Teeth from 1840s shed new light on Irish Famine diets

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Teeth analysed from the 1840s have shed new light on what people ate before and during the Irish Famine. Scientific analysis of dental calculus ...

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Department, drug companies in two-month deadlock over drug prices

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Department, drug companies in two-month deadlock over drug prices : THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and the body representing pharmaceutical manufacturers in Ireland remain deadlocked in talks for a new agreement on drug prices – almost two months after the previous deal expired. The Irish Medical News reports that the last ...

Ex-Anglo Irish Chairman Charged After Arrest

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Ex-Anglo Irish Chairman Charged After Arrest : DUBLIN —Authorities in Ireland arrested and indicted the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank Corp., making him the most senior executive to face charges in an investigation into financial irregularities at the lender that eventually led to Ireland ... Wall Street Journal

What's the difference between Greek and Irish writers?

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, November 22, 2017

What's the difference between Greek and Irish writers? - More than 30 years ago, Declan Kiberd asked whether Irish people “feel ravaged by crises of national identity as they reach for the multinational snap-crackle-and-pop”. Some countries are sufficiently complacent to dispense with this process: the Swiss invented mountain-shaped chocolate and an ...

Low number of prosecutions in clerical child abuse cases noted

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Low number of prosecutions in clerical child abuse cases noted To date, 16 of Ireland's 26 Catholic dioceses have been subject to a NBSC review with a further six to be completed by September next. It is expected that all 26 dioceses will have been reviewed by the end of this year. So far, five religious ...

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