Concerns raised over HSE overhaulGOVERNMENT PLANS to introduce a new system of seven directorates to replace the Health Service Executive could “increase costs…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Rate of gas and electricity disconnections has fallenTHE NUMBER of gas and electricity customers who entered into special bill pay arrangements because of difficulties making payments…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Showcase expo: The best of Irish designersTHE CRAFT industry is anticipating growth and an increase in exports, according to the Crafts Council of Ireland.Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Parents receive antibiotic reminderAS CHILDREN and young adults return to school this morning, exposing themselves to numerous winter bugs and infections, the Health…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Almost 75% of companies planning to freeze or cut pay, says Ibec surveyALMOST THREE-QUARTERS of companies plan to either freeze or cut pay this year, according to research by the employers’ body Ibec…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Church repairs 'could cost millions'THE AFTERMATH of a fire in a historical Dublin church earlier this week was “like a scene from the Blitz”, its parish priest …Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Medicines Board issues warning over 40 slimming drugsTHE IRISH Medicines Board has strongly cautioned against the use of almost 40 slimming-pill products amid fears they may increase…Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Traveller family urges action on housing after 13-year waitAN EXTENDED Traveller family who have been living without electricity or running water for 13 years have called on their local…Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
Parishioners 'very upset' after Dublin city church burnsEXTENSIVE FIRE damage to a historical church in Dublin’s inner city has caused “very real upset” for parishioners in the area…Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
1,800 local housing dwellings lie vacant in major citiesALMOST 1,800 local authority dwellings lie vacant in the main urban centres of the State, as the number of households on the …Wed Dec 28 2011 - 00:00
Clinic reassures women over implantsAN IRISH clinic that has used breast implants at the centre of a health scare in France says it has had “some” calls from worried…Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Parents' plea to HSE for homecare for ill sonTHE OMBUDSMAN for Children is examining the case of a severely disabled four-year-old boy, who is being refused a homecare package…Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Medicines body moves to calm fears over breast implantsTHE IRISH Medicines Board has moved to reassure 1,500 Irish women that there is no need to have their breast implants removed…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Irish women reassured on implantsThe Irish Medicines Board has moved to reassure 1,500 women with Ireland who have a specific type of breast implant that there…Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Tears of joy as Chernobyl children arrive for Christmas with host familiesHAVING MARYNA Tsitve (10) and Nastya Zaitsava (8) safe and sound in Kilkenny for Christmas had Andrea Keogh “over the moon” yesterday…Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
ESRI report highlights hospital activityTHE NUMBER of people discharged from hospitals increased by 3 per cent last year, compared with 2009, though the number of bed…Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
Oxegen festival may have run out of airSPECULATION IS growing that the seminal music festival of the summer, Oxegen, will not take place next year.Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Events shelved after hotel vomiting outbreakA LARGE hotel in Dublin has had to cancel a number of Christmas events and suspend its food and beverage service after a suspected…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Fingleton rejects 'personal bank' claimFORMER IRISH Nationwide chief executive Michael Fingleton has rejected any suggestion that he ran the organisation as a personal…Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
Fingleton rejects banking claimsFormer Irish Nationwide chief executive, Michael Fingleton, has rejected “in the strongest possible terms” any suggestion that…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
Changing face of the modern family unitATTITUDES TO FAMILY STUDY : WOMEN WILL continue to delay having families at the best time for their health and fertility unless…Sat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
A question of marriage: women more likely to be single if career all-importantATTITUDES TO FAMILY STUDY: THERE WAS wide agreement (69 per cent) that “there is a lot more pressure on women to get married…Sat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
Single mothers 'most socially isolated'Women will continue to delay having families at the best time for their health and fertility unless policies enabling men play…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
North and South to join forces on healthcareA NORTH-SOUTH programme to tackle obesity, an all-island suicide prevention plan and greater sharing of cancer treatment services…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Struggling to deal with 'savage' cuts to incomeFamily of eight children to have €87 less in child benefit per month now – and €175 less by 2013Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
