A man is in a serious condition in hospital after he was shot in the stomach in Limerick.

As the membership of yet another union balloted to reject the terms of Croke Park II, the number of unions which have said they will not be bound by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions decision (Ictu) on the deal rose to six.

Despite the appalling increase of suicide in Ireland, it is still a taboo subject in this country.

Regardless of the outcome of Republican presidential primaries in Michigan and Arizona today, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum appear set for a showdown next week in Ohio.

DISCIPLINARY action has been ruled out by a college against two lecturers who were defendants in a ground-breaking internet libel case.

A COLLEGE lecturer has secured a High Court apology and damages in settlement of the first libel action arising out of defamatory emails.

GOVERNMENT representatives will meet with trade unions to try to clarify aspects of the public sector pay and reform proposals prior to crucial ballots later this month.

THE Irish Nurses’ Organisation (INO) yesterday pointed out that the number of people on trolleys around the country in June was almost 30% higher than in the same month last year.

A ROW has broken out over the awarding of preferred bidder status for laboratory testing of cervical smears to a private US company.

MEDICAL scientists working at public laboratories have warned that further cutbacks in healthcare funding could have a damaging effect on services to patients.

The outsourcing of cytology screening which detects cervical cancer will be debated by medical scientists in Dublin today.

THE Health Service Executive has refused to reveal how much it is spending to outsource thousands of Irish women’s cervical smear tests to the US.

There's simply no stopping Tony McCoy.

Coolnagorna was an effortless winner of the day’s biggest race in Britain as he took the Stan James Challow Hurdle at Newbury today.