Leonard Cohen tells court his former manager lied about his drug addiction

Leonard Cohen tells court his former manager lied about his drug addiction:

Leonard Cohen has alleged that his former manager made up lies claiming he was a drug addict in order to destroy his reputation. The legendary singer-songwriter spoke in a Los Angeles court yesterday (April 9) at the second day of his ex-business ...

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Drug to Prevent Advance Age-related Macular Degeneration

Drug to Prevent Advance Age-related Macular Degeneration:

In addition, it has also been found that the research has been funded by different organizations, like Science Foundation Ireland, the American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF), and the Health Research Board (HRB). Drug to Prevent Advance Age ...

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Realistic policy options needed to provide an efficient energy supply

Realistic policy options needed to provide an efficient energy supply

Northern Ireland energy policies lack a critical consensus about priorities and methods. Affordability and security of supply do not easily co-exist with specific aims to discriminate to reduce fuel poverty or minimise the environmental impact of ...

West Midlands 'to see jobs recover despite unemployment gloom'

West Midlands 'to see jobs recover despite unemployment gloom'

The highest increases are anticipated for North-west and Eastern England, London, Yorkshire and Humberside but the West Midlands, Northern Ireland and South West will see a job recovery. The left-leaning IPPR said it expected 50000 more men and 50000 ...

Social Justice Ireland says over 700000 people are living in poverty in Ireland.

Social Justice Ireland says over 700000 people are living in poverty in Ireland.: Director of Social Justice Ireland Fr Sean Healy said 40200 Irish people have left the country in the last 12 months and that the austerity programme is contributing to Ireland's loss of young people. Youth unemployment is at 30% and Fr Healy said the ...

Ireland and UK on different paths to same destination

Ireland and UK on different paths to same destination

There is an equivalent body in the Irish Republic - the Fiscal Advisory Council (FAC). This was established to help prevent anything like the Ahern/Cowen fiscal wreck happening again. But you will not have seen the FAC disputing the contents of Michael ...

Salem man in prison for having child porn

Salem man in prison for having child porn: BRENTWOOD — For 39 years, Joseph Pellegrino drove to work nearly every day at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Today, the former contract negotiator and 25-year Salem resident is sitting in a prison ...

Northern Ireland housing market sees some improvements

Northern Ireland housing market sees some improvements:

RICS Northern Ireland housing spokesman, Tom McClelland, said: "The dramatic improvements in affordability in the Northern Ireland housing market since 2007 have been highlighted by a range of surveys. "With prices at the lower end of the market now so ...

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Medicines price war escalates as chemists battle with retail giant

Medicines price war escalates as chemists battle with retail giant

That means a patient on this top-selling heart drug could knock €289 a year off their drug bill by choosing the cheapest pharmacy, a survey by the Irish Independent has found. Tesco opened up a pharmacy in Portlaoise in November and we found that ...

Militant Irish nationalists renew threats, 6 arrested

Militant Irish nationalists renew threats, 6 arrested: BELFAST (Reuters) - Police in Northern Ireland arrested six men in Londonderry on Monday after a group of Irish militant nationalists threatened renewed armed attacks on law enforcement during a ceremony attended by hundreds at a city graveyard.

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Irish Economic Crisis Devours Restaurants

Irish Economic Crisis Devours Restaurants:

By PAUL SONNE AP GALWAY, Ireland—To see how Ireland is rebalancing its economy without control of its currency, order the nine-ounce steak at Martine's in this costal Irish city. But don't come for lunch: The cozy Irish restaurant has stopped serving ...

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Anti-immigrant surge likely as Irish economy deteriorates ...

Anti-immigrant surge likely as Irish economy deteriorates ...

Immigrants in Ireland Credit: Irish StarI predict Ireland is set for an anti-immigrant surge given the deteriorating economic situation in the countryI can't count the number of times the issue of immigrants and taking Irish jobs has arisen in ...

