I read the article by Dr Daniel McCarthy (Feelgood, Nov 8) with utter astonishment and alarm. While Dr McCarthy may be a lecturer in human nutrition, and in his opinion adding hexafluorosilicic acid to drinking water supplies in order to increase the fluoride concentration of water is safe, the scientific facts demonstrate otherwise.

Pair of very rare Limerick silver tablespoons with Old Irish

Nagle Community College’s bid to retain their Umbro FAI Schools John Murphy All-Ireland title ended in heartbreak in yesterday’s extra-time thriller at Waterford RSC.

OPERATING profits at one of the Midwest’s best-known hotels, the Falls Hotel last year dropped by 22% to €219,446.

A TEENAGER who gave chase to a lone gunman on a bicycle after he shot and killed his older brother was greatly traumatised by the event and took his own life three months later.

A relapsed drug addict who threatened and assaulted a Chinese restaurant owner causing the man to sell his business has been given a four year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

OIL made from sardines is being hailed as more effective treatment of hyperactivity in children than the widely-used prescription drug Ritalin.