Is donating blood the soundest thing you can do?

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Is donating blood the soundest thing you can do?
- In the last 5 years, blood donation in Ireland has fallen by 21%; young people are not showing up. The reasons for this are not known. Perhaps we're ...

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Northern Ireland hospital waiting lists rise again

Irish Standard Time — Monday, November 28, 2016

Northern Ireland hospital waiting lists rise again - New figures indicate that in the past year there has been a 5.4% rise in the number of people in NI waiting to see a health specialist for the first time.

Sinn Féin leaders to meet EU's Michel Barnier

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Sinn Féin leaders to meet EU's Michel Barnier - Speaking on Saturday at one of a number of protests held along the Irish border against Brexit , Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said a a no-deal Brexit was ...

North must seek post-Brexit EU status - Martin McGuinness

Irish Standard Time — Monday, October 17, 2016

North must seek post-Brexit EU status - Martin McGuinness - Northern Ireland should push the EU to grant it associate or even membership status to avoid the devastating consequences of Brexit for Irish people , ...

Ireland's only centre for juveniles battling addiction faces prospect of closure

Irish Standard Time — Monday, September 26, 2016

Ireland's only centre for juveniles battling addiction faces prospect of closure - IRELAND'S only residential detoxification centre for juveniles battling addiction ... “They can literally change young people's futures as well as helping ...

Going to the dogs: We pay €16m a year to brutalise animals. Why?

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, July 03, 2019

This is the story of a little Irish company. We, the people of Ireland, own it. It's a commercial, semi-State company. But it defies the definition of ... View article...

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 ...

Irish Priest Gets Tough on Same-Sex 'Marriage,' Bishop Apologizes

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 09, 2015

Irish Priest Gets Tough on Same-Sex 'Marriage,' Bishop Apologizes - Father Joseph Okere apparently said during a homily that the passage of Ireland's same-sex "marriage" referendum in June was "evidence the devil is ...

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