Teachers in strike threat over pay

Teachers in strike threat over pay

By Lesley Houston Northern Ireland's teachers could join future industrial action against localised pay rates if the government persists with plans to introduce them. A member of a major union said teachers in Northern Ireland might strike in a move to ...

Dummies in the shop window of a failing ideology

Dummies in the shop window of a failing ideology: As a narrative, the story of Irish prosperity was more James Joyce than Hans Christian Anderson: it was very complicated. To understand it, you had to explain why Ireland was so underdeveloped in the first place and how apparently slow social change ...

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The father of mindfulness

The father of mindfulness:

TOMORROW EVENING, up to 2000 people from all over Ireland will gather in the Convention Centre in Dublin to listen to Thich Nhat Hanh, the 86-year-old Vietnamese Buddhist monk who has largely been responsible for the surge of interest in mindfulness ...

Irish Times

Trilingual kids who will never be tongue-tied

Trilingual kids who will never be tongue-tied:

One young boy remained sceptical, despite my assurances, that French, Irish and English really were different languages. Back then it never crossed my mind that one day I might have children growing up with three languages. Six years later I am blessed ...

Irish Times

Government intervention can play role in recovery

Government intervention can play role in recovery: BELFAST BRIEFING: Could wealthy individuals with cash to spare be persuaded to back aspiring businesses in Northern Ireland to take advantage of attractive tax breaks that have just come into play? Alan Watts, for one, is hoping they will, ...

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House prices fall set to continue in Northern Ireland

House prices fall set to continue in Northern Ireland

House prices in Northern Ireland are falling and will continue to drop in the months ahead, a new survey has found. The latest RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and Ulster Bank Housing Market Survey noted some improvement in activity in ...

How cloud computing can improve your charity's efficiency

How cloud computing can improve your charity's efficiency

In NCVO's latest Charity Forecast survey, 90% of respondents claimed they expected the voluntary sector's financial fortunes to worsen over the next year. However, a third of charities also expect to increase the number of services they offer this year ...

Charities risk folding over funds

Charities risk folding over funds: Mr Mullen said the charity and non-profit sector expanded greatly in the last 20 years, with nearly 75% of all non-profits in Ireland being created in that period. At the same time, the sector has never been in such a perilous state due to the economic ...

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Galway Charity Cycle raises more than €130000 for Down Syndrome Ireland

Galway Charity Cycle raises more than €130000 for Down Syndrome Ireland

By Martina Nee The 2012 Galway Charity Cycle which recently saw almost 250 cyclists pedal their way from Maynooth and Galway and back, has so far managed to raise more than €130000 in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland. The event which took place over the ...

County Armagh child brings gun home in plastic bag

County Armagh child brings gun home in plastic bag:

The mother of an 11-year-old boy who found a gun in County Armagh has said he brought it home in a plastic bag. Denise Fitzpatrick said her son found the gun in a field at Colane Road near Aghagallon on Saturday afternoon while he was looking for golf ...

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Cutting your teeth on Ireland's dental service

Cutting your teeth on Ireland's dental service:

Up to half of children in Ireland have tooth decay by the age of five yet the public dental screening service does not kick in until at least the age of seven. So, for the first few years of a child's life, parents are on their own when it comes to ...

Irish Times

In training to be a healthy parent

In training to be a healthy parent:

Having spent years in her home country of Ukraine, lecturing at the National University and training the Ukrainian national fitness team, the 50 year old moved to Ireland in 2000 and has spent over a decade living and working here, first as a lecturer ...

Irish Times

Children in secure care overseas cost State €2.5m

Children in secure care overseas cost State €2.5m: ... whether in Ireland or abroad, only occur in extreme circumstances and under the jurisdiction of the High Court.” According to Ms Fitzgerald, there are four young people detained in secure accommodation in Scotland, two in a mental health facility ...

Spain: how about making rich pay for health care?

Spain: how about making rich pay for health care?

