Sport stars across a range of codes feature in a video aimed at helping to combat suicide.

Some 18 medical research charities have weighed into the controversy surrounding the Government’s decision to appoint as its chief scientific advisor the man who also heads up its science funding agency.

An Irish Jesuit who went missing for eight days in Rome and was eventually located in hospital remains in intensive care but is showing some signs of improvement.

FRIDAY afternoon of a bank holiday weekend is perfect timing if you want to bury news.

The launch of groundbreaking research on the use of stem cells to treat autistic children has been welcomed by the Irish Stem Cell Foundation.

The Irish Stem Cell Foundation has warned that current restrictions on research in Ireland are preventing inward investment in the bio-tech sector.

DR STEPHEN SULLIVAN (Feb 18) calls for legislation to regulate the use of stem cells in Ireland. Dr Sullivan is a Director of the Irish Stem Cell Foundation, a group that campaigns on behalf of embryonic stem cell research.

THE doctor who was flying into a Co Cork clinic to provide an unproven three-hour €19,000 stem cell treatment involving animal parts to multiple sclerosis (MS) patients has been struck off the British Medical Register.

THE dilemma of what to do with unused embryos following fertility treatment will not be resolved as long as the Government fails to introduce laws governing assisted human reproduction (AHR) and embryonic stem cell research, doctors and scientists have warned.

CONFERENCES can provide a significant boost to local economies with the average event capable of generating an income of €150,000 to the area.

IRISH patients are being warned of stem cell treatment scams where huge sums of cash are demanded from vulnerable families hoping for miracle cures.

OVER the last two weeks many arguments have been made in the face of the news that UCC were considering allowing embryonic stem cell research and more recently that the governing body had decided to allow it given suitable projects.

AS members of the stem cell research community, our ultimate goal is curing illness and alleviating human suffering.

WE disagree with Dr Stephen Sullivan and Dr Dolores Dooley on embryonic stem cell research (Letters, May 20).

I THANK Oliver Broderick (Letters, May 13) for his engaging and questioning letter directed to me on stem cell research.

I WISH to comment on the booklet from the Irish Council on Bioethics on stem cells and Dr Stephen Sullivan’s analysis (April 25).

A NEW technique that creates human stem cells from fragments of skin could end the controversial use of human embryos to harvest stem cells, according to an Irish expert in human stem cell research.

AN IRISH-born Harvard University academic is returning to this country next week to investigate the possibility of setting up his own laboratory to carry out controversial research into embryonic stem cell applications.