Hundreds of dentists are offering free oral check-ups next week in the fight against mouth cancer. They want to encourage people to take the five-minute screening for mouth cancer.

THE Government's legislation to lower the drink-driving limit even further will be one of the first items dealt with in the new Dail term. The Road Traffic (No 2) Bill is one of 30 priority bills in the Fine Gael-Labour coalition's legislative programme for the autumn session.

MISUSE of alcohol is costing the North East economy up to £162m per year, new figures have revealed. From the cost of alcohol-fuelled crime to drink-related hospital admissions, the region’s drinking culture is eating up a huge amount of taxpayers

The parents of teenagers due to receive their Junior Certificate results today are being urged to talk to their children about their plans to celebrate.

SOME 56,930 JUNIOR Certificate students across the country will be waking up with butterflies this morning before receiving their results today. Their grades will be under particular scrutiny after the Leaving Cert results last month showed continuing high failure rates in maths and science subject

THE WORLD Health Organisation have announced an initiative to reduce the abuse of alcohol in Europe, which they say is the heaviest drinking region in the world.