Losing a loved-one can have a devastating effect on the immune systems of older people, a study has shown.

Science is losing out because of the mistaken belief that “men are from Mars and women from Venus”, a leading neuroscientist has claimed.

Vaccinating against the virus that causes glandular fever could prevent up to 200,000 cases of cancer worldwide each year, according to a leading charity.

Dingle man Cormac Flannery is the new general manager of Killarney Golf and Fishing Club — but it’s been a circuitous route back to O’Mahony’s Point.

The number of weekly resource teaching hours for children with special educational needs will be kept at current levels in the next school year, Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has promised.

Death rates from the most common type of breast cancer can be slashed by taking a drug for 10 years rather than the recommended five, a study suggests.

No need for grand give-up-everything schemes. Anna Magee asks the experts for the little strategic regular changes that can help you tackle the bulge.

A proud Usain Bolt will carry the Jamaican flag at tonight’s opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics adamant he is fit for the real business of retaining his titles.

Usain Bolt can handle the fact he is no longer the fastest man on the Jamaican team, the team manager has insisted.

Thousands of students across the UK have been staging sit-ins, walk-outs and demonstrations to show their opposition to the increase in tuition fees.

IMAGINE how his little brother Gary was feeling as he watched the kid the whole family now calls G-Mac heading out to do battle for America’s major – the US Open.

GORDON BROWN yesterday vowed to fight to “the very last second” for a Labour victory in the general election, as the Liberal Democrats claimed they were now the main contenders in a two-horse race with the Tories.

Gordon Brown today vowed to fight to “the very last second” for a Labour victory in the General Election, as the Liberal Democrats claimed they were now the main contenders in a two-horse race with the Tories.

Global warming experts are using the priceless works of British artist JMW Turner to try to track climate change over more than a century.

CARRYING fat around the stomach could quadruple the risk of developing diabetes and heart disease, experts warned yesterday.

THE build-up to the selection of the first ever Irish side to compete in the World Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy in Malaysia next October continues.