Avril Tierney is one of many women benefitting from breakthrough personalised treatments for advanced breast cancer which has led to a dramatic increase in survival rates
In a rare interview, An Garda Síochána’s intelligence chief, Assistant Commissioner Michael McElgunn, talks to Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe about a renewed threat from Islamic State, the rise of the far right, a resurgent threat from Russia, the twin problems of disinformation and self-radicalisation, and a new oversight body for national security
Scientific breakthroughs in recent months offer hope to the one in ten women who suffer from endometriosis, a chronic gynaecological condition that can affect fertility, writes Helen O’Callaghan
"While women are widely represented in Ireland's culture and politics, these developments do not signify that journalism is safer space for them online."