IRISH actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has thanked fans for their support by sharing a picture of himself, looking happy and healthy, with his fiancee, Mara Lane.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) says that, last year, it recorded a very strong financial performance with operating profits increasing by 15.5% to €29.7m.

Four out of five over-50s are overweight or obese, a study has shown.

Almost four out of five people aged 50 and older are overweight or obese.

Families with young children have been hardest hit by a succession of austerity budgets, a study reveals.

Anne Nolan of IPHA claims (Letters, Nov 5) our branded drugs are at, or below, the European average.

I refer to your article ‘Troika chief: Pharmaceutical drug costs cannot be justified,’ of Nov 1, in which it was stated that “the costs of pharmaceutical drugs in Ireland were three times more than your nearest neighbour”.

A Second World War Spitfire and a B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies above Dublin city as part of an international flypast.

WHEN Lorraine Mulvey told the media last month how she had been abused by her father for 12 years, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre was inundated with phone calls.

THE chief executive of the state-sponsored Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) saw his pay soar more than 16% last year to €365,800 — including a €45,000 bonus payment.

THE poster boys for our financial crisis have been well established: Seánie Fitz, ‘Fingers’ Fingleton, Eugene Sheehy, Patrick Neary, Bertie Ahern, Charlie McCreevy, Brian Cowen.

Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has appointed Anne Nolan as Chairman of the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), the Authority announced today.

ELECTION candidates hoping to get seats in Cork City Council’s north-east ward may have to walk a tightrope on an issue that proves just how local politics really is.

A PROPOSAL by a United States governor to source prescription drugs in Ireland has been branded unworkable, illegal in its present form and damaging to sick Irish people.