Professor Liam Glynn has advised that everyone should be behaving as if they have the coronavirus.

Some of the country’s top medics have called on the Government to ban the advertisement of sugar-sweetened drinks to children.

Doctors have launched a scathing attack on an annual event that promotes Guinness, claiming alcohol-related illnesses in Ireland have reached “epidemic” proportions.

Many people who consider themselves social drinkers are in fact heavy drinkers, one of Ireland's alcohol policy experts has claimed.

Health Minister James Reilly says he feels “very uneasy” about the HSE’s plan to destroy newborn screening cards.