The UK stepped in to shore up the country’s rail operators after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned they face “tougher measures” to fight the coronavirus outbreak, including a potential lockdown if they continue to ignore calls to stop social gatherings.

There have been 44 deaths from flu so far this season, according to the HSE.

We will know today whether these key moments in the UK election campaign impacted on how people voted Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are poor options and each has had a few awkward campaign moments that may have influenced the election, writes Therese Raphael.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest gambit to prevent any close scrutiny of his Brexit strategy by the British parliament, by closing down the shop for five weeks, should not blind either the EU or Irish negotiators to the enormity of trade disruption that will arise from a hard exit of the UK at the end of October.

Smart cities are more likely to be defined by quieter upgrades to existing infrastructure and new partnerships that better represent residents.

The leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom has resigned, saying in a letter to Theresa May “I no longer believe that our approach will deliver on the referendum result”.

The Minister for European Affairs has dismissed the suggestion that other EU countries will “sell us down the river” in Brexit negotiations.

The divide is between those who want a wrongdoing addressed once highlighted and those who want it to remain buried, says Special Correspondent Michael Clifford.

A stable and secure EU could become the most important pillar of the UK’s post-Brexit security strategy, writes Jacek Rostowski

A €5 blood test which identifies whether people with chest pains are at risk of a heart attack could improve treatment at A&E departments worldwide, researchers claim.

Irish firms have been urged to restrict their employees from downloading software updates from their workstations following the latest global ransomware attack that is sweeping Europe.

THE internet has been blamed for many things; everything from the popularisation of ‘Gangnam Style’ dance to the election of President Donald Trump. 

Over the weekend the BBC rebroadcast a documentary about Alan Bennett. In it, Bennett made a speech at the opening of a London health centre during which he sings the praises of Britain’s National Health Service. 

Almost one-fifth of Irish businesses would pay a ransom of up to €50,000 to cyber criminals, a survey has found. The survey by IT firm DataSolutions found almost a third of senior IT professionals didn’t think their companies were equipped to deal with emerging cybersecurity threats.

Lessons must be learned from the “dysfunctional” drugs selection process, the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association has said.

Lessons must be learned from the “dysfunctional” drugs selection process, the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association has said.

If politics is the art of the possible then the Democratic Unionist Party have delivered a masterclass — one even their Sinn Féin rivals must applaud if its naked opportunism does not offend their high-minded sense of propriety.

Attempts by cybercriminals to sell password credentials of British MPs is a timely reminder that ‘password hygiene’ is the safest way to protect yourself online, a leading cybersecurity expert has warned.

Conservative and Labour figures reacted cautiously to the exit poll predicting Theresa May could have lost her overall majority.

Irish businesses, Government departments and semi-state bodies are “sitting ducks” for new and more devastating cyber attacks than the one that crippled computers worldwide last month, a leading IT expert has warned.

The worldwide "ransomware" cyber attack has spread to thousands more computers as people across Asia logged in at work, disrupting businesses, schools, hospitals and daily life.

WE have a highly skilled professional army trained to fight an unlikely invasion by foreign forces, and aa naval service and air corps to patrol peaceful seas and skies, but little by way of a functioning national cyber-security programme.

Health Minister Simon Harris has said the cyber security of Irish hospitals is being "closely monitored" in the wake of confirmed attacks on hospitals in Britain, writes Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.

Latest: At least 16 hospitals in the UK's National Health Service have been targeted by a large cyber attack.

Surgeon Liam Kirwan has taken an historical look at the role of religion on Ireland’s healthcare system. He talks about where we are today to Colette Sheridan.

Paying up-front for medical research would encourage innovation and end costly monopolies by allowing generic competition to flourish, according to Diarmaid McDonald and Dr Kieran Harkin

The ageing of the population in Ireland and other parts of the western world is being brought in to sharp relief by the health crises unfolding within both the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE).

UCD spin-out company Theya Healthcare has signed a supply deal with the UK’s National Health Service that will see it expand its main product line across British hospitals.

DONALD TRUMP must be kicking himself — or more likely, venting his volcanic, spoilt-brat spleen on some bewildered apprentice working on his dreadful campaign: “Why didn’t we think of that, do I always have to do everything around here?” The enraged Trump — as he always is — will ask, referring to the suggestion made by British Home Secretary Amber Rudd that British businesses be obliged to reveal how many foreign workers they employ.

Jeremy Corbyn walked past empty seats because he wanted two together so he could talk to his wife, he said in response to a row over train overcrowding.

Yanis Varoufakis sees two blocs lining up to battle each other for the idealogical heart of the West. But despite their claims, they are accomplices, not foes.

John Duggan reviews Broken Vows: The Tragedy of Power, where author Tom Bower outlines how Tony Blair confused British electoral success with a mandate to change the world and a belief that he was saving civilisation.

Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says making the EU more democratic is the best bet for the left

Couples planning on going down the IVF route will welcome new proposals for state support of what is often an expensive treatment. However, writes Áilín Quinlan, the details have yet to be worked out

The World Health Organisation has joined those calling for a sugar tax on soft drinks.

Hospitals imposing sugar tax on drinks and snacks is “a good idea”, said Health Minister Leo Varadkar.

The mother of a teenage girl left severely disabled by meningitis is pleading with the Government to introduce the meningitis B vaccine as part of the childhood immunisation programme.

Britain’s competition watchdog has accused Pfizer and Flynn Pharma of breaching UK and European law by ramping up the cost of an epilepsy drug, given to more than 50,000 British patients, by as much as 2,600%.