Vaping can cause health-damaging chemical reactions, a new study from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland warns.

“No health system in the world could cope with a full blown outbreak of the virus,” said Dr Scally.

Professor Barry O’Reilly, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, has joined the team at Mater Private Cork.

Methadone patients are four times more likely to overdose in the month after their treatment ends, according to a new study.

A “modest investment” in elective surgery during the winter surge in hospital activity is the practical solution to the predictable annual crisis, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has claimed.

Institutes of Technology have their own autonomous award making powers for the first time ever, with the exception of doctoral awards.

The study, led by researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), has been published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

A busy surgeon is the best chance of survival for some emergency patients, a new study shows.

Suaad Alshleh, 17, left Syria in 2011 and lived in the United Arab Emirates for a while before travelling to Ireland in August 2016.

Here is a selection of people who have recently been appointed to interesting new roles.

Here is a selection of people who have moved into interesting new roles.

When Ireland and Scotland meet in their opening World Cup clash in Yokohama on Sunday fortnight it will be an entirely family affair — at least according to experts in human genetics at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the University of Edinburgh.

The provision of just 480 acute beds over three years under the HSE's Capital Plan was greeted with extreme disappointment by hospital consultants.

The president of the High Court has suggested the Medical Council review how it ensures doctors registered here can adequately communicate with patients and colleagues in English.

A dispute over an alleged right of way between the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) and apartment owners adjoining the college's property at St Stephen's Green, Dublin has been admitted to the fast track Commercial Court list.

What role can doctors play in the social media age? Four GPs share their views with Ciara McDonnell.

A probe that lights up when detecting cancer could help surgeons more accurately remove tumours during surgery, say researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

The RCSI Faculty of Dentistry will today tell the Oireachtas Health Committee that the sector is under-resourced to meet the demands set out for it under a planned extension of services.

Screening programmes should not be paused, the health minister has said, after several professional medical bodies warned their viability was under threat in the wake of a recent landmark High Court judgment.

Salary and the prestige attached to the job are greater attractions for male medical students considering a career in surgery than for women, whose choices are significantly more influenced by part-time work, parental leave and working hours.

A consultant surgeon who claimed he was subjected to "a torrent of bullying, victimisation, intimidation and harassment" by the HSE has received undisclosed High Court damages and an unreserved apology.

They say changes to their pathway to qualification will leave them €25,000 worse off over the course of their degree in comparison with their predecessors.

Irish-based researchers have developed a new, practical treatment that could help tackle one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

New research from the Irish Cancer Society has found a potential link between vitamin D use and increased breast cancer survival.

A scheme proposed by an Irish MEP to help workers with terminal cancer is being considered by the European Parliament.

It’s a short commute from my home in Carrickmines to the hospice in Leopardstown.

Irish scientists have discovered a biomarker that can predict patients who will benefit the most from a key drug used to treat bowel cancer.

Those children are grown now, filled with good memories of the solid family that adopted them, writes Terry Prone.

Poor working conditions, training, and career opportunities are still driving young doctors from Ireland, it has emerged.

Patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer could be spared unnecessary chemotherapy, thanks to Irish research.

A new biomaterial that could regenerate damaged tissue in the spine, heart, and brain, and eliminate infection, has been discovered by Irish scientists.

A blood test that can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages and predict how it will progress has been developed by Irish scientists.