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<p>Interim Chief Medical Officer Mary Horgan: 'While it is very encouraging to see that the number of people vaccinated has now passed 1.5m, we can and must do better.'</p>

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Interim CMO calls on people to get flu and covid vaccines

Mary Horgan pointed out that the uptake of the RSV vaccine for newborns has been so successful only 23 cases have been reported this winter

<p>As Residential Tenancies Board data confirms that rents are continuing to rise rapidly, advocates including Threshold highlight ways that Rent Pressure Zones are failing to dampen rent inflation. Picture: iStock</p>

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'I’ve heard of landlords exploiting loopholes by increasing parking or utility fees'

<p>'Know the full cost of credit before you buy, and only borrow what you’ll be able to repay,' is the advice offered by Gráinne Griffin of the CCPC. Pic: iStock</p>

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Christmas spend to rise to €1,177 as a quarter of us plan to splurge more than last year

STerry Prone: Hoarding’s hidden issues begin to emerge from the background

'There was nobody else for us': Cork couple celebrates 70 years of marriage

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'There was nobody else for us': Cork couple celebrates 70 years of marriage

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Revealed: Just seven CDNTs are struggling to cater to 2,500 children

‘I was always in fear of saying it, well now my family secret is out: We knew Jimmy ran away’

‘I was always in fear of saying it, well now my family secret is out: We knew Jimmy ran away’

Jimmy O’Neill disappeared 77 years ago, falsely accused of robbery. He was never formally interviewed, yet his brother maintains that he ran in fear of a ‘bad detective’

Sat, 07 Dec, 2024

'Mary Regan got her wish: She came home and is back with her people'

'Mary Regan got her wish: She came home and is back with her people'

Woman whose funeral in Carlow was attended by hundreds people after funeral director's appeal is laid to rest in her native Adrigole in West Cork

Wed, 04 Dec, 2024

National Missing Persons Day

Missing Persons: Imelda Keenan's niece hits out at garda investigation into her disappearance

Regina Kerry was speaking at the National Missing Person’s Day event at Croke Park on Wednesday

Wed, 04 Dec, 2024

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Visitor restrictions still in place in Galway maternity unit

women in the maternity hospital are only allowed nominate one support person who can visit, and that person cannot be changed

Wed, 04 Dec, 2024

Barbara O’Driscoll: As well as supporting survivors, we must tackle the causes of violence against women

Barbara O’Driscoll: As well as supporting survivors, we must tackle the causes of violence against women

Mná Feasa leader writes that Ireland must provide more accessible services for women who have been abused — but we must also work harder to root out embedded misogyny and inequality

Mon, 02 Dec, 2024

Election 2024: Renting — A place to live is a basic need that profit alone will never deliver

Election 2024: Renting — A place to live is a basic need that profit alone will never deliver

My message to the next Dáil: An eviction ban, a rent freeze, and compulsory purchase orders would begin to address Ireland’s housing crisis, writes Emily Crowley

Listen | Tue, 26 Nov, 2024

41% of new mothers given C-section in Irish hospitals

41% of new mothers given C-section in Irish hospitals

Doula warns that 'the medicalisation of birth is actually getting out of control' as Eurostat data shows cesarean sections are carried out in Ireland at double the rate of most other European countries

Mon, 25 Nov, 2024

Concern as graveyards in Cork county ‘full to capacity’

Concern as graveyards in Cork county ‘full to capacity’

Families may be forced to bury loved ones outside of their locality unless Cork County Council buys extra land to expand cemeteries

Fri, 22 Nov, 2024

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Alternatives to prison in cases of non-violent crime urged

Poll shows people believe the root causes of crime like addiction and poverty must be better addressed

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Heartbroken family's 17-year search ended when Barry Coughlan's remains were found

Heartbroken family's 17-year search ended when Barry Coughlan's remains were found

Having searched all across Ireland and the UK, Barry's family finally found the answer close to home in Crosshaven, Co Cork

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

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Barnardos 'has 2,000 vulnerable children and families on waiting list'

Ahead of Ireland's general election, Barnardos is calling on all parties to commit to significantly increase funding for intensive family support services

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

SEAN MURRAY STORY

Election 2024: Homelessness — ‘I never expected to fall into that situation. I felt so bad for my baby daughter’

Alice was living in a €1,300-a-month apartment with her baby daughter when the landlord said they wanted to move someone else in for more rent...

