Amnesty International’s statement that the Israeli soldier who killed a young Palestinian man ‘may have committed a war crime and should be investigated as such’ seems not to hold any sway in Israel. 

WHILE much attention is being given to the financial problems in the health service, not all interventions need increased expenditure.

IT is unsurprising that an association between food colouring and behavioural problems has been noted.

IN evidence to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee, Professor Brendan Drumm, chief executive of the HSE, last week stated: “The high prevalence of MRSA on our streets, as we speak, related to antibiotic use over the years.”