Some 85 of the country's 106 NCT vehicle lifts have been found to be in need of repair.

After several years lobbying, the Department of Defence has finally agreed to scrap an eyesight test anomaly which has been blamed for depleted recruitment in the Naval Service Reserve (NSR).

Today we are looking at fizzy and herbal drinks.

Some people are being forced to wait 25 weeks to sit their driving test.

Thomas Kinsella has a wonderful poem called, ‘Model School Inchicore.’ In the poem Kinsella explores the notion that the old traditional educational system of Ireland shrank creativity rather than promoted it, writes Richard Hogan.

From sports to showbiz Noel Welch has put together this 20 question quiz to put your general knowledge skills to the test.

A test used to help select medical students may not be properly predicting the levels of empathy it intends to identify in applicants, a study has found.

Louise Kennedy, 34, from Co Wicklow, has a degree in history and politics as well as veterinary science and underwent a mandatory English proficiency test in Australia in order to seek permanent residency there.

Previously unseen details of a medical trial by Glaxo in 1974 at a Cork mother and baby home have generated a whole new series of questions for the nuns and the companies involved, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

Ireland could make their Test cricket debut as early as next year, after the International Cricket Council approved a new constitution that outlines a Test pathway for associate teams.

He has never had an accident or a crash

What a guy.

The prize for the Cup winners is a play-off for the right to play Test cricket.

US health officials have granted the use of an experimental blood test to screen for Zika virus, an emergency step that will help protect local blood supplies from the mosquito-borne infection.

Lawyers for the State have told the Court of Appeal that 1,400 drink driving prosecutions are being held up by a ruling that breathalyser test statments were not valid if printed in the English language only.

SpaceX is firing up for a Sunday launch – its first since a summer accident grounded its Falcon line of rockets.

Software allowing six-cylinder Volkswagen diesel engines to cheat on pollution tests is on more models than was originally thought, US environmental regulators have said.

Noticed how many celebs lately are “thankful” for their perfect lives on Instagram? It’s all because gratitude is the new mindfulness. Vicki Notaro gives the latest self-help trend a seven-day trial. 

This is sweet but also incredibly weird.

A simple urine test that could detect early-stage pancreatic cancer, potentially saving hundreds of lives, has been developed by scientists.

Things get real.

A little trickier than you might expect.

The World Health Organisation has approved a quick test for Ebola that will dramatically cut the time it takes to determine with reasonable accuracy whether someone is infected with the deadly virus.

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has welcomed research which claims that a new blood test could detect Alzheimer’s disease three years before symptoms of memory loss.