A study aimed at tailoring cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment to each patient’s particular infection at any one time will begin in Ireland and internationally in the coming years.

AFTER a 15-year campaign, cystic fibrosis (CF) screening is at last to be introduced for the 75,000 babies born in this country every year.

Michael McDowell said his decision to hold the citizenship referendum has been vindicated by a preliminary court ruling backing the right of a Chinese woman whose child was born in Belfast to reside legally in Britain.

The National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism has condemned the Vintners Federation of Ireland for threatening to ban travellers from 6,000 pubs outside Dublin.