Margaret Jennings speaks to the GP and broadcaster Dr Ciara Kelly about the importance of maintaining strength and agility to help prevent falls

Falls, traditionally associated with old age, are very much a feature of middle-age, particularly among women, new research has found.

One of Ireland’s best known radio broadcasters has revealed he has Parkinson’s Disease.

Despite most people believing in equality, many women find it problematic to call themselves a feminist, writes Carolyn Moore

Newstalk has suspended presenter George Hook amid the ongoing controversy surrounding his comments on rape last week.

DR CIARA Kelly has her own prescription for success. Determined to live life to the full, she looks not to her contemporaries for inspiration but to Dr William Wilde, a 19th-century surgeon.

GP, Columnist and broadcaster Dr Ciara Kelly gave her opinion on a number of topical issues on The Late Late Show last night, including the current storm surrounding the National Maternity Hospital.

The Arts Council is urging people to share the joy of reading with children this Christmas, writes Marjorie Brennan. Here, some of the well-known people backing the ‘Story for their Stocking’ campaign select the books that captured their imagination as youngsters

“I just want to live a normal life”. That’s the simple wish of publican Gerard Cahill from Mallow, Co Cork, who weighs almost 27 stone. He is one of 18 people hoping to become to an Operation Transformation leader.

Energy drinks may claim to give you wings, a buzz, a mega hit, an adrenaline rush or, in one case, a “nuclear weapon against hangover”. But food safety experts sum up the characteristics in a rather less appealing way: Sugar and caffeine.

Patients needing a pancreas transplant say they are none the wiser about their situation after Beaumont Hospital in Dublin issued a statement on the future of the country’s pancreas transplant programme.

Barnardo’s chief executive Fergus Finlay is determined to continue with the controversial Stop Out of Control Drinking campaign despite its funder, Diageo, withdrawing its representative from the board.

Drinks giant Diageo has pulled its representative from the board of the controversial alcohol aware ness campaign, which it also funds.

Speculation is mounting that a third high-profile organisation has resigned from the board of the controversial Diageo-funded alcohol awareness campaign.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar should "unequivocally" say whether he supports a drinks industry-funded alcohol awareness campaign after claims the initiative is a "smokescreen" to take the political focus away from wider legal reforms.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has rejected international perceptions of Ireland’s drink culture ahead of his St Patrick’s Day meeting with US president Barack Obama in the White House.

Alcohol consumption levels increased last year, driven by hikes in wine and beer sales, provisional figures show.

Diageo, the country’s largest drinks company and owner of Guinness, is to pour millions into a public awareness campaign aimed at preventing excessive drinking.

Inspirational Operation Transformation leader Deirdre O’Donovan told 19 hopefuls facing the final cut yesterday she lost seven stone (about 44kg) and gained a “fantastic” lifestyle in just 12 months.

RTÉ star Kathryn Thomas wants to see a celebrity version of health show Operation Transformation to drive home the message that weight issues can affect anyone at any stage in their lives.

Hundreds of doctors protested outside the Dáil yesterday over cutbacks that have closed general practices and forced newly qualified GPs to go abroad to work.

A group of doctors have taken to the streets to protest over Government funding.

News that super-size school uniforms are being sold to children as young as 11 is being met with concern.

Theatre: Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?

Operation Transformation leader Deirdre O’Donovan has broken her addiction to food.

Operation Transformation leader Deirdre O’Donovan, who wants to stop emotional eating, was shocked when she failed to meet her target weight yesterday.

Operation Transformation’s oldest leader Kerry GAA legend Paudie O’Mahoney was told to put the brakes on yesterday.

Dr Ciara Kelly has taken Dr Eva Orsmond’s role as nutrition expert on Operation Transformation. She is not new to TV.

A former Kerry GAA star and the latest Operation Transformation leader has said his obsession with sport cost him his marriage.

Ryan Tubridy and the Late Late Toy Show top the bill.

A Cork mother of two who wants to stop emotional eating is the first of 20 hopefuls to be selected as an Operation Transformation leader.

More than 500 people unhappy with their weight applied to become an Operation Transformation leader.

Vogue Williams goes on location at Home and Away, while Doctors On Call is a new health show.

On a day that brought a long-awaited hint of summer, style-conscious women turned out in their droves at Killarney Races.