It has been bright over most parts of the medical education and training (MET) landscape these past five years, with apparently only a few patchy concerns on the radar, reports Dara Gantly.

By Dara Gantly.

While Dr Ruairi Hanley believes the Seanad must be saved as a vital limb of our democracy, he believes a different fate should await the Irish international soccer team manager.

By Gary Culliton.

With more reports of infections with the SARS-like virus MERS, Dr Muiris Houston recalls how SARS sparked a global scare in 2003 — even down O’Connell Street.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Catherine Reilly.

By Gary Culliton.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English Court of Appeal case in which a person, who was detained as an involuntary patient in a mental hospital under the 1983 Mental Health Act, was entitled to pay for his own care and treatment.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.