Older people are facing a scarcity of qualified nurses to care for them unless the Government changes its policy on undergraduate education, a leading nursing organisation has warned.

ONE of the pleasures of writing in these pages this past year was the opportunity to get an extensive one-to-one interview with Henry Shefflin.

Derek Lyng won six All-Ireland medals and national acclaim in service of Kilkenny. But the path to becoming one of the greatest midfielders of his generation was an arduous one.

AFTER years holding down one of the most high-pressure positions in Irish sport, 11 Leinster titles, seven All-Irelands, five national leagues Brian Cody doesn’t look a day older than when he took over in late 1998.

Start-up and existing business can avail of free advice on renewable energy at a conference today.

Firefighters have successfully contained a major fire at a factory in north Dublin that forced the temporary closure of a busy commuter rail line this morning.