46% of carers aged over 60, committee toldAlmost half of carers are aged over 60 and one-fifth are caring for more than one person, a Dáil committee was told yesterday…Wed Sept 24 2003 - 01:00
Children's mental health 'at risk'Mental health services for children and adolescents here are inadequate, underdeveloped and leaving young people at risk of becoming…Thu Sept 04 2003 - 01:00
Lung cancer becoming mostly woman's diseaseLung cancer will be a predominantly woman's disease by 2020, a national cancer expert will say today.Tue Sept 02 2003 - 01:00
Asylum-seekers granted visas for UK abortionsTwenty asylum-seekers have been granted temporary exit and re-entry visas to travel to Britain for abortions this year.Sat Aug 30 2003 - 01:00
'I was torn apart and made to be someone I wasn't'The Rape Crisis Centre is 'sickened' by defence lawyers' treatment of victims who testifySat Aug 30 2003 - 01:00
Visitors to US or Canada urged to avoid blood donation for 28 daysThe Irish Blood Transfusion Service is asking anyone who has visited the United States or Canada since the end of June not to…Fri Aug 22 2003 - 01:00
Pro-choice groups to call for clearer legislation on abortionCalls for clarification of the law on abortion will be renewed next month as pro-choice groups mark the 20th anniversary of the…Wed Aug 20 2003 - 01:00
Woman lay dead for eight months in Mayo homeBone samples from the skeleton of a woman who lay dead for eight months in her Co Mayo home are being sent to Britain for forensic…Wed Aug 20 2003 - 01:00
Specialists criticise home drug testing kitsNew kits which can be used at home by parents have been criticised by specialists working with young people engaged in drug abuse…Wed Aug 20 2003 - 01:00
Police arrest couple over death of new-born baby girl in SwedenPolice in Sweden are awaiting blood test results from samples taken from a couple yesterday in connection with the death of newborn…Tue Aug 19 2003 - 01:00
Search for someone to live like a lord and be called SirA Co Tyrone title is available if a suitable family member can be found to fill itMon Aug 18 2003 - 01:00
Call for tourist boycott of IcelandICELAND/IRELAND: The Green Party has called for a consumer boycott of Icelandic goods following the resumption of whaling by…Mon Aug 18 2003 - 01:00
ERHA may make more hospital cuts this winterThe Eastern Regional Health Authority has confirmed it is considering further curtailing acute services coming into the winter…Mon Aug 18 2003 - 01:00
Painkiller warning for pregnant womenPregnant women and women planning to become pregnant have been warned that taking certain painkillers could increase the risk…Sat Aug 16 2003 - 01:00
Call for checking of all who work with childrenThe ISPCC will today announce plans to gather 250,000 signatures in favour of vetting for all people who work with children.Tue Aug 12 2003 - 01:00
Parents urged to have rethink on MMR after measles cases trebleThe number of measles cases has more than trebled in the past year, according to figures from the National Disease Surveillance…Tue Aug 12 2003 - 01:00
Atkins diet should be avoided in heatwave, say expertsSlimmers should avoid the Atkins diet during the current hot weather or risk endangering their health, a number of Irish nutritionists…Fri Aug 08 2003 - 01:00
Breastfeeding guide criticisedNew guidelines from the Department of Health recommending mothers breastfeed for two years could make working mothers who cannot…Wed Aug 06 2003 - 01:00
Family opposes repatriation of man who killed hotel managerThe family of a young Cork woman, murdered while she worked as a trainee hotel manager in Limerick last year, has called on the…Wed Aug 06 2003 - 01:00
Families may be forced to pay for careThe children of elderly parents in need of long-term care may soon be forced to contribute to the cost of their care under provisions…Tue Aug 05 2003 - 01:00
Social welfare spending up by more than 20%Spending by the Department of Social and Family Affairs increased by more than 20 per cent in one year, its annual report shows…Mon Aug 04 2003 - 01:00
Homeless figures 'a disgrace' says Sr StanislausThe Government's failure to tackle homelessness is "nothing short of disgraceful", the president of one of the main charities…Thu Jul 24 2003 - 01:00
Gardai seek 1,000 more asylum suspectsUpwards of 1,000 foreign nationals are being sought by Garda immigration officers, the head of the Garda National Immigration…Mon Jul 21 2003 - 01:00
Call for Third World debt issue to be top of EU agendaMore than 30 industrial, religious, political and charitable organisations have called on the Taoiseach to put the cancellation…Mon Jul 21 2003 - 01:00
