Venue: Everyman, Cork

Often described as one of the few plays from the 18th century to have enduring appeal, Oliver Goldsmith’s Restoration comedy, She Stoops to Conquer opens at Cork’s Everyman on May 20.

An American court today ruled that there was no proven link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

The American parents of a 12-year-old have asked a US court to find their child’s autism was caused by common childhood vaccines.

An 88-year-old man with terminal cancer killed his Alzheimer’s-afflicted wife, fearing she would be left without adequate care after his death, then shot himself twice but survived.