Suicide cannot be reduced to an economic equation

Irish Standard Time — Friday, July 20, 2012

Suicide cannot be reduced to an economic equation: Earlier this week, the president of the Irish Association of Suicidology (IAS), Fine Gael TD Dan Neville, described the just-released suicide figures for 2011 as “frightening but not surprising” given the impact the economy was having on mental health ...

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Irish Standard Time — Saturday, February 09, 2019

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Portraying over-60s as doddery old fools sees a resource go to waste

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, November 12, 2019

These ads are just a sample of how media portrays old people. ... Preissner recently wrote that Ireland's veterans tend to be seen as demented once ... View article...

First there was the war; now this' - Ukrainian in Ireland on dam attack that destroyed her home

Irish Standard Time — Friday, June 09, 2023

Hulevych came to Ireland almost two years ago, before the war, to work in medicine. When Russia invaded Ukraine, she drove to Poland to help her ... View article...

Outgoing German ambassador optimistic Ireland will join global tax deal

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, July 20, 2021

In the post-Brexit era, ambassador Deike Potzel said that Irish-German political and trade relations are at an all-time high, building on Ireland's ... View article...

Consultant group refusing to attend hearing on work practice reforms

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Consultant group refusing to attend hearing on work practice reforms : The Labour Court was due to deal with two issues referred by management under the Croke Park process – changes to current rest-day arrangements and reforms to fees for second opinions in the area of mental health . Under the Croke Park agreement, ...

Brexit hasn't gone away, you know

Irish Standard Time — Friday, May 24, 2019

Brexit hasn't gone away, you know - If Brexit goes badly, that will all come to a shuddering halt ... The nightmare that a hard Brexit would create for Ireland had been avoided and we could ...

297 escaped prisoners on the run in Ireland

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, December 02, 2020

There are 253 men and 44 women on the list and their crimes range from murder ... The Irish Prison Service said the majority of prisoners who breach ... View article...

Britain needs Ireland on side for life beyond Brexit

Irish Standard Time — Monday, April 16, 2018

Britain needs Ireland on side for life beyond Brexit - Britain has a long history of messing up its relationship with Ireland . Were it not so, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland wouldn't have had to change in 1922, shorn of the territory that formed the Irish Free State and became a republic in 1949. A little-remembered fact is that in 1920 ...

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