The Irish Times

Vegetarians have 14% lower cancer risk than meat-eaters, study finds

Pescatarians also have 10% reduced risk, according to Oxford University research

Thu Feb 24 2022 - 08:52

Study reveals extent of challenges posed by common waterborne bug

One in five localities recorded cases of cryptosporidium over a 10-year period

Fri Sept 03 2021 - 01:00

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

Tue Sept 29 2020 - 00:31

Medicinal cannabis success leads Dutch to put out second tender

Hague issued first production licence in 2003 but demand has risen faster than output

Tue May 28 2019 - 18:02

Screening of homeless people finds a third have hepatitis C

Study says hospital based treatment not suitable for homeless sufferers

Wed Mar 27 2019 - 14:43

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

Tue Sept 04 2018 - 21:27

Simon Clarke takes stage five of La Vuelta

Molard takes leader’s red jersey from Kwiatkowski on route to Roquetas de Mar

Wed Aug 29 2018 - 21:43

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

Thu Aug 09 2018 - 22:30

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

Sun May 27 2018 - 21:28

Ryan Mullen chasing pink jersey in Giro d’Italia opener

Irish Trek-Segafredo rider going for strong start against the clock in Jerusalem

Fri May 04 2018 - 06:00

Martin goes close to victory in Portugal

Roche plays role in setting up teammate Van Avermaet for stage victory in Oman

Thu Feb 15 2018 - 21:22

Irish riders to begin training for 2018 cycling racing season

Dan Martin eyes Tour de France podium finish with new UAE Team Emirates squad

Fri Dec 01 2017 - 01:00

Nicholas Roche remains third overall in Tour of Guangxi

Irishman heads into final stage of race looking confident for overall podium finish

Mon Oct 23 2017 - 21:50

Nicolas Roche enjoys red letter day at Vuelta

BMC Racing win team time trial, Ireland’s Aqua Blue finish in 13th place in Nimes

Sat Aug 19 2017 - 19:08

Businessman who changed Irish commercial transport

Obituary: Robert ‘Pino’ Harris; born August 11th, 1941; died July 27th, 2017

Sat Aug 05 2017 - 00:26

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

Thu Jul 13 2017 - 09:11

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

Sat Jul 08 2017 - 11:22

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

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 10:00

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

Fri Jun 30 2017 - 19:00

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

Fri Jun 23 2017 - 19:30

Froome: I have never been offered triamcinolone at Team Sky

Tour de France winner distances himself from heart of UK Anti-Doping’s inquiry

Fri Jun 23 2017 - 19:30

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

Tue Feb 21 2017 - 16:00

I had a heart attack at age 23

Genetic illness and its impact on a family

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 06:00

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

Fri Oct 28 2016 - 21:21

What can improve the health of the nation? Longer GP consulations

Dr Muiris Houston: Minister, modify doctors’ payments to include longer consultations

Sun Oct 16 2016 - 16:00

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

Sat Sept 24 2016 - 02:00

Smoking dialysis patients less likely to get kidney transplant

University of Limerick research shows smokers’ habit may cost them life-saving treatment

Thu Jul 28 2016 - 15:31

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

Fri Jul 01 2016 - 23:12

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’

Wed Sept 16 2015 - 01:00

Dan Martin wins fourth stage in Tour of Beijing

Irishman is in second overall ahead of tomorrow’s final day

Mon Oct 13 2014 - 17:03

Dan Martin under pressure from Sanchez in Vuelta

Nicolas Roche remains fourth overall in the Tour of Britain behind new race leader Alex Dowsett

Fri Sept 12 2014 - 18:34

Nicolas Roche fourth in Tour of Britain

Irishman broke late on Stage 5 but was overhauled by Austria’s Matthias Brandle

Thu Sept 11 2014 - 17:18

Dan Martin finishes sixth and climbs overall standings

Italian Alessandro De Marchi wins today’s seventh stage of the Vuelta a Espana

Fri Aug 29 2014 - 16:59

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

Mon Jan 20 2014 - 01:08