We talk to Cliona Murphy, vice-president of quality assurance at PepsiCo and site lead for the company’s research and development centre in Ireland.

AmCham Transatlantic Conference 2020 on Thursday, March 5, in Croke Park, will bring together the leading voices of the Transatlantic business relationship

Ireland's 'blame culture' is contributing to the shortage of consultants according to the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Some members of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have raised concerns about the preparedness for providing abortion care.

The new head of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says introducing abortion services cannot be done on a shoestring.

It is possible to eliminate cervical cancer in Irish women within a generation with HPV testing and vaccination, the Irish Cancer Society has said.

878 women in Ireland ordered abortion pills online from one provider last year.

The semi-finals of the Connolly’s Red Mills Irish Laurels attracted a large crowd to Curraheen Park on Saturday night, and all who attended were treated to superb heats, in each of which the three qualifiers were covered by less than a length.

There are calls for the introduction of a floor price for alcohol.

Calls have been made for all alcoholic products to contain explicit health warning labels.

BETWEEN 61,000 and 104,000 children aged under 15 in Ireland are estimated to be living with parents who have problems with alcohol, according to the national charity for alcohol-related issues.

THERE has been an alarming increase in the number of babies taken into care because they were born to drink or drug addicts.

NOT one, not two – but three major reports in the past two months have shown the chronic and harmful effects that alcohol is having on our society.

ACCORDING to the most recent figures available (2003), alcohol-related harm costs the state and its taxpayers around €2.6 billion a year.

THE real price of drink in Ireland has decreased dramatically in recent years, with alcohol now 50% more affordable than it was in 1996.

A DISTRAUGHT 15-year-old stranded at two o’clock in the morning in a petrol station forecourt was looking after her mother who was drunk and two younger children, one of whom was in a buggy.

"HANG on to those, Gran. I’ll be back in a minute."

“NOT only did I lose my brother; I lost my best friend, my idol.”

THE father of a man lost at sea pleaded with people last night not to judge the couple whose decision to swim in rough sea conditions on Sunday led to a rescue attempt that cost his son his life.

A 26-YEAR-OLD Kilkenny woman rescued by two men who later drowned has been described by neighbours in the quiet country village where she lived as “a kind, intelligent and free-spirited young girl” who they fear will be deeply impacted by the tragedy.

THE heartbroken fiancée of one of two brave men who drowned saving two swimmers, is praying for the recovery of the second victim.