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Asbestos found in children’s educational science kit distributed to schools
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (350+ words) Asbestos has been found in a children's worm kit, which was distributed in schools and sold through toy shops. The educational science kit which let children observe earthworms in sand and soil has been recalled. The My Living World Worm…...
Doctor who inappropriately prescribed medication to treat depression and seizures censured
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (598+ words) The inquiry heard Dr Albina Maksimiuk inappropriately prescribed medication to eight adult patients while practising as a GP at North Clinic on North Circular Road, Dublin 7 and the Polish Dental Clinic, also North Circular Road. Ten of the prescriptions were…...
Parents warned that car seat head straps for children are ‘unsafe’ and ‘risk strangulation’
9+ hour, 33+ min ago (500+ words) Parents should not use or buy head straps for children's car seats, the consumer watchdog has said, describing them as "extremely dangerous" accessories that can cause spinal injuries and strangulation. On Thursday, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) issued…...
Country’s largest wastewater plant finally working as intended after €550m improvements
15+ hour, 45+ min ago (483+ words) After years of being overloaded, overflowing and in breach of water quality regulations, Ireland's largest wastewater treatment plant has finally been given a clean bill of health. The Ringsend facility in Dublin which handles 40 per cent of all the country's…...
Survivors of thalidomide drug to be offered formal State apology
18+ hour, 46+ min ago (328+ words) Survivors of the thalidomide drug scandal will be offered a formal State apology. A commitment to a State apology was given to representatives of the Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) following a meeting with Taoiseach Miche'l Martin and T'naiste Simon Harris…...
Postmortems being run on ‘wing and prayer’, with delays for grieving families
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (466+ words) Postmortem services are being run on a "wing and prayer, with pathologists walking away from the service, the incoming president of the Coroners Society of Ireland has said. Dr Denis McCauley said there were huge discrepancies around the country in…...
Hiqa seeks orders compelling RTÉ to disclose nursing home footage
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (533+ words) The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) is seeking a High Court order compelling RT" to provide it with footage gathered by the broadcaster during an investigation into standards of care in nursing homes. RT" Investigates: Inside Ireland's Nursing Homes,…...
Really getting lost in a good book is one way to find better mental health
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1838+ words) Brian Hogan reads books with his ears now, after a single-punch assault left him blind and living with a brain injury. Audio books are his escape from the world, he says, after he goes to bed in the evenings at…...
Creche worker who said she was not rostered due to needing step at changing table loses case
3+ day, 2+ min ago (586+ words) A 1.47m creche worker who said her employer stopped rostering her because she needed a step to reach the nappy changing table has lost a workplace safety case. Fulguera Tenorio, a Bolivian national on a student visa, worked at the Dublin…...
Dentist who defrauded HSE over 17 years is jailed and ordered to pay €100,000
3+ day, 10+ min ago (516+ words) A Tipperary dentist who "brought utter ruination on himself" by defrauding the HSE of "58,000 over a 17-year period has been jailed for a year and ordered to pay "100,000. Jerome Kiely (47) of Acraboy House, Monard, Co Tipperary, pleaded guilty last November…...