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

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

Culture Minister Josepha Madigan has claimed she did not give prior approval to a much-criticised letter from her office about a speculated methadone clinic in her constituency - even though her signature is on it.

Investment in universities is crucial to take advantage of opportunities arising from Brexit, an expert has said as Irish colleges maintain a steady position in the latest world rankings.

Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan plans to almost double the number of foreign students to boost the income of ailing colleges and universities in the coming years.

Cinema and magazines would have us think everyone is having more and better sex than us. So what do we know about people’s sex lives? Suzanne Harrington looks through the keyhole.

People anxious to find out if they will qualify for a medical card based on their medical condition will have to wait until the autumn at the earliest for an expert panel to decide who qualifies.

Hundreds of elderly people in nursing homes have been losing medical cards because their payments towards their care are not considered in assessments of their income.

UCD’s footballers congregated under the Belfield lights on Wednesday night, the finishing touches applied ahead of today’s sojourn north.

The HSE paid out almost €2.5m on drugs to counter ADHD last year, according to new figures.

New research is advising the government not to introduce a screening campaign for chlamydia.

IRISH researchers have created the world’s first 3D surface anatomy guide for medical and physiotherapy students, surgical trainees and artists.

A SENIOR medical researcher has expressed concern that doctors are not being open about the incidence of surgical errors given the low level of reporting of clinical mistakes by medical staff.

TEENAGERS are coming under increasing pressure to have sex at a younger age, only in many cases to regret it later, experts behind a new awareness campaign said yesterday.

Nine patients in Drogheda and Navan hospitals had their diagnosis of lung cancer delayed as a result of radiological missed diagnosis between August 2006 and August 2007, the Health Service Executive has revealed.

Hibernia College in Dublin today awarded the world’s first online masters degrees to science graduates from 11 different countries.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) tonight moved to allay fears doctors were making judgment calls on results from cervical smear tests carried out in the US.

Doctors are being forced to make judgment calls on cervical smear tests analysed in the US putting thousands of women at risk, a leading health lobby warned today.

State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy has warned the media are in danger of hijacking the role of judge and jury.

Doctors’ competence should be continually assessed by their peers to minimise risks to patients, one of the country’s chief health experts said today.