The average house price has risen slightly in the North in a sign that the property market's steep decline may be levelling out, it emerged today.

The North's house prices have continued their downward plunge – showing a year-on-year drop of 35% during the first quarter of this year.

House prices in the North have plummeted with a drop of nearly 30% over the last year, a leading report said today.

LOUISE Brown, the world’s first test-tube baby, has proudly spoken about her own “perfect” baby boy.

THE world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is reported to be pregnant.

IN support of Dana Rosemary Scallon’s letter (Irish Examiner, Oct 31), and the bishop’s plea to the Taoiseach, I wish to draw attention to some aspects of the scientific dishonesty that is being propagated in an endeavour to hoodwink people into believing that embryonic stem cell research is necessary and imperative for human welfare.

INFERTILITY could become a thing of the past as scientists improve techniques and learn how stem cells are programmed to develop into eggs and sperm, a fertility expert said yesterday.

ARTIFICIALLY created sperm and eggs could spell the end of infertility in 10 years, scientists said yesterday.

AMONG the many bizarre moments in Michael Jackson's interview with Martin Bashir, broadcast on TV3 on Monday night, was the pop star's claim that the mother of his third child, Prince Michael II, 'can't handle' contact with her child.