Irish high users of antibiotics
44% of Irish people have taken antibiotics in the last 12 months, third highest in the EU after Malta (48%) and Spain (47%) according...
Mountain challenge is a high point for Dillon
Making it to the highest points of each of the 32 counties in Ireland is a challenge that seasoned hill walkers often set for...
That bedwetting problem
New research reveals that over 60% of children worry that their friends will find out about their bedwetting while parents of children over the...
NASA beckons for St. Colman’s Ted Pyne
Each summer the Foundation for International Space Education invites students from over twenty three countries to participate in the NASA United Space School based in Houston,...
Return of the ‘Spirit of Freedom’ on Blackwater
It has been a long wait for Fermoy’s wheelchair access boat to grace the waters of the river Blackwater, but now it’s back looking...
Cancer survival rates for men continue to improve
Health organisations across Ireland come together for Men’s Health Week which takes place from 13th – 19th June 2016
Survival rates across men’s cancers continue to improve...
Majority fail to start pension early
Pension participation amongst Ireland’s younger workforce is notoriously poor, particularly where employees do not have the option to join an employer scheme.
A recent survey...
Sunshine makes Watergrasshill Hillfest
The sun shone and the hats and shorts were out in force in Watergrasshill at the weekend for Hillfest 2016.
There was a jam-packed line-up...
Digestive problems giving Irish adults the blues
A new independent survey of Irish adults commissioned by Alflorex® illustrates the troubling impact that impaired digestion is having on adults across the country.
While...
“Ah here!”, “Sure look” and “Take it handy” are ranked as...
While we Irish are renowned for having the ‘gift of the gab’, a new survey reveals that we are not all equal in our...