This is heightening fears that with sick public finances and other woes like banks overexposed to real estate, Spain could be the next candidate for a bailout, after Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said in a radio ...

Early Years welcomes success of Magherafelt based nursery

Early Years welcomes success of Magherafelt based nursery:

Staff from Happy Days Nursery, Magherafelt receive their All Ireland Centre of Excellence Award, presented by Junior Minister Jonathan Bell, at a gala event jointly delivered by Early Years the organisation for young children and Early Childhood ...

Mid Ulster Mail

Nobody expected the return of the inquisition

Nobody expected the return of the inquisition: He also drew the wrath of the Pope for his public support for Taoiseach Enda Kenny's criticisms of the Vatican over its handling of clerical child sexual abuse. The investigation is also seen as a crackdown on the Irish priests' association, ...

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Irish Catholic Church unable to foot $1.84 billion abuse bill

Irish Catholic Church unable to foot $1.84 billion abuse bill

The Irish Minister for Education says that religious orders in the country found culpable in the sexual abuse of children are not able to pay their share of the compensation owed to victims. The Irish Minister for Education, Ruari Quinn, ...

Parents pull children from First Communion after priest shows gay porn slideshow

Parents pull children from First Communion after priest shows gay porn slideshow

A group of parents in Tyrone will not allow their children to take part in the First Holy Communion ceremony if Father Martin McVeigh is involved. McVeigh recently showed 16 images of gay porn at the start of a PowerPoint slideshow of the parents of ...

The passion and loves of a Guinness bride

The passion and loves of a Guinness bride: Collectively, they were one of the most famous, most photographed, and most liked couples on the Irish social scene in the Seventies and Eighties. The beautiful mansion of Farmleigh, in Dublin's Phoenix Park, was given to them as an engagement present.

Man arrested in 2001 murder probe

Man arrested in 2001 murder probe:

Last year police made a fresh appeal for information on the murder and said the elderly man may have been the victim of a random attack. Now detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), working with officers from Greater Manchester ...

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Northern Ireland Hospitals Hit By Norovirus Outbreak

Northern Ireland Hospitals Hit By Norovirus Outbreak:

As per recent reports, it has been declared that two Northern Ireland Hospitals have been closed due to the outbreak of Norovirus, the vomiting and diarrhea bug. The outbreak came into light after the staff and the patients started showing symptoms of ...

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UK jobless total 'to rise by 100000 over summer'

UK jobless total 'to rise by 100000 over summer':

But it adds that the West Midlands, Northern Ireland and South West will see a job recovery. The left-leaning IPPR said it expected 50000 more men and 50000 women to become unemployed this year as public sector jobs continued to be cut.

BBC News

No basis for suing in Ireland for defamation

No basis for suing in Ireland for defamation:

... subject to criminal sanction and had engaged in anti-social behaviour. He claimed the photograph was republished in September 2003 to accompany another article on binge-drinking in Britain. He also claimed the newspaper was circulated in Ireland.

Irish Times

Labour giving too much to FG, says Childers

Labour giving too much to FG, says Childers: THE LABOUR Party is yielding too much ground to its Coalition partners, the party's MEP for Ireland East Nessa Childers has said. In advance of Labour's annual conference in Galway next weekend, Ms Childers said rank-and-file members were worried the ...

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Taoiseach dismisses claims of Coalition disunity

Taoiseach dismisses claims of Coalition disunity: At the GPO after the Easter Rising commemoration ceremony, he said the significance of Fine Gael chairman Charlie Flanagan's tweet criticising Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton had been exaggerated. Mr Flanagan asked in a tweet last week if Ms ...

Why Irish crime writers are dying to get out of Dublin

Why Irish crime writers are dying to get out of Dublin:

A new generation of Irish crime writers differ from their forebears in one crucial way – they are reluctant to set their novels in Ireland. But why? THEY'RE QUITE fond of Irish crime novels over at the LA Times. Eoin Colfer is better known for his ...

