At the Irish Raptor Study Group conference in Dublin last weekend, Sarah Hoy of the University of Aberdeen spoke about the goshawk, a bird of increasing interest in Ireland. 

Eating less meat is "essential" to ensure future demand for food can be met and "dangerous" climate change avoided, experts have warned.

’Dead’ Mississippi man kicks to escape body bag

ENGLAND: The Houses of Parliament may have been infested with “mutant” rats which are becoming immune to traditional poisons.

Children born to obese mothers are 35% more likely to die before they reach 55, a study has found.

A report on the possible environmental impacts of “fracking” for gas has found the method “does not pose a significant environmental risk”.

More people are more active more often, according to the Irish Sports Council.

The Health Protection Agency in Britain has confirmed seven people in the UK have E.Coli after contracting it while travelling in Germany.

IT’S just not cricket, is it? Not content with beating the auld enemy at their own game, it now appears we Irish may be denting English pride elsewhere — in equally dramatic fashion.

CONSERVATION groups are welcoming a breakthrough in the battle against a deadly mite responsible for decimating the honeybee population.

A WOMEN’S health expert has questioned research that found calcium pills increase the risk of heart attack.

A NEW study has found that a foetus in the womb can adjust its heart beat to synchronise with its mother but in cases where no synchronisation occurs, it may signal a problem with the foetus’s development.

Elderly people are not putting themselves at greater risk of heart attack if they take the painkiller ibuprofen, a study said today.

Women who have taken the Pill can expect longer lives than those who have never been prescribed the oral contraceptive, research out today suggests.

IT’S a startling thought – people are at far greater risk from air pollution in their homes than they are from air pollution outdoors.

Motorists hoping to car-share could soon find their nearest lift on their mobile phones, scientists said today.

Being too fat or thin can damage a man’s fertility, scientists said yesterday.

LEVELS of arsenic in rice formula for babies are worryingly high, according to an investigation published yesterday into products widely sold in British stores.

Donal Hickey learns how uisce beatha is truly the water of life.

TAKING the contraceptive pill over a short period may reduce a woman’s chances of getting cancer — but taking it for too long may increase the risk, scientists said yesterday.

Taking the contraceptive pill over a short period may reduce a woman’s chances of getting cancer –but taking it for too long may increase the risk, scientists said today.

EXPERTS said the Haymarket car bomb would have created a devastating explosion on the scale of those seen in Baghdad and Israel.

Experts said the car bomb found today in a car in London's Haymarket would have created a devastating explosion on the scale of those seen in Baghdad and Israel.

Judas was not a traitor but a close friend of Jesus who was only doing his bidding when he turned him in with a kiss, a newly translated ancient document unveiled in the US today suggests.

THE Government is to tackle the growing problem of cocaine and cannabis use among young people in a hard-hitting campaign.

GIRLS as young as 10 are being prescribed the contraceptive pill in Scotland, a study has found.

THEY’VE plotted and deceived, they’ve been warlike, corrupt and power-hungry and they’ve sired children they shamelessly promoted: the history of popes, as cardinals mull who will succeed John Paul II, is decidedly murky.

REGULAR readers of this column will know that I am deeply concerned about the deterioration in the national diet.

“DR AHERN, I presume ...”

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today travels to Scotland where he will be awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from Kings College, University of Aberdeen.

COT deaths are more likely to occur at weekends, a study confirmed yesterday.

RESEARCH showing that sperm counts have dropped by almost a third in a decade have prompted renewed concerns about male fertility.

A lecturer’s paper cut sparked a brainwave which could save oil firms and the water industry a fortune by detecting and plugging pipeline leaks, it emerged today.

A leading historian has claimed the Irish made a far greater contribution to Scottish society than they have been given credit for.