More people are surviving strokes but 75% of the country’s rehabilitation hospitals can not provide patients with recommended levels of therapy.

Any further “implementation paralysis” in tackling Ireland’s obesity problem will have devastating consequences for the future health of its children, the Irish Heart Foundation has warned.

The proportion of strokes suffered by people of working age has soared by more than 25% in just seven years.

Both the Irish Heart Foundation and Social Justice Ireland are seeking the introduction of ‘no fry zones’ within one kilometre of schools in order to tackle the growing epidemic of childhood obesity.

A packet of cigarettes will cost €10 from today in a move welcomed by anti-tobacco campaigners.

The Irish Heart Foundation claims childhood obesity is a 'health catastrophe' which the Government must address now or suffer long-term consequences.

Almost three in four younger smokers have switched to cheap brands of cigarettes used by tobacco companies to discourage them from quitting, according to an opinion poll conducted for the Irish Cancer Society and Irish Heart Foundation.

WE’VE heard the warnings and we know the dangers. Smoking most definitely kills. 

The number of people receiving life-saving treatment for strokes has risen 400% in the past four years.

The public is split on whether it can stomach a tax to help cut the country’s sugar addiction — despite nine in 10 people accepting the move is key to winning Ireland’s obesity battle.

TODAY I write in praise of Health Minister James Reilly. I can imagine others reading that sentence and reckoning that I am in need of assistance from the State’s mental health services.

Stroke victims are being forced to pay privately for vital rehabilitation such as physiotherapy and speech and language therapy because services in the community are so poor.

People with severe brain conditions are five times less likely to be able to access help now than they were three years ago as a result of the Government’s ongoing austerity policies.

The Irish Heart Foundation has slammed the "paltry" increase in excise duty on cigarettes and its failure to impose a so-called sugar tax on fizzy drinks in the Budget.

Health charities have called on the Government to impose stricter regulation on tobacco companies to force them to pay more tax.

Two organisations are calling for tax increases in the tobacco industry in next year's Budget.

Just half the population would phone an ambulance immediately after a stroke attack, new research has revealed.

Plain pack cigarettes will mean fewer child smokers, two leading anti-smoking charities have claimed.

Ireland is set to become the second country in the world to introduce plain pack cigarettes, it emerged today.

Thousands of Irish people each year cannot access health facilities to cope with the effects of serious neurological conditions.

STROKE-related hospital admissions increased by almost 90% following the launch of a public awareness campaign about Ireland’s third biggest killer disease, a study shows.

Youngsters are being used as mules by tobacco-smuggling gangs to go door-to-door delivering packets of cheap cigarettes in housing estates, it was claimed tonight.

The Rehab Care organisation has vowed to carry out a review of its practices following the five-day disappearance of a Brendan Brady in Paris over the weekend.

A DISABLED Dublin man missing for five days in Paris survived on water as a massive manhunt was launched to find him.

The physically disabled Irishman who had been missing in France for five days has been found safe and well in Paris.

Irish people with relatives or friends in Paris have been asked to enlist their help in locating a disabled Dublin man missing for the last five days.

A DISABLED support group has hired a private detective agency to help track down a Dublin man who went missing in Paris last week.

French police are confident a 42-year-old Dublin man, who disappeared in Paris four days ago, has been spotted, it emerged tonight.

A major search is underway in Paris for a 42-year-old Dublin man who has been missing since Wednesday.