WOMEN whose mothers suffered stressful events while pregnant with them are more likely to suffer from depression in later life, Irish researchers have found.

STUDENTS in fifth year will not need to change their Leaving Certificate subject choices to meet new entry requirements for medicine being introduced in 2009, Education Minister Mary Hanafin has insisted.

THE eternal student has become a reality in many Irish households as record numbers of students choose to remain on in college for further studies after graduating with a basic degree.

A top medical team from a Dublin hospital travel to Vietnam this month to treat sick children under the care of the Christine Noble Foundation, it emerged today.

AID agencies were yesterday urged to consider using a simple new method of disinfecting contaminated drinking water which could save thousands of lives in the aftermath of major disasters.

SURGICAL services at Cavan General Hospital are continuing to nosedive despite repeated recommendations for ways to improve the situation, the latest in a series of damning reports warns.