Listen | Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

What's happening to the Leaving Cert that's bringing teachers on to the streets today?

What's happening to the Leaving Cert that's bringing teachers on to the streets today?

TUI and ASTI members are protesting over changes they say will be unfair on many students

Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

Tralee girl, 10, donated her hand to help others during cancer battle, funeral hears

Tralee girl, 10, donated her hand to help others during cancer battle, funeral hears

Lily Anna's heartbroken mother Lorraine said her 'firecracker' daughter took the initiative to donate her hand after amputation 'in the hope of changing lives'

Mon, 18 Nov, 2024

Election 2024: Education — It's not good enough to leave 10% of our young people behind

Election 2024: Education — It's not good enough to leave 10% of our young people behind

Jess Casey says Ireland's education system works for those who can access the education they need, but many are left behind

Listen | Mon, 18 Nov, 2024

Election 2024: Education — 'Forget phone pouches. Leaving Cert projects are a bigger problem'

Election 2024: Education — 'Forget phone pouches. Leaving Cert projects are a bigger problem'

Teacher Conor Murphy says the rollout of Leaving Cert projects should be paused for two reasons: It will further disadvantage less privileged students, and AI will make nonsense of the results

Listen | Mon, 18 Nov, 2024

Two Cork special schools to join pilot project to get therapists

Two Cork special schools to join pilot project to get therapists

St Killian’s in Mayfield in Cork City, and the East Cork Community Special School, Carrigtwohill are joining the second in-school therapies pilot project from January

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

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Colman Noctor: Everything parents need to know about their child's use of Snapchat

'Snapchat does not always accurately curtail or filter content to the user’s age. Not only are they vulnerable to viewing inappropriate content, they can also create and share such content on Spotlight'

Tue, 05 Nov, 2024

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Cork parents concerned about impact of proposed code of conduct on students with autism

One parent at Carrigaline Community Special School said the code 'includes behaviours which are in fact not ‘challenging’ at all. They are behaviours where children are self-regulating, stimming.'

Tue, 05 Nov, 2024

Barry Keoghan says people use his son as ammunition against him

Barry Keoghan says people use his son as ammunition against him

The actor, 32, says that 'the more in the public I've become, the less I've posted about my child, because I don't think it's fair to put my child online'

Tue, 05 Nov, 2024

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Vacant State-owned buildings could be used as childcare facilities in FG plan

Fine Gael's manifesto proposal includes building new facilities alongside schools, and using proposed but unused international protection accommodation centres

Thu, 31 Oct, 2024

School sex abuse inquiry 'should also include examination of corporal punishment'

School sex abuse inquiry 'should also include examination of corporal punishment'

Education Minister Norma Foley will not rule in or out a commission of investigation into corporal punishment in the wake of RTÉ documentary 'Leathered'

Wed, 30 Oct, 2024

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Single-sex schools vs mixed enrolment: what's best for schoolchildren?

As more and more schools move away from gender segregation, parents and teachers have their say on what’s really best for students – single sex or coeducation.

Sun, 27 Oct, 2024

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Colin Sheridan: Suddenly, from nowhere, a singer and a song cut through the despair

Broken by the horrors beamed onto my phone, that feeling was unexpectedly upended by a clip of Glynis Johns looking directly into camera and singing a song I knew but couldn't place...

Sat, 19 Oct, 2024

Five new special schools to open next year in Cork, Dublin, Tipperary, and Monaghan

Five new special schools to open next year in Cork, Dublin, Tipperary, and Monaghan

Department of Education plans to open the five new schools by next September as expanding places in existing schools will not meet the level of need in these areas

Fri, 18 Oct, 2024

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A fifth of females attending sexual assault treatment units are aged under 18

Almost a quarter of 14- to 15-year-olds presenting at SATUs over the last seven years were assaulted by a 'friend' — and a further quarter were attacked by an acquaintance

Wed, 16 Oct, 2024

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Adults in Cork and Kerry who may have ADHD cannot get HSE mental health appointments

With over 600 people on the HSE waiting list, GPs can no longer refer people with suspected ADHD to the region's adult mental health teams

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

42% of the population can see a GP for free, but there has been a lower than expected uptake of visit cards

42% of the population can see a GP for free, but there has been a lower than expected uptake of visit cards

HSE PCRS report for 2023 shows that more than 2.2m people in Ireland had a medical card or a GP visit card

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024

In the Hospital Sick Male Patient Sleeps on the Bed. Heart Rate Monitor Equipment is on His Finger.

