MORE than 100 severely obese adults are on a waiting list for weight-loss surgery at a HSE clinic which only has the capacity to do about two a week.

SURGERIES for morbidly obese people here could cost the public almost €6 million every 12 months within the next decade, it has been claimed.

OVERWEIGHT and obese people in Ireland are more likely to be divorced, separated or unemployed, research has revealed.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney yesterday insisted that hospital-acquired infection is being tackled.

THE danger of MRSA was highlighted yesterday after a coroner’s court was told about inadequacies for the treatment of such infection at a Dublin hospital.

Almost €20m is to be spent this year on the upkeep of some of the country's most historic buildings, it was revealed today.

Two new centres for the morbidly obese are to be opened next year at Mercy University Hospital in Cork and University College Hospital in Galway. While these should, of course, be warmly welcomed, people should at the same time ask why this has taken so long?