The State’s pricing deal with the pharmaceutical industry ends this year, and the funding of innovation must become a priority, if patients here are to have the early access that patients elsewhere in western Europe have, says Bernard Mallee

A diabetes sufferer from Waterford says he's "quietly confident" he can become the first person to successfully kitesurf between France and Ireland, in the process raising €50,000 for a charity dear to his heart.

St Mary’s College 20 Lansdowne 38

A summer job mowing lawns or waiting on tables is a far cry from life for one Cork student attending college in Dublin.

Four intrepid cyclists on an epic 6,000km fundraising trip to Gaza were today refused entry to the troubled state.