A lung cancer survivor who said he grew cannabis plants partly for pain relief has avoided going to jail.

A US cable released by WikiLeaks cites Taiwan’s vice president as telling the top American diplomat on the island that President Ma Ying-jeou would open political talks with China if re-elected to a second term.

HSBC has announced the appointment of Stephen Young as the new chief executive for Ireland with effect from 1 December.

PATIENTS with Parkinson’s disease are having to go abroad for a revolutionary deep brain procedure because the State is not prepared to spend just €3 million on providing the same therapy in Ireland and at a much reduced cost, a medical expert has claimed.

Troops began moving aid to the cyclone-shattered town of Innisfail today as residents picked through waterlogged streets littered with rubble and mangled roofs destroyed by one of Australia’s most powerful cyclones in decades.