Vegetarians have 14% lower cancer risk than meat-eaters, study finds
Pescatarians also have 10% reduced risk, according to Oxford University research
Study reveals extent of challenges posed by common waterborne bug
One in five localities recorded cases of cryptosporidium over a 10-year period
Women who go private to give birth more likely to have Caesarean
Study suggests women going private are ‘risk-averse’ and want continuity of care
Medicinal cannabis success leads Dutch to put out second tender
Hague issued first production licence in 2003 but demand has risen faster than output
Screening of homeless people finds a third have hepatitis C
Study says hospital based treatment not suitable for homeless sufferers
Roche is last Irish rider in Vuelta as Dan Martin otherwise engaged
Martin leaves race at 10th stage to be with wife Jess for the birth of their twins
Simon Clarke takes stage five of La Vuelta
Molard takes leader’s red jersey from Kwiatkowski on route to Roquetas de Mar
Nicolas Roche ready to push hard for Vuelta a España selection
BMC Racing rider determined to show he’s in good form in upcoming Artic Race of Norway
Bennett wins his third stage of Giro d’Italia as Froome takes overall victory
Irish rider is now among the best sprinters in the modern peloton
Ryan Mullen chasing pink jersey in Giro d’Italia opener
Irish Trek-Segafredo rider going for strong start against the clock in Jerusalem
Martin goes close to victory in Portugal
Roche plays role in setting up teammate Van Avermaet for stage victory in Oman
Irish riders to begin training for 2018 cycling racing season
Dan Martin eyes Tour de France podium finish with new UAE Team Emirates squad
Nicholas Roche remains third overall in Tour of Guangxi
Irishman heads into final stage of race looking confident for overall podium finish
Nicolas Roche enjoys red letter day at Vuelta
BMC Racing win team time trial, Ireland’s Aqua Blue finish in 13th place in Nimes
Businessman who changed Irish commercial transport
Obituary: Robert ‘Pino’ Harris; born August 11th, 1941; died July 27th, 2017
Being a tall man is dangerous when it comes to prostate cancer
Every extra 10cm in height linked with 21% increased risk of developing the cancer
Dan Martin’s Tour diary: More thrills than spills for us in first week
With three stage wins and my two podium finishes it’s been an excellent start for my team
Tour de France: Dan Martin fighting fit as he sets his sights high
Three decades after uncle Stephen Roche won the Tour, Dan Martin is one of the dark horses
Tour de France 2017: The main contenders
Three-time British champion Chis Froome views Richie Porte as the man to beat in this year’s race
Ryan Mullen and Eileen Burns take Irish elite time trial titles
Mullen and Nicolas Roche among the favourites for Sunday’s elite men’s road race
Froome: I have never been offered triamcinolone at Team Sky
Tour de France winner distances himself from heart of UK Anti-Doping’s inquiry
Irish unit of BMC pays €34.2m dividend to parent
Turnover at BMC Software Ireland Limited rose 31% in year to end of March to €17.6m
Five Irish riders expected to step up in next year’s Grand Tours
Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche likely to lead challenges in Tour de France next year
What can improve the health of the nation? Longer GP consulations
Dr Muiris Houston: Minister, modify doctors’ payments to include longer consultations
Our Wedding Story: Intimate family wedding and a weekend of joy
Luke Mullan met Farrah Kelleher through work in 2013 and he proposed two years later
Smoking dialysis patients less likely to get kidney transplant
University of Limerick research shows smokers’ habit may cost them life-saving treatment
Tour de France: Irish contenders ready to move up a gear
Dan Martin and Sam Bennett start world’s most famous cycle race with big targets in mind
Time to bring back Irish doctors and nurses who have emigrated
They felt that the working conditions in the Irish health system left them ‘with no option but to leave’
Dan Martin wins fourth stage in Tour of Beijing
Irishman is in second overall ahead of tomorrow’s final day
Dan Martin under pressure from Sanchez in Vuelta
Nicolas Roche remains fourth overall in the Tour of Britain behind new race leader Alex Dowsett
Nicolas Roche fourth in Tour of Britain
Irishman broke late on Stage 5 but was overhauled by Austria’s Matthias Brandle
Dan Martin finishes sixth and climbs overall standings
Italian Alessandro De Marchi wins today’s seventh stage of the Vuelta a Espana
Vitamin-rich crop to help stave off life-threatening diseases in Africa
Researchers at NUIG have identified lines of maize that contain eight times the amount of vitamin A found in traditional maize seeds
Baby pulled alive from rubble of collapsed Mumbai building
Some 90 people unaccounted for after five-storey apartment block caves in
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