Thousands of people have enjoyed the recent glorious sunshine, but the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) have joined forces to remind farming families and all outdoor workers of the importance of protecting their skin to reduce the risk of skin cancer.

A son of a convicted gangland murderer terrified teen soccer supporters in Shannon when he held a knife up to their necks during a daylight robbery.

As melanoma is the biggest cancer killer, Arlene Harris says it makes sense to wise up when it comes to sunscreens

Naomi Fleming tried to flick away what appeared to be a bit of chocolate on her leg and discovered a mole the size of a two cent piece on the back of her thigh.

Skin cancer in Ireland is increasing among young people, according to the Irish Cancer Society.

Two ‘dopey’ middle-aged drug mules who spent six days in hospital expelling more than 90 swallowed pellets of cocaine smuggled in from Spain have been each jailed for two years.

A one-legged cancer surviving cocaine dealer is one of the bigger drug dealers in the south Clare area and is at “huge risk” of reoffending.

People who engage in light or moderate drinking every day are at an increased risk of cancer, a study has found.

Irish teenagers taking on the ‘big tobacco’ industry have the power to become the country’s first tobacco-free generation, a campaign group has claimed.

Irish women are among the highest in Europe for lung cancer in terms of incidence and mortality, according to a recent report.

WE’VE heard the warnings and we know the dangers. Smoking most definitely kills. 

The percentage of school-aged children smoking in Ireland has almost halved since 1998 and the likelihood is that the country will be effectively smoke-free by 2025.

A hapless cannabis growhouse operator, who learned to cultivate cannabis by watching the Discovery channel, yesterday escaped jail.

High factor sun creams do not provide total protection against the deadliest form of skin cancer, new research suggests.

‘E-cigarettes’ can improve the success rate of people trying to quit smoking by 60% compared with nicotine patches and gum or relying on will power alone, research has shown.

One in five Irish people are smokers, and eight out of 10 want to quit, new research shows.

A RAIDER wearing a balaclava prodded a loaded sawn-off shotgun into the stomach of a woman and told her that he would blow her head off during the course of an armed robbery, a court has heard.

A CLARE man had his ear almost severed in an alleged hatchet attack by his brother in Shannon on Wednesday night, a court heard.

A €10,000 reward is on offer for information about two men believed to be the last to see a popular taxi driver alive 21 years ago today.

Gardaí will be joining homeless people and probation and prison service teams to compete in a Homeless Street League football tournament, it emerged today.