Marie Egan News Today

By Carmel Hayes DEDICATED nurses were honoured for their exceptional empathy and care for patients at a special awards ceremony in Portlaoise hospital.

Kilmihil’s Monica Callinan is set to be honoured at next month’s Ladies Gaelic Football Volunteer of the Year award ceremony in Croke Park.

Yale researchers have uncovered a driver of the chronic inflammation that damages lungs in cystic fibrosis. It could be a target for treatment.