“I want to make Ireland the best small country in the world to be a cat in,” Enda Kenny didn’t say at the opening of the DSPCA’s new veterinary hospital in south Dublin.
Six gardaà were given silver medals to mark their heroic work in saving the lives of animals – including a terrier who was beaten with a baton – and ensuring perpetrators of animal cruelty were prosecuted.
A male in his late teens has been arrested in connection with a violent clash at the Smithfield horse fair in Dublin earlier this month, in which another teenager almost lost an arm.
A NEW STUDY has claimed that the number of deaths caused by smoking in the home could be comparable to the number of road deaths recorded in Ireland.
According to the NUI Galway-led research, the concentration of particulate pollution in the homes of smokers (who smoke indoors) is six-times higher than the World Health Organisation’s recommendation for general outdoor air quality, 10 times the allowable level for healthy breathing in homes and up to 17 times greater than levels actually found outdoors.
Smoking at home causes greater levels of air pollutants than using solid fuels such as coal, wood, peat and gas, says Dr Marie Coggins.
Since the introduction of the smoking ban in Ireland, many people have found it easier to stop people smoking in their own homes. So, in today’s poll we ask: Do you allow smoking in your home?
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