Kya deLongchamps traces the history of wallpaper from the early stone-chilled castles of the medieval period, to the rococo mansions of the restoration and beyond.

Piling on the pounds over several decades increases the risk of obesity-related cancers by 50% in men and by 20% in women, research has shown.

Six-year-old Ellie Butler suffered skull fractures twice in her tragically short life - the first possibly dating back to when her father was accused of assaulting her as a baby, a court has heard.

Some frequently prescribed antibiotics could be rendered “ineffective”, researchers have warned after finding high rates of resistance to the drugs among children with a common condition.

A breast cancer treatment that appears to shrink or eliminate tumours in 11 days could be available within a relatively short timeframe to women with a form of cancer that has a poor prognosis, according to the Irish Cancer Society.

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A new dinosaur species has been discovered in Wales dating back 200 million years to the earliest Jurassic period, scientists say.

Celebrity promotion of charities is ineffective at raising awareness but can make the stars more popular with the public, a study says.

Back in 2007, an entire year’s supply of Boots’ No 7 Protect & Perfect Serum sold out in two weeks. Now Boots has launched a new version of the serum. Margaret Carragher gives it a month-long trial.

Cleaners flush out gold hoard in toilets

The country’s “real” suicide rate is significantly higher than official levels suggest as deaths are being wrongly classified during inquests, a suicide charity has warned.

Russian authorities have reportedly sent a 20,000-strong team to the Ural Mountains to help with the rescue and clean-up operation after a meteor struck the area.

A similar-sized meteor to the one that exploded in the sky over Russia today would cause “significant fatalities” if it hit Earth.

Irish researchers are to play a major role in a €1bn project, developing the world’s latest wonder material.

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One of Hong Kong's richest men is offering $65m (€50m) for the man who can successfully woo his lesbian daughter.

Obese women are more likely to be discriminated against when applying for jobs and receive lower starting salaries than non-overweight colleagues, according to a study.

Strategies for tackling suicide have led to falling death rates in England and Wales, a study has found.

ALEX FERGUSON’S achievements at Old Trafford will be put into focus by Manchester United supporters ahead of the 25th anniversary of his appointment as manager when they unveil a banner on the Stretford End for this afternoon’s match against Sunderland that says simply: The impossible dream made possible.

THE first phase of a national newborn hearing screening programme will commence in Cork after Easter, with the full roll-out expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Two British-based scientists shared the Nobel Prize in physics today for "groundbreaking experiments" with an atom-thin material expected to play a large role in electronics.

IT IS not surprising that Fr Eamonn McCarthy of Coachford in Co Cork is unhappy about the HPV vaccine (‘Priest urges chastity instead of cervical cancer jab’, August 31).

AN anti-ageing cream sold on the high street is clinically proven to improve wrinkles, scientists said last night.

A NEW healing drug has the potential to prevent unsightly surgery scars, research has shown.

Sportspeople funded by the drinks industry were more likely to engage in binge drinking than those with no alcohol sponsor, a study claimed today.

Women with a history of serious mental illness are more likely to have babies that are stillborn or die within the first month of life, according to research published today.

Fans of Booker Prize winner John Banville can today read the first chapter of his forthcoming novel for free.

WITH reference to the letter from Adi Roche (October 11) concerning, among other things, the Windscale reactor fire in October 1957, I would like to respond as one of the authors of the recent study of the accident.

A CURE for baldness may be on the horizon following the discovery that hair follicles can be regenerated in mammalian skin.

BOOTS chemists throughout the country reported bumper trade yesterday as thousands of women scrambled to get the store’s miracle anti-ageing cream — causing the product to sell out by lunchtime.

THE fifth International Conference on Workplace Bullying continues today in Trinity College Dublin.

Psychologists have expressed concern about the long-term effects on Pop Idol contestants of the put-downs handed out by judges.