Boris Johnson’s actions and expected election lead to surge in voter registrations

For women, bottle is equivalent to smoking 10 cigarettes; five cigarettes for men

Abnormal levels of stress in middle-age can speed up brain cell ageing, says study

Umbrella review finds coffee ‘more likely to benefit health than to harm it’

The game now consumes millions of people all over the world, including 200,000 in Ireland

With an array of schemes and fees, waste disposal has potential as next political headache

There is a dangerous ideology currently manifested in the US, but not limited to that country, that is a threat to the global project of enlightenment and modernity

Douglas Hyde Gallery also gets a new curator, with Georgina Jackson taking up the post in May

Former Bonhams executive Jane Beattie is striking out on her own

‘Objects connect you to a moment in history’

‘I liaise with specialists across a broad range of disciplines, many of whom are leaders in their fields of expertise’

Conference hears online services such as Google face difficulties over user content

Father of British backpacker appeals to Malaysian authorities for clemency

Irish Cancer Society says services need to engage better with men and older people

Research suggests the public are more likely to embrace an artist acting and living on the fringes of ‘normal’ society than one who looks and acts like the rest of us

Research links use of painkiller to potential development of behavioural problems