapted to humans has emerged from British scientists.

Carte Diamond will line up in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup after the Melbourne Racing lub used their discretionary powers to add him to the field.

VISLINK PLC said it won a £15.8m (€23m) contract from a North American provider of wireless communication services to build digital broadcasting equipment.

Microwave radio and satellite transmission products company Vislink has announced a decline of 11.5% in sales, due largely to a downturn in sales in the UK.

BABIES who are breastfed will be less likely to suffer from heart disease or obesity later in life, a scientific study has revealed.

UK broadcast business Vislink saw order intake rise to £97.89m (€146.76m) to December 31 2003, up from £70.29m (€105.38m) during the same period in 2002.

Doctors have halted another major HRT study after early findings showed women were being made to face an “unacceptably high risk” of breast cancer, it was revealed today.