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Packet colours can influence smokersIrish IndependentOne in every 20 Irish smokers wrongly believes that a light colour on a pack of cigarettes signals that it is less hazardous. The EU-wide survey also revealed that the same number incorrectly think t…

Irish IndependentCould a simple eye test diagnose Alzheimer's?Irish IndependentPat Kenny, with Banbha O'Donnell, Ava O'Donnell and Maggie Matthews, launches the Alzheimer's Society tea day fundraiser. The society is holding an awareness…
Home helps use death notes to improve serviceIrish ExaminerBy Gordon Deegan A home-help service has to listen to death notices on local radio to ensure it can provide maximum benefits to its patients. "It's a pathetic situation to be in but th…
Consultants and HSE clash over liabilityIrish TimesHOSPITAL CONSULTANTS and the Health Service Executive are at loggerheads over responsibility for anything untoward that might happen to patients as a result of cuts in the Louth-Meath Hospital Group. T…

Belfast TelegraphFund for cancer researchIrish TimesTHE IRISH Cancer Society (ICS) is to make €7.5 million available for collaborative research over the next five years to find new treatments for the disease. The money will go towards the setting up …
After 18 months of violent unrest, clouds of black smoke suggest conflict is closing in on Syria’s capital.
A look at a pair of UK teachers who are planning a worldwide trip on a tuk tuk to promote education.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday that the United States must establish a clear “red line” that Iran cannot cross with its nuclear program if it wants to avoid war.
The newly appointed Japanese ambassador to China has died after taking ill and collapsing in Tokyo late last week.
The wave of anti-Japanese protests currently sweeping across China has its roots in history but more recently can be traced back to April, when the firebrand governor of Tokyo announced plans to buy a group of islands claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan.
Britain’s royal family will go to court Monday to try to stop the publication of more topless photos of Catherine, the duchess of Cambridge — the same day an Italian magazine plans to sell an “extraordinary” special edition of photos from Catherine’s …
DUP minister Arlene Foster says she will lead a delegation to Dublin next month to press the Irish government on its failures during the Troubles.
A new board designed to better protect children in Northern Ireland comes into force on Tuesday.
A book about the rise of Vladimir Putin battles a history of feathers and Salman Rushdie’s memoirs for this years Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, worth £20,000.
Former Conservative peer Lord Stevens of Ludgate is to join the UK Independence Party.
A research centre to focus on the surveillance society is being launched at the University of Stirling.
An MP says train firms should not be allowed to “hold taxpayers to ransom” during a debate on the future of the West Coast mainline rail franchise.