Irish Times

Unaccountable management is at the core of the health crisis, claims union

Unaccountable management is at the core of the health crisis, claims union

By Victoria O'Hara Northern Ireland's largest union says the health service has plunged into major crisis, branding the management system “not fit for purpose”. The stark warning from Unison was made as a damning report was published this week after an ...

Bringing the product from basic research to reward

Bringing the product from basic research to reward:

SCIENCE Foundation Ireland (SFI) has provided hundreds of millions of euro in funding to create a base of world-class scientific research in this country. That investment is already paying dividends, with Ireland now being recognised as an ...

Irish Times

Northern Ireland pinning hopes on Titanic resurgence

Northern Ireland pinning hopes on Titanic resurgence

And among Belfast's famous murals, usually dedicated to paramilitaries or victims of the Troubles, the Titanic has found a place. However, reminders of the conflict are never far away in Protestant east Belfast. One mural dedicated to the Titanic's ...

Sharp fall in child deaths on the roads | Irish Examiner

Sharp fall in child deaths on the roads | Irish Examiner: Fewer children are being killed or injured on Irish roads, research reveals, but parents are being urged to put helmets on their children when cycling.

9000 hidden victims of war: Shock rise in mental health trauma in troops ...

9000 hidden victims of war: Shock rise in mental health trauma in troops ...: A Mirror investigation has found a significant increase in the number of our service personnel being treated for mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Between 2007 and 2010, the total with mental health problems soared from ...

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Minister for Justice defends delay in criminal prosecutions over tribunals

Minister for Justice defends delay in criminal prosecutions over tribunals: Mr Shatter issued a “statement on white-collar crime” shortly before midday yesterday. This was cited by Taoiseach Enda Kenny when speaking to reporters later. While recognising the complexities involved, Mr Shatter said the delay over the Anglo-Irish ...

HSE reducing hospital budgets in line with policy to charge all patients

HSE reducing hospital budgets in line with policy to charge all patients: The Department of Health has made “planning assumptions” that the move would generate €75 million in additional income for hospitals this year if the legislation came into effect in the autumn. However, official documents obtained by The Irish Times ...

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Seventh resident of home dies as a result of flu virus

Seventh resident of home dies as a result of flu virus:

A VIRULENT influenza strain that killed six people in a Donegal nursing home claimed another victim yesterday, the Health Service Executive has said. The seventh resident to die from flu virus A (H3) had been transferred from Nazareth House private ...

Irish Times

Calls for reconciliation process

Calls for reconciliation process

Republicans and unionists need to become partners in reconciliation in Northern Ireland, the chairman of Sinn Fein has said. All voices should be heard and republicans must listen carefully to diverse reactions from the Protestant community, ...

Bishop backs UK charity move to NI

Bishop backs UK charity move to NI: BISHOP of Derry Ken Good has backed UK community transformation charity 'Redeeming Our Communities' (ROC) to create partnerships, improve community cohesion and reduce crime and disorder in Northern Ireland. He gave his support in the run up to the ...

Cancer patient refused specialist pain treatment due to cutbacks

Cancer patient refused specialist pain treatment due to cutbacks: Thomas Keaveney, aged 40, from Lifford in Co Donegal, revealed the situation in a letter sent to Health Minister Dr James Reilly and seen by the Irish Examiner. The father-of-two was first diagnosed with seminoma/testicular cancer at Letterkenny ...

London, Northern Ireland police in racism inquiry

London, Northern Ireland police in racism inquiry: Jobs report leaves Obama, Romney campaigns unsure where vital issue is headed Moving day: 101-year-old Mich. woman evicted from foreclosed home gets it back 7 months later Supreme Court takes up key health care law issue: Can the gov't force you to ...

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Figures show high level of drug seizures in Irish prisons

Figures show high level of drug seizures in Irish prisons: New figures show over 4000 drug seizures were recorded at the country's jails over a three-year period. The highest level of incidents were recorded at Dublin's Mountjoy jail. Authorities at Irish prisons introduced a new system of detecting drugs in ...

