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Wednesday 2 December 2020
Glenisk is working with Self Help Africa to plant over one million native trees in developing countries and in Ireland.
Overall energy drinks manufacturers have reduced the sugar content in their products since the sugar tax was introduced.
A bereaved mother says no child deserves to die because of poorly-resourced mental health services.
18 deaths and 1080 injuries in the US have been linked to vaping.
Carers bear a huge burden but are not being looked after.
Glenisk is working with Self Help Africa to plant over one million native trees in developing countries and in Ireland.
Teenage girls can get the HPV vaccine if they’re still at secondary school – but teenage boys can’t.
The condition can develop from any infection and can be difficult to diagnose.
Analysis of awards from Irish third-level institutions by Noteworthy.ie uncovers an upward trend in grades handed to students.
All six babies are healthy.
Many one-parent families are living at risk of poverty and an overhaul of our child supports legislation is vital to protecting their future.
Sanity System is tested and certified to be 99.9% effective in eliminating Covid-19.
The child’s parents did not consent to her attendance at the school.
The private family ceremony sparked controversy in the UK in part because of renovations to the home of the royal couple.
What’s a must-watch, and what’s a miss? We tell you
Taking folic acid every day helps prevent your unborn baby from developing serious and possibly fatal conditions.
A new scheme aimed at teaching pupils a second language was announced today.
The Future of Media Commission invites you to share your views on this important topic.
Details of the Parental Leave scheme were announced this morning.
Schools in North and South Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kildare and Meath are being targeted in the new initiative.
‘I have no problem with due process, but when this gets in the way of truth and allows a culture of secrecy and collusion to continue, then we need to re-evaluate’, writes Shane Dunphy.
Ryusuke Sekiya was just 258g when he was born last October.
Dublin City Council abolished library fines at the start of this year.
We spoke to photographer Patrick Bolger on what it was like taking those intimate photographs of mother and baby.
Actress Sarah Carroll held off on expanding her family because of her job – but writes about how she eventually managed to make it work.
Sinead Lowndes was diagnosed with a rare liver condition just six weeks before she was due to get married.
The company said that after launching in the US on November 12 at $6.99 per month.
When I was born I weighed just 3lbs 3oz and was expected to die. I survived but faced persistent bullying about my condition well into adulthood, writes Edwina Wrenn.
Burke is a campaigner, advocate and academic, and last year became a contributing editor at fashion magazine Vogue UK.
Zac HIggins has been in Intensive Care since the incident on Monday
“We realised we were dealing with a very life threatening condition.”
“I honestly expected that we’d go out to Tramore and she’d be sat on the kerb, maybe with a broken arm or a couple of bruises.”
How can these drugs rid me of cancer, take away my hair, blast my immune system and still allow this little life inside me to grow unharmed? writes Mary Canavan.
Some 136,000 people died from measles globally in 2018.
There has been a huge spike in measles cases worldwide.
You won’t know whose picture you have – amateur or world famous professional – until after the purchase, but all proceeds go to the Jack and Jill foundation.
The summit heard that the canon law protection of ‘pontifical secret’ had been applied to numerous clerical abuse cases. Bizarrely, it was suggested that this practice should not continue – indicating that it is ongoing. writes Shane Dunphy.
The Victims of Crime Bill 2015 legally obliges An Garda Síochana and the Director of Public Prosecutions to keep victims (or in homicide cases, their families) informed about their cases, writes Joan Deane.
Food supplements have been treated as foods for VAT purposes and had availed of the concessionary 0% rate applicable to food.
Geography was removed as a core subject from the Junior Cert last year.
The scheme aims to solve recruitment problems in subjects such as STEM, modern languages, Irish and home economics.
Exercise should be viewed as medicine. Indeed, if exercise could be prescribed as a pill, it would be the most prescribed drug on the planet, writes Professor Niall Moyna.
‘Something I’ve tried to live by over the past year is a lesson I learned soon after the bereavement- you honour the dead by choosing to live well, writes Noel Byrne.
Social trends are reflected in different names, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha, whose first name means “like an oak tree”.
IT’S THE FIRST of December, which means the beginning of Christmas month.
But today’s date is also a bit more significant than in other years, because it marks the end of Level 5 restrictions that have been in place across the country for the last six weeks.
From today, retailers, hairdressers, gyms, cinemas, museums and libraries can re-open to the public.
Some shops are even making up for lost time by opening through the night tonight, and there have been reports of overnight queues outside a few retailers ahead of their re-opening today.
For the day that’s in it, we’re wondering: Do you plan on going to a non-essential shop today?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Dublin-based GP Mark Murphy illustrates where the failings are in how we fund our healthcare system.
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