Self-harm link to suicide highlighted By Noel Baker in the Irish Examiner Saturday, June 30, 2012 Two studies into suicide and self-harm have raised issues about the enforcement of laws…

By Michael Clifford in the Irish Examiner. Saturday, June 30, 2012 THINGS ain't what they used to be. Last week, we received the latest missive about how the Irish are…

Two studies into suicide and self-harm have raised issues about the enforcement of laws on the sale of paracetamol and of patients

THINGS ain’t what they used to be.

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald has this week  launched a public consultation on improving the lives of children and young people in Ireland. Consultation forms can be completed…

• Last week, I spent a week in Bavaria, southern Germany, and was interested to see German efficiency in action. Public transport was clean, on time and inexpensive.

THE recommended weekly alcohol limits for both men and women have been cut by Irish experts. It is now recommended that men should not drink more than 17 alcohol units over a week.