'Dublin Daily' creditors to attend meetingThe Dublin Daily's former staff will find out today whether they can hope to get any of the money owed to them at the final creditors…Mon Jul 21 2003 - 01:00
Exclusion claim by social aid groupsSome of the largest organisations representing marginalised groups are being excluded from negotiations on future social policy…Fri Jul 18 2003 - 01:00
Fear of increase in income poverty ratesThere is likely to be a "significant increase" in rates of income poverty and some increase in severe poverty this year, the …Wed Jul 16 2003 - 01:00
Warning of too many nursing home bedsThe future of the Irish nursing home sector and the welfare of nursing home residents are under threat, the main representative…Wed Jul 16 2003 - 01:00
'Day will come' for gangsters, says McDowellAll criminals involved in gangland murders will be brought to justice, the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell has vowed.Tue Jul 15 2003 - 01:00
Trespass proceedings a 'waste of resources'Local authorities are "wasting resources" on legal proceedings against Travellers that "would be better spent on solving the …Mon Jul 14 2003 - 01:00
'Cabin Fever' in rough seas againThe ill-fated Cabin Fever reality TV game show ran into further trouble yesterday when the show's replacement ship had to be …Sat Jul 05 2003 - 01:00
People of Dublin finally see the lightThe top of the Spire finally "sparkled" into life for the first time last nightSat Jul 05 2003 - 01:00
Arrests continue in anti-drug clampdownMembers of the Garda National Drugs Unit are today continuing to arrest the people who sold them drugs over the past six weeks…Wed Jul 02 2003 - 01:00
Homeless numbers using centre grow by 32%The number of homeless people and people on low incomes using the services of one of the longest established drop-in centres …Tue Jul 01 2003 - 01:00
Family of Englishman who died alone in Dublin soughtGardaí in Dublin are to place notices in British newspapers in the hope of tracing relatives of a man who died alone in Dublin…Tue Jul 01 2003 - 01:00
Irish doctor finds AIDS strainA researcher at NUI in Maynooth has discovered a new strain of the AIDS virus which could have major implications in the search…Mon Jun 30 2003 - 01:00
Attempt to make trial of anti-war activist politicalA former US attorney general and a former UN weapons inspector are to give evidence this week at the trial in Co Clare of anti…Mon Jun 30 2003 - 01:00
Homeless find haven in world-class soccerMichael Murphy (19), from Fairview, Dublin, was taken into care along with his six brothers and sisters when he was 13.Mon Jun 30 2003 - 01:00
Groups say liquor Bill will weaken Equal Status ActTwenty-four organisations representing minority groups will hand a letter into the offices of the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, today, …Mon Jun 30 2003 - 01:00
Local partnerships urged to fight crimeA reduced reliance on prison sentences and locally-based interventions are among the recommendations in a report on ways of bringing…Sat Jun 28 2003 - 01:00
Students on J-1 visas are forced to return from USHundreds of Irish students on J-1 visas are being forced to return from the US months early because of new complications which…Fri Jun 27 2003 - 01:00
Abuse survivors act out their livesGemma ran away from home when she was 13 because she was being sexually abused by an uncleFri Jun 27 2003 - 01:00
Minorities must object when media is racist, says delegateMembers of the African community and other ethnic minorities should object when the media is racist in its coverage of their …Thu Jun 26 2003 - 01:00
Schedule for work on hospital soughtA lobby group of parents and doctors reiterated its demand last night for a time-frame from the Minister for Health, Mr Martin…Thu Jun 26 2003 - 01:00
Discovery of radioactive waste in farmed salmonThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, will raise the discovery of radioactive waste in farmed salmon at this week's OSPAR…Tue Jun 24 2003 - 01:00
State to press for closure of SellafieldIreland is among the European countries planning a fresh attack on Britain for its apparent failure to tackle nuclear pollution…Tue Jun 24 2003 - 01:00
Voluntary groups 'excluded' from key decisionsSome of the largest organisations representing marginalised groups claim they are being "excluded" from key negotiations on future…Mon Jun 23 2003 - 01:00
Children 'fleeced' on Potter book pricesBooksellers seeking more than €16 for the latest Harry Potter book are "fleecing children", the manager of one of Dublin's best…Mon Jun 23 2003 - 01:00
Magic moment for Harry Potter fans is a minute after midnightAlmost 250,000 copies of the long-awaited fifth Harry Potter book are being delivered to shops around Ireland in advance of its…Fri Jun 20 2003 - 01:00