President says treatment of Travellers 'not acceptable'IT WAS “not acceptable coming into Christmas” that there were still Traveller families living without running water, electricity…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Internet cafes prove an unlikely refuge for city's homelessHOMELESS PEOPLE in Dublin are sleeping overnight in internet cafes, as the increasing number of rough sleepers sees demand for…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Awards for bravery 'richly deserved'OUTSTANDING ACTS of bravery by 18 members of the public and emergency services across the State were honoured at a ceremony in…Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Core funding cut for domestic violence support serviceSAFE IRELAND, the national body representing domestic violence refuges and services, has had its core funding cut by 100 per …Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Call for pension funds to help meet need for rented propertyTHE GOVERNMENT should encourage pension funds to invest in residential property to meet the demand for rented accommodation, …Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Homeless service providers 'fixated' on emergency shelterHOMELESS SERVICE providers are “fixated” on providing emergency accommodation rather than long-term housing for homeless people…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
State urged to act on rental shortageThe Government should encourage pension funds to invest in residential property to meet the demand for rented accommodation, …Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Threat to upgrade of 'dreadful' flatsTHE REDEVELOPMENT of a “desperate, dreadful” local authority housing complex in one of the most prosperous areas of the State…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
SF stages protest at bank rate retentionMEMBERS OF Sinn Féin staged protests at two branches of Bank of Ireland yesterday at the bank’s failure to pass on recent 0.25…Sat Nov 19 2011 - 00:00
Banning alcohol adverts 'pointless'A total ban on alcohol advertising would have no impact on the consumption of drink, a leading member of the advertising industry…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Parents must examine their own drinking, says MinisterPARENTS ARE facilitating young people “misusing alcohol..Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Parents warned on alcohol abuseParents were facilitating young people's misuse of alcohol "by providing products and events", the Minister of State with responsibility…Tue Nov 15 2011 - 00:00
Archbishop says people 'misled' on sex abusePRIESTS IN Ireland have been subject to unjustifiable wrongs as people have been misled about the level of sexual and physical…Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
Budget 'must protect low earners'Protecting the income of the poorest in an economy that is “flatlining” is critical to stimulating economic growth, according…Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
Grant cut would force emigration, say studentsTHOUSANDS OF the brightest young people in the State will be forced to emigrate if the Government proceeds with a proposal to…Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
Rent scheme hike 'will save' moneyIncreasing the Rent Supplement Allowance (RSA) for single people could save the Government more than €4Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
One in seven using homeless services is a childONE IN seven of the 5,000 people in homelessness services this Christmas will be a child, according to Focus Ireland.Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
Half of alcohol drinkers 'damaging their health'HALF OF all people who drink alcohol in Ireland do so at levels that are damaging their health, an Oireachtas committee has heard…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Cases of treatment for alcohol abuse up 42% since 2005THE NUMBER of instances of treatment for alcohol abuse has risen by more than 40 per cent in six years.Wed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
Surge in alcohol abuse reportedThe number of people treated for alcohol abuse increased by almost 50 per cent in five years, according to figures just published…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
Southside Dart services return to full serviceDUBLIN DART services are to return to normal this morning, with a full service operating, as the line between Sydney Parade and…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
Southside Dart back to full serviceDublin Dart services are returning to normal this morning, with a full service operating, as the line between Sydney Parade and…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
Tasc urges Government to strive for more social equality in forthcoming budgetTHE CONSTANT focus on Government finances rather than on the whole economy in the last four budgets was damaging society and …Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Tasc calls for wider budget focusThe constant focus on government finances, rather than on the whole economy, in the last four budgets was damaging society and…Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
Busy weekend to feature sport, spooks, conkers and all that jazzCONKER BASH-OFFS and a ghost poet will welcome the arrival of darker evenings this weekend, as the clocks go back, pumpkins are…Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
