University Hospital Galway was fined over €10,000 in a 14-month period by a waste management service for incorrectly dumping medical waste in recycling.

The Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute have joined forces to dispel the myths about the role of nutrition in cancer prevention and treatment.

Breakthrough research by an Irish cancer team is likely to have global implications for the manner in which radiotherapy treatment is delivered to some patients, according to doctors leading the clinical trial.