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        <title><![CDATA[People in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area report best health]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Census shows difference in professional and unskilled workers’ perceptions of health]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Conditions for superbug outbreak present ‘across hospital system’]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oversight group to discuss national response to CPE bacteria linked to deaths in Limerick]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[‘We all swallow faeces all the time’: the threat of superbugs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Preventing the spread of potentially fatal CPE is extremely difficult, says Irish expert]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pieta House founder leaving for similar charity in New York]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Joan Freeman to focus on Solace House, which she founded to serve Irish diaspora]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Doctors may be sharing sensitive patient data on messaging apps]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[97% of interns at Limerick hospital sending confidential information without consent]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