IRELAND’S death rate from respiratory disease is nearly three times worse than some of the former Soviet bloc countries, a new report reveals.

A MEDICAL expert has warned that Irish children will be killed if they take part in a ‘game’ where they block air to their brain to make themselves faint.

THE mother of the young Cork man who died following a series of medical errors says cases such as that which focused on her son’s tragic death should be heard in forums other than the courts.

THE mother of a young man who died following a litany of medical failures and errors said the family pursued a negligence action not for money but because of the “grave injustice” suffered by her son.

MUCH of the debate on the proposed ban on smoking in the workplace has focused on either the economic impact of days lost at work due to episodic illness or the incidence of lung cancer due to environmental tobacco smoke and smoking.