Esther N McCarthy goes for bugs, beds and baby stuff for this week’s handful of wishes.

EIGHT young people and two groups from north and east Cork have been honoured by Gardaí for outstanding contributions to their communities and charities.

EIGHT young people and two groups from north and east Cork have been honoured by Gardaí for outstanding contributions to their communities and charities.

NEW EVIDENCE that some patients with dementia are dying prematurely as a result of being inappropriately prescribed anti-psychotic drugs in nursing homes has been described as “disturbing” by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland.

SCIENTISTS believe a quick and painless skin test for Alzheimer’s disease could be developed in five years.