Another sad case in the hospitals has shown up a lack of legislative action. Again. Dr Adam McAuley reports

A psychiatric patient’s densely written letters to her husband inspired David Fennessy to compose a haunting dirge for the Cork Choral Festival, says Jo Kerrigan.

Scientists have uncovered 20 “cholesterol control” genes that could help point to important new risk factors for heart disease.

Greece has finally taken possession of a chunk of the Elgin Marbles, and now holds renewed hopes of regaining the rest.

A German university today returned a small sculpture taken from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon – a gesture the government said would bolster efforts to regain the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum.