Every Irish person has more than 14000 living relatives, research finds

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Every Irish person has more than 14000 living relatives, research finds
- An adult living in Ireland today can expect to have a total of 14,435 relatives globally based on anonymised testing carried out by the Ancestry genealogy company. Ancestry is one of a number of commercial genealogy organisations that has cropped up in recent years offering people the chance to ...

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Concerns raised as 5000 fewer girls receive HPV vaccine

Irish Standard Time — Thursday, September 08, 2016

Concerns raised as 5000 fewer girls receive HPV vaccine - More than 100 million people have been vaccinated with HPV vaccines worldwide. In Ireland more than 220,000 girls have been vaccinated. Cervical ...

Maltese 'Ex Gay' Activist Is Set To Draw Valentine's Day Protests In Northern Ireland

Irish Standard Time — Thursday, February 14, 2019

Maltese 'Ex Gay ' Activist Is Set To Draw Valentine's Day Protests In Northern Ireland - Northern Irish LGBT equality groups The Rainbow Project and Here NI are organising a protest outside the church during the screening to “send a ...

Protest planned at Northern Ireland church 'gay cure' film

Irish Standard Time — Thursday, February 14, 2019

Protest planned at Northern Ireland church ' gay cure' film - An LGBT equality group has accused the Presbyterian Church of "bias" ahead of a protest outside a Belfast place of worship which is due to screen a ...

Norway Joins EU's Latest Sanctions Package Against Russia

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Norway will introduce the latest round of sanctions against Russia, joining similar measures by the European Union, its foreign ministry said. View article...

'Cop on!' — Harris joins chorus of calls from medical experts to stop crowds gathering to drink

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, July 07, 2020

'Even if you take all those people… they are still a tiny minority of the population of Ireland. It's just, the tiny minority pose a huge threat to the other ... View article...

Have we made any new progress on Brexit and the Irish border?

Irish Standard Time — Monday, November 12, 2018

Have we made any new progress on Brexit and the Irish border? - DUP leader Arlene Foster said yesterday her party has "only one red line" which is that Northern Ireland cannot be distanced from their "precious ...

Nazi SS teacher who fled to Ireland after being sentenced to death for rounding up Jews in ...

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

He was sentenced to death in France after the war before fleeing to Ireland in 1945 where he taught French at St Conleth's College in Dublin from 1957 ... View article...

Businesses must speak out on a second Brexit referendum

Irish Standard Time — Monday, November 12, 2018

Businesses must speak out on a second Brexit referendum - Britain's business community has tried to play a constructive role in Brexit . ... plus a significant risk to the peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland .

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