The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has reversed a 15-year-long donor deferral policy for people who have lived in Britain because the transfusion transmission risk of a human form of a disease commonly known as 'Mad Cow Disease" is now considered to be remote.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service says transgender donors can present as their preferred gender.

Blood donors and those who rely on transfusions are being reassured after a patient contracted Hepatitis B from a transfusion.

Illusionist David Blaine will plunge hundreds of feet from a helicopter into a river for his next stunt, he announced today.