'One Island – One Health' Island of Ireland has enviable record for food safety

'One Island – One Health' Island of Ireland has enviable record for food safety

“RECENT threats to our human and animal health from dioxins, Foot and Mouth Disease, Avian Influenza and BSE, illustrate that we must be ever vigilant to such risks,” according to James Casey, Veterinary Officer's Association. “Ireland has an enviable ...

Ireland's census divorce figures branded a 'wake-up call'

Ireland's census divorce figures branded a 'wake-up call'

Stephen Cummins, Director of Marriage Education at Accord, says they have seen a marked increase in the number of people in Ireland living with crisis marriages. Cummins blames poor communication and excessive use of social media and online gaming as ...

Birthplace of US civil rights simmers with a residue of racism

Birthplace of US civil rights simmers with a residue of racism: The group is made up of a dozen men and women from the Republic and Northern Ireland. As we follow the Alabama civil rights trail, the differences between us – politicians, community workers, policemen and women, judges, journalists, northerners and ...

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Fury over border schools survey

Fury over border schools survey:

By Lindsay Fergus A controversial Sinn Fein plan to survey 50000 families on cross-border education provision has been attacked by the DUP after it emerged that every child in the Republic who applies for a school in Northern Ireland already gets a ...

Belfast Telegraph

Baby Otter Nursery Writes Recipe for a Long and Healthy Life

Baby Otter Nursery Writes Recipe for a Long and Healthy Life: Born in otter paradise in Irish waters, she had a bounty of food and a lush habitat that would serve her well all the days of her life. But something went wrong one day, and though we don't know exactly what took her, Shannon's mother was suddenly gone ...

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Names of 3700 dead from Northern Ireland conflict read on Good Friday peace ...

Names of 3700 dead from Northern Ireland conflict read on Good Friday peace ...

DUBLIN — The names of 3700 dead from Northern Ireland's conflict are being read aloud in a Dublin church on the 14th anniversary of the Good Friday peace agreement. Dublin's Unitarian Church remembers the dead each Good Friday as ministers, ...

Accused Turkish murderer of Northern Ireland women lied about age

Accused Turkish murderer of Northern Ireland women lied about age:

Turkish authorities have confirmed that a waiter accused of murdering two Northern Ireland women last summer is five years older than he claimed. They said bone tests have clarified that Recip Cetin is around 22 years old and not 17 as he originally ...

The Guardian

Northern Ireland is hub for illicit cigarette consumption

Northern Ireland is hub for illicit cigarette consumption

According to a new survey funded by tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris, Newtownabbey and the city of Lisburn have one of the highest cases of illicit tobacco consumption in the UK. Newtownabbey came first in the poll which stated that 66% of cigarettes ...

Vatican announces silencing of Irish liberal priest Father Tony Flannery

Vatican announces silencing of Irish liberal priest Father Tony Flannery

Last year, Father Flannery welcomed Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny's hard hitting criticism of the Church's decades long mishandling of the child sex abuse scandals in Ireland. The investigation is seen by critics as a crackdown on the association, ...

Victims of the Troubles remembered

Victims of the Troubles remembered

More than 3500 people who died as a result of the conflict in Northern Ireland are being honoured in Dublin. For three hours the names of each victim of the Troubles will be read during a Good Friday ceremony in the Dublin Unitarian Church in St ...

Increasing numbers of women here are speaking out about depression

Increasing numbers of women here are speaking out about depression

Having made this gutsy admission, Frankie is now fronting a campaign for the mental health charity Mind. But why are so many young women becoming depressed? Is 21st century life to blame when — what looks like — the have-it-all generation falls apart?

