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'It spreads like wildfire': Why Ireland, and the world, is seeing a huge surge in measles cases
Some 136,000 people died from measles globally in 2018.
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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”.
The wipes contain plastic and can clog up sewers and cluster on beaches.
A number of young people shared their experiences yesterday and said they want to erase the stigma attached to being in the care system.
Susanna Grimes had been battling cancer for a number of years.
Three-quarters of students complete their courses, with women more likely than men to finish.
Viktor Orban announced that and other measures during his “state of the nation” address.
Would you be happy for your six-year-old to have unlimited, unsupervised access to a firearm – perhaps if it had been modified to only shoot lighter loads? asks Shane Dunphy.
Future gambling legislation could include provisions on loot boxes in video games.
By contrast, their recognition of musical hits from 2000 to 2015 diminishes rapidly over time.
A humanist alternative to the First Holy Communion means that non-Catholic kids don’t miss out on having a special day, writes Tony O’Donohoe.
The study will explore the impact of a traumatic birth on a mother’s emotional and psychological wellbeing.
It is difficult going through a miscarriage with all the confused emotions that brings, without being censored too, writes Darragh Quinn.
Today is Safer Internet Day, with organisations working to raise awareness around how people can be more safe online.
A series of oral history sessions will be held across Dublin throughout the spring.
We have an ethical responsibility to face up to the dark truth that children perpetrate violence and equally we have an ethical responsibility to show empathy for victim’s families, writes Shane Dunphy.
This new research suggests the advantages of living in a bilingual home begin from the very earliest stage of development.
It is frustrating that the challenges vision impaired people face are different from what is portrayed in Bird Box – because they are structural, writes Kevin Kelly.
The issue has affected a number of substitute teachers who were paid in the first and second pay runs of 2019.
The charity now feeds about 2,000 people per week.
A white bread sandwich in the belly is better than a vegan curry in the bin, writes Mary McCarthy.
The zoo is inviting the public to suggest names for the cubs.
More than one-third of supermarket products on special offer are high in fat, sugar and salt.
21st-century parenting is the reason that many young people today have remarkably poor coping skills, writes Shane Dunphy.
Meanwhile, a €12 million contract to provide a passport processing system in Ireland is being put out to tender.
At peak times, customers have to wait up to two hours to get on the Viking Voyage attraction.
McAuley Place is situated in Naas, Co Kildare and sees 53 apartments available to residents over 65 years of age.
New figures show that Ireland’s undergraduate population has grown by 8% over the last five years.
New research has found that four in 10 children in Ireland own a mobile phone by the age of nine.
The tickets are valid between April and October.
Over 1,200 sick teddy bears are expected to be admitted to NUI Galway’s Teddy Bear Hospital next week.