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Girl kept in dark room off ED for two months

A report by the Child Law Project says a teenager with a disability resulting in behavioural problems was held in a room off a hospital emergency department for two months in 2021. The High Court “heavily criticised” the Health Service Executive for failing to meet the needs of the girl, …

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no, today isn’t the most depressing day of the year

Analysis: some people find January hard but Blue Monday is an unhelpful piece of pseudoscientific nonsense If you think Blue Monday is real, think again. The “most depressing day of the year” — supposedly every third Monday in January — is a pseudoscientific construct, that originated with a travel agency …

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Met Éireann warns of icy patches as alerts in effect

Weather warnings are in place for Ireland amid plummeting temperatures of -4C in parts. Met Éireann said it would be very cold overnight and into this morning with the danger of icy patches and some freezing fog. The forecaster issued two separate Status Yellow Low Temperature and ice warnings. The …

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Electric Ireland to cut prices again for 1.1m customers

Electric Ireland has become the latest energy supplier to announce plans to cut what it charges residential customers. The company is reducing electricity prices by 8% and gas prices by 7%. The cuts will take effect from 1 March and will benefit the provider’s 1.1m household customers. Both the residential …

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China calls for large-scale Gaza peace conference

China called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war inGaza, while the militant group Hamas aired video of three Israeli hostages and said their fate would be disclosed shortly. Speaking in Egypt, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for “the formulation of a specific timetable and road …

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1% of population hold a third of Irish financial wealth

The richest 1% of the population in Ireland holds more than a third of the entire Irish financial wealth of the country. That’s according to Oxfam which also claims that the two richest Irish billionaires possess more wealth than the bottom half of the State’s population. The organisation is once …

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US election heats up as frigid Iowa tests Trump

Voters venture into sub-zero temperatures to kick off the US republican presidential nomination race with the Iowa caucuses, the first major test of whether front-runner Donald Trump can beat out rivals Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. With a commanding lead in polls, the ex-president is expected to win the Midwestern …

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New Gardaí recruitment drive raises age limit to 50

An Garda Síochána have launched a new campaign for recruitment with the age limit in applying to become a garda trainee increasing from 35 years to 50 years. There will also be an increase to the gardaí training allowance with new recruits receiving €305 per week. The gardaí have said …

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Girl kept in dark room off ED for two months

A report by the Child Law Project says a teenager with a disability resulting in behavioural problems was held in a room off a hospital emergency department for two months in 2021. The High Court “heavily criticised” the HSE for failing to meet the needs of the girl, who spent …

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Fresh talks to restore NI Assembly ahead of strike

Talks resume in Northern Ireland today as more than 150,000 public sector workers prepare to strike this week in a pay dispute linked to the continued absence of devolution. Northern Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris will meet the parties in turn at Hillsborough tomorrow for a series of bilaterals, however an imminent …

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