Irish woman, 22, in intensive care after being hit by a car in Italy

The woman suffered life-threatening injuries

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024

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Ireland opts in to UN protocol on the rights of people with disabilities

'Systemwide change' anticipated as Ireland signs up to optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024

Mother of one believes she will never own her own home — and Budget 2025 did nothing to help

Mother of one believes she will never own her own home — and Budget 2025 did nothing to help

Having had to move back into her parents' home in her 40s, Doireann Barrett is now preparing to move into a council house, a place she will never own

Tue, 01 Oct, 2024

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Electricity credits; double child benefit: Here are the cost-of-living measures from Budget 2025

There will be a slew of one-off payments — from electricity credits to fuel allowance lump sum — as well as the double welfare payments

Tue, 01 Oct, 2024

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How have five coalition budgets impacted your pocket?

The focus of this Government’s final budget is a far cry from its first in October 2020

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Cooking, Food waste, Composting at Home

Irish families among the best in the EU at avoiding food waste

However, European Commission data shows Ireland to be the sixth biggest waster of food in the EU per capita, with food businesses discarding tonnes of food each year

Sun, 29 Sep, 2024

'Some days we don’t know how to keep going': Kerry mother's wish list for Budget 2025

'Some days we don’t know how to keep going': Kerry mother's wish list for Budget 2025

Pamela Dennehy's wants an end to means-testing of the carers’ allowance; funding for more SNAs; and an allowance for electricity and other extra costs the family incurs

Sat, 28 Sep, 2024

'Parents force kids to steal or face violence if they come home empty-handed'

'Parents force kids to steal or face violence if they come home empty-handed'

Retailer backs up Childline's concerns, saying kids as young as four are sent out to shoplift snacks for their parents when they have 'the munchies'

Fri, 27 Sep, 2024

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris Interview

Taoiseach says children have been let down by 'siloed' politics and delivery of services

Simon Harris acknowledges that increased budgets have not had the required impacts

Fri, 27 Sep, 2024

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Iron deficiency is very common even among healthy pregnant women — UCC study

INFANT centre lead researcher Elaine McCarthy said the study shows the importance of screening and the need to support and educate pregnant women about the importance of iron in their diets

Thu, 26 Sep, 2024

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Some children may be excluded from Transition Year as their families cannot afford it

The warning comes from the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman

Thu, 26 Sep, 2024

Parents say little has changed, a year since CHI spinal care controversy erupted

Parents say little has changed, a year since CHI spinal care controversy erupted

Co-founder of parents' support group calls for full transparency about Children’s Health Ireland as hundreds of children wait for spinal surgery

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

'Before celebrating the wonderful child you have, you mourn the one you don't'

'Before celebrating the wonderful child you have, you mourn the one you don't'

Being a parent of an autistic child means having to fight for everything, being let down by our lack of support, and continuing the fight

Thu, 19 Sep, 2024

Siptu says new ambulance roster will lead to longer wait time for Cork & Kerry patients

Siptu says new ambulance roster will lead to longer wait time for Cork & Kerry patients

Siptu's John McCamley warned that National Ambulance Service changes 'could have a detrimental effect on services'

Mon, 16 Sep, 2024

It's official: Listowel's 'Dolly Day' added to the book of Guinness World Records

It's official: Listowel's 'Dolly Day' added to the book of Guinness World Records

Listowel now holds the title for the largest number of people dressed as country music legend Dolly Parton after Dolly Day in 2023

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Autism therapy

Thousands of children waiting for therapies 'is a political choice', PBP think-in hears

Paul Murphy said families are 'compelled to go to court to try and achieve their basic legal right for an assessment of needs'

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024