Victims of the troubles remembered

Victims of the troubles remembered:

More than 3500 people who died as a result of the conflict in Northern Ireland will be honoured today. For three hours the names of each victim of the Troubles will be read during a Good Friday ceremony in the Dublin Unitarian Church in St Stephen's ...

Irish Times

How Scots-Irish rascals made America

How Scots-Irish rascals made America: My search for this lost chapter of the Irish Diaspora took me from Dublin to Belfast and into some of the remotest regions of the South. It was a journey on which I discovered the extraordinary contribution these intrepid migrants made to American ...

Flu outbreak home says 'no' to new admissions

Flu outbreak home says 'no' to new admissions: A NURSING home in Northern Ireland has been closed to new admissions due to an outbreak of flu, it has been revealed. The Public Health Agency (PHA) has said infection control measures are now in place at the affected site but, as yet, ...

Historic ship to miss out on Titanic's anniversary

Historic ship to miss out on Titanic's anniversary:

Tourism Minister Arlene Foster visited the SS Nomadic yesterday along with Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland, whose department brought the ship home to Northern Ireland in 2006. The Nomadic had been used as a floating restaurant on the ...

Belfast Newsletter

Festival marks Titanic anniversary

Festival marks Titanic anniversary

A bronze statue has also been launched of three "yardmen" who built the Titanic at Harland and Wolff shipyard, in east Belfast, with the cranes of the shipyard visible in the background. Photographic and artistic exhibitions linked to the tragedy are ...

Education Minister 'committed' to ensuring every child has a pre-school place

Education Minister 'committed' to ensuring every child has a pre-school place

FIGURES revealed this week have shown that there are hundreds of children across Northern Ireland who have yet to find a pre-school place. However, the Department of Education have said they are committed to ensuring every child has a place.

Babies at Royal washed in contaminated water after the pseudomonas outbreak

Babies at Royal washed in contaminated water after the pseudomonas outbreak

The independent report by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) into the deaths of four babies from the deadly infection uncovered a litany of failures of communication between health officials in Northern Ireland.

Tobacco display ban 'to curb young smokers'

Tobacco display ban 'to curb young smokers':

Public health minister Anne Milton cited evidence from Ireland which suggested the measure could play an important role in discouraging young people in particular from smoking. "We cannot ignore the fact that young people are recruited into smoking by ...

BBC News

Irish households suffer most severe wealth cuts in Europe

Irish households suffer most severe wealth cuts in Europe: IRISH HOUSEHOLDS have suffered the most severe wealth destruction in Europe, according to a study published yesterday by the Central Bank using new Irish and European figures. In the three years to the end of 2010, Irish household net wealth fell 23 ...

Wesleyan students helped shape law that toughens child abuse reporting ...

Wesleyan students helped shape law that toughens child abuse reporting ...: Students first researched child abuse reporting requirements in other states, and in Ireland and Australia. Wesleyan students also had a hand in helping Foster draft the bill. "We looked at other states, what they were passing and how that compared to ...

Belfast hopes to rise off 'unsinkable' heritage of Titanic

Belfast hopes to rise off 'unsinkable' heritage of Titanic:

“There was always a sense of guilt because it sank on its maiden voyage,” said Sammy Douglas, a lawmaker for the Democratic Unionist Party who represents East Belfast, home to the city's shipyard. “There are 300 to 500 Titanic centers across the world, ...

Washington Times

Almost 5000 drug seizures in jails in past three years

Almost 5000 drug seizures in jails in past three years:

“Clearly this has failed as there is still substantial demand for drugs in Irish prisons and the current Government has simply picked up where the previous [one] left off,” he said. Minister for Justice Alan Shatter said people sometimes went to ...

Irish Times

Austerity without growth a guarantee of stagnation

Austerity without growth a guarantee of stagnation: The trend in long-term unemployment is particularly worrying as is the increase in income inequality. Nearly one in four now suffers various forms of deprivation. Yet, Ireland still remains unlikely to achieve its 2015 deficit target.

