Health Minister Simon Harris has acknowledged the abuse and stress staff running CervicalCheck were subjected to in the wake of the controversy that rocked the national screening programme.

Healthcare is not without flaws, but the system does its job. Ciarán Ó Riain calls for calm in the wake of the latest smear test review, which found that CervicalCheck works

A healthy young man died when he drank too much water after taking salt supplements which led to intense thirst, an inquest was told.

A healthy young man who had been following an unusual diet and taking salt supplements bought online suddenly collapsed and died, an inquest heard yesterday.