Screentime — a phrase that has become laden with all sorts of panic, writes Colm O’Regan.

A blood relative loses touch with a family member and after many years decides they would like to know how that family member is, perhaps be in touch, but for the moment know that they are alive and well.

A 41-year-old unemployed mother, who referred to a train ticket inspector as a “fat bastard” when he inquired about her allegedly defaced free travel pass, has lost a €50,000 damages claim for defamation in the Circuit Civil Court.

I HAD two glasses of Merlot last night — all that my feeble liver can take.

More than 130 severely obese adults are on a waiting list for weight-loss surgery at a public hospital that can only do about 25 such procedures a year.