More power for social welfare inspectors

More power for social welfare inspectors: SOCIAL WELFARE inspectors are to be given powers to work at ports and airports to combat welfare fraud and abuse. The new provisions, in legislation to be introduced by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton, will allow inspectors to work more ...

Rise in involuntary mental health admissions

Rise in involuntary mental health admissions:

The number of people who have been admitted involuntarily to mental health services in the Republic of Ireland has increased, according to a new report. The Mental Health Commission's annual report said that 2057 adults had been admitted involuntarily ...

BBC News

Call for changes in use of electro-convulsive therapy

Call for changes in use of electro-convulsive therapy: In its annual review, the Mental Health Commission (MHC) said that it was committed to introducing Mental Capacity legislation, which would bring Ireland in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Walk in My Shoes launched to support mental health

Walk in My Shoes launched to support mental health: Walk in My Shoes was launched by St Patrick's Hospital Foundation and aims to raise much needed funds to support young adults, 18 to 25 years of age in Ireland, in need of mental health services. The name Walk in My Shoes originated from a young ...

Progress Slow In Treatment Of Prisoners Mental Health

Progress Slow In Treatment Of Prisoners Mental Health: While some improvements have been made a report published today by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland shows that many challenges remain. Entitled, 'Not a Marginal Issue: Mental health and the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland' the ...

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Drum Beat: Feet tap as bands turn out in town

Drum Beat: Feet tap as bands turn out in town:

That night several battle of the band events came to fruition with finals taking place in both east Belfast and Limavady. In east Belfast the Gertrude Star Flute were announced winners of the East Belfast Protestant Boys contest, making the magnanimous ...

Belfast Newsletter

Higgins speaks of 'absolutely invaluable' research centre

Higgins speaks of 'absolutely invaluable' research centre: Mr Higgins said the establishment of the centre for long-term research was a “very important and significant event in the history of the social sciences” in Ireland. “I think a very high price has been paid in Irish social science for the neglect of ...

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Irishman re-emigrating to England to find work caught-out on 18-year-old crimes

Irishman re-emigrating to England to find work caught-out on 18-year-old crimes

... of intent to supply but he fled the court and returned to Ireland. It was only on 28th February this year that Moran was finally arrested and charged for his crimes. He had returned to Northampton to find work and signed on to claim social welfare.

Breast cancer treatment drug not recommended by health authority

Breast cancer treatment drug not recommended by health authority: To date many women in England have been treated with eribulin via this route and it is within the top twelve most prescribed drugs through this system. However, the CDF does not extend to patients nationally and Northern Ireland so unequal access will ...

Family in Ireland reeling after Tom Walsh gunned down in Florida

Family in Ireland reeling after Tom Walsh gunned down in Florida: The family of an Irish immigrant, who was shot dead in Florida last weekend, plan to bring his body home to Ireland for burial. Originally from Templemore, Co Tipperary, Tom Walsh (43) was shot at point blank range at the restaurant where he worked on ...

Irish police investigate County Donegal bar fire

Irish police investigate County Donegal bar fire: The blaze broke out at Toland's Bar in St Johnston just before 01:00 BST on Thursday. The Irish fire service said two crews from Donegal and two from Londonderry were sent to the fire, which spread from the ground floor to the first floor.

No allowance for carers not habitually resident in country

No allowance for carers not habitually resident in country

by Rebekah Commane FAMILY members returning to Ireland from abroad to care for an ill or elderly loved one are not currently entitled to the Carer's Allowance. They are classed as not habitually resident in Ireland. The Carer's Association and a county ...

Martina Devlin: Happiness is...being bailed out, unemployed and Irish

Martina Devlin: Happiness is...being bailed out, unemployed and Irish

Perhaps chinks of light are filtering through in post-bust Ireland. The downsides can't be ignored, from higher taxes and unemployment to climbing emigration rates, especially in the 25-44 age bracket. But the nation still scores well on two of the ...

Emigration central to unemployment figures, says economist | Irish ...

