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The harm faced by children today: Northern Ireland’s worst cases

  • Post published:24/01/2013
  • Post category:News

BY KATHRYN TORNEY A NEW report published today examines 24 disturbing cases of abuse and neglect in Northern Ireland which resulted in children dying or being seriously injured.

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Charity criticises Healy-Rae motion

  • Post published:23/01/2013
  • Post category:News

From The Irish Times JASON KENNEDY and ANNE LUCEY An alcohol awareness charity has criticised a Kerry councillor ’s call to allow rural drivers have two or three drinks before driving…

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Male youth suicide rates among the highest in Europe

  • Post published:23/01/2013
  • Post category:News

The rate of suicide among young men in Ireland is one of the highest in Europe, a major new report has warned. An estimated 165 young men took their own lives in the Republic in 2011 – out of a total of 525 suicides – while another 72 young men died by suicide in the North.

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Strategies set to tackle young male suicide

  • Post published:23/01/2013
  • Post category:News

Suicide rates among young men could be reduced by restricting access to the means for self-harm, a new report suggests. Young Irish men need to develop their emotional skills to ward off the risk of suicide, says the report, published today by the Men’s Health Forum in Ireland .

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Charity criticises Healy-Rae motion

  • Post published:23/01/2013
  • Post category:News

An alcohol awareness charity has criticised a Kerry councillor’s call to allow rural drivers have two or three drinks before driving home, while an organisation representing vintners said it hoped the proposal started a conversation on the issues facing rural Ireland.

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Here’s how the world reacted to the Kerry drink-driving story

  • Post published:22/01/2013
  • Post category:News

THE STORY OF how Kerry County Council voted for a plan to allow rural drivers to have ‘two or three drinks’ to combat rural isolation has, understandably, made a lot of headlines today.

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Government dismisses Healy-Rae’s bid to relax drink-driving limit in rural areas

  • Post published:22/01/2013
  • Post category:News

THE GOVERNMENT HAS dismissed a motion backed by Kerry County Council to relax drink-driving limits in rural parts of Ireland in order to allow isolated people to have “two or three” drinks before driving home.

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Healy-Rae drink proposal criticised

  • Post published:22/01/2013
  • Post category:News

An alcohol awareness charity has criticised a Kerry councillor's call to allow rural drivers have two or three drinks before driving home, while an organisation representing vintners said it hoped the proposal started a conversation on the issues facing rural Ireland.

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Healy-Rae drink proposal criticised

  • Post published:22/01/2013
  • Post category:News

From The Irish Times JASON KENNEDY and ANNE LUCEY An alcohol awareness charity has criticised Kerry councillor Danny Healy-Rae ’s call to allow rural drivers have two or three drinks before…

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Lawmakers in Ireland Vote to Allow ‘Moderate’ Drunk-Driving

  • Post published:22/01/2013
  • Post category:News

Local police in Ireland's Kerry county will be allowed to permit some residents to drive drunk if a measure passed yesterday by county councilors is approved by the Department of Justice.

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