A study has found 100% of Irish whiplash patients attending a spine specialist pursued lawsuits — but the visits almost always stopped once the legal action was settled.

Loci Orthopaedics plans to revolutionise the thumb joint surgery market, writes Trish Dromey.

A education programme for advanced nursing practise led by University College Cork will play a leading role in transforming the country’s health services.

Legal actions by four female lecturers against National University of Ireland Galway alleging gender discrimination in a competition for promotion have been again adjourned while efforts continue to resolve the dispute through mediation.

The University of Limerick (UL) has cancelled sexual consent workshops due to lack of interest.

A definition of consent is urgently needed in Irish law but while we wait for the law to catch up, Jessica Casey hears how colleges are educating students on sexual consent

Four female lecturers at National University of Ireland Galway have sued their employer alleging gender discrimination in a competition for promotion.

University College Cork is to be the headquarters for a €5m health innovation hub to foster links between industry and the health service. The hub has been running on a pilot basis in UCC since 2012 and has already supported 23 projects involving 27 companies.

A Waterford technology firm has been named as one of the world’s ‘most promising’ by the World Economic Forum.

Pulsed light technology, a radically new method of ultraviolet disinfection, is an effective way of eradicating a diarrhea-causing parasite from Irish water systems, according to research.

The Prince of Wales has admitted being a Fred Astaire fan and toying with taking up Irish dancing after seeing a special performance on his arrival in Ireland.

The Prince of Wales has expressed regret over lives lost in the Troubles in the North, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said.

China’s president is to visit Ireland again following an invitation by President Higgins in Beijing.

The Government and foreign bodies must invest significant funds into the education and housing sectors if Ireland’s stabilising economy is to turn into a full-blown financial recovery.

There has been an alarming rise in the number of children abusing their parents, with the majority suffering in silence because of shame and guilt.

More than a third of over-50s in Ireland are obese, a major report on ageing has revealed.

More than a third of over-50s in Ireland are obese, a major new report on ageing has revealed.

The stampede for Twitter shares recently culminated in the company’s founders and early investors becoming even wealthier.

THE chances of entry to 16 colleges are boosted again this year for students with disabilities or from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

“VERY high levels of alcohol consumption” are implicated in the majority of rapes of young women, most of whom have also been drinking, according to Dr Stacey Scriver of global women’s studies at the National University of Ireland Galway.

WORK to improve healing after surgery and reduce the time patients have to spend in hospital is getting underway at an Irish university.

UNIVERSITY chiefs have been crying from the rooftops for the past two years about the severe under funding of their colleges and the effects it is having on the quality of the education.

EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan has hinted there will be no increases in third-level college budgets again next year despite claims our reputation is being damaged by lack of funds.

THE controversial new selection system for medicine degrees has seen Leaving Certificate grades jump 20 points for some courses and only students with scores in the top one-third in a new aptitude test being offered a place.

THE replacement of Leaving Certificate results with other methods to determine points for college entry could add to the pressure on school-leavers instead of easing it, Institute of Guidance Counsellors president Eilis Coakley has claimed.

SMALL and medium companies are predominant in an increased share of funding to industry here in the latest update on disbursement of a €50 billion EU research fund.

IRELAND’S research reputation and job-creation potential is to get a major boost through a €359 million investment that will create almost 2,400 jobs, according to Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

MICHELLE Mitchell’s chances of fulfilling her dream to study at third-level could be dashed unless a Government cutback is reversed.

CAMPBELL Catering has secured four major contracts in the education sector worth €7 million annually.

Two major universities will today launch plans for a strategic alliance, the first of its kind in the country.

IMAGES of drunk students sprawled on the ground will be pasted to the floors of college toilets this week as part of a hard-hitting campaign on the dangers of alcohol.

CORK Institute of Technology has insisted that the upgrading of around 100 students originally deemed to have failed part of their final exams proves the independence of its appeals system.

A STAND-OFF between universities and their funding agency over academic autonomy has left hundreds of lecturing posts unfilled despite colleges being given an exemption from the ban on public service recruitment.

POINTS requirements for most courses show that students are turning away from those tied to the dwindling economy, and construction in particular, opting instead for more general degrees.

DESPITE all applicants with at least 480 Leaving Certificate points being eligible for consideration for places on medicine degree courses, no student with less than 520 points has been offered a place today.

TEACHING methods being developed by colleges in the midwest could help reverse flagging interest in maths and science subjects among Leaving Certificate students.

COLLEGE graduates are faring relatively well in the increasingly restricted jobs market, one university’s findings have indicated.

THE taxpayers’ watchdog has described a belief among some third-level lecturers, that their obligations cease after providing 16 class contact hours a week, as disturbing.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen will give the Government’s backing today to a controversial research collaboration between two universities which has already created major divisions within the third-level sector.

THE rift between the seven universities has deepened with another president adding his concerns about possible Government moves to support an exclusive research agreement between Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD).

STUDENTS have rejected Éamon Ó Cuív’s claim he was protecting himself and an assistant when he grabbed a protester during a demonstration in Galway on Tuesday night.

PEOPLE are willing to pay higher taxes for community-based mental care as the economic cost of dealing with mental health problems soars above the €3 billion mark, research has shown.

Almost half of level 8 courses are easier to get into this year, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray.

IRELAND could become a key player in the production of biofuel from seaweed, a conference was told inGalway yesterday.