Emigration central to unemployment figures, says economist | Irish ...: A leading economist has linked the falling number of dole claimants to the number of people emigrating — but forecast the unemployment rate could fall to 14% ...

Regent Surgical Health announces first international partnership

Regent Surgical Health announces first international partnership: Surgery center management and development company Regent Surgical Health recently announced its first international partnership. The company has entered into a ten-year agreement with Hermitage Medical Clinic, the physicians of Neurosurgery Ireland and ...

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70% of Northern Ireland Houses 'at risk' From Boiler Checks

70% of Northern Ireland Houses 'at risk' From Boiler Checks: COM) A recent survey has found that 7 out of 10 houses in Northern Ireland are at risk due to the simple fact that they fail to have their boilers serviced annually. A warning from Power NI is that if you fail to have your boiler serviced properly and ...

Investigations continue after Mountjoy inmate found dead

Investigations continue after Mountjoy inmate found dead

The Irish Prison Service and Gardaí are continuing their investigations after an inmate was found dead in his cell at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin yesterday. It is understood the man, believed to be in his 30s, was serving time for drug offences.

Give up your clothes

Give up your clothes: This April sees the third 'Give Up Clothes for Good' charity fundraiser which aims to raise €250000 for Enable Ireland. Sponsored by clothing store TK Maxx, the campaign invites the Irish public to drop in their unwanted clothes, accessories and ...

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How homophobic bullying led to tragedy for one family

How homophobic bullying led to tragedy for one family: Research has shown that a shocking one-in-five young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Irish people attempt suicide, many as a result of ...

Autism charity turns Blarney blue

Autism charity turns Blarney blue: by Brian Hayes Curtin Mallow based national charity Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland (AADI) turned Blarney Castle blue for World Autism Awareness Day last Monday. As blue is the colour of autism, the charity launched a 'Turn Your Town Blue' campaign to ...

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Big drop in child road deaths

Big drop in child road deaths: However, child seat belt and cycle helmet usage needs to improve, according to a new study. The research has found that there was a 36% decrease in the total number of children injured or killed on Irish roads from 5928 to 3659, when comparing the ...

Activists allege Facebook dragging feet on Irish DPC's privacy ...

Activists allege Facebook dragging feet on Irish DPC's privacy ...

Privacy activists are alleging Facebook hasn't met a deadline set by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner to make changes to its privacy controls.

Temporary staff are sought to fill top hospital posts

Temporary staff are sought to fill top hospital posts

By John Mulgrew Health bosses on Tuesday night said vacant consultant jobs at hospitals across Northern Ireland may be plugged by temporary locum staff in order to maintain safe services — amid fears frontline patient care could be at risk because of ...

President calls on students to innovate

President calls on students to innovate:

THE ACTIVE and critical participation of young people in Irish life during economic and social upheaval can help generate hope and the evolution of society, President Michael D Higgins has said. In an address to the Union of Students in Ireland's ...

Irish Times

Paying the household charge

Paying the household charge: The majority of Irish households voted “No”. This was a referendum, ... food to eat, clothing to cover ourselves and shelter from the elements.

Delay in notifying lethal flu outbreak

Delay in notifying lethal flu outbreak:

The interim guidelines on preventing and managing flu outbreaks at residential care facilities in Ireland for 2011-2012, issued by the national Health Protection Surveillance Centre, stipulate public health officials must be notified if three or more ... »

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Logan backs new detention facility

Logan backs new detention facility:

“If you look at the research on children who are in conflict with the law in Ireland, it shows some common themes. One is that they are children who come from unsettled homes. They are typically early school leavers. They have mental health problems.

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Mentally ill homeless five times more likely to kill

Mentally ill homeless five times more likely to kill: The finding emerged from research conducted by mental health services in Cork published in the Irish Medical Journal. The study found very high levels of self-harm, acts of physical violence, substance abuse and severe mental illness, ...