UNIVERSITY College Dublin (UCD) is to review its procedures following revelations that one of its senior academics and a former part-time lecturer received a PhD from a controversial US degree mill.

A SENIOR UCD academic and a lecturer in the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) both obtained PhDs from the same unaccredited institution as disgraced Government science adviser Barry McSweeney.

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS must be educated to deal with violence as almost two-thirds have experienced aggression in the workplace, it was urged yesterday.

BABYWALKERS should be banned because they delay walking and can cause injuries to young children, according to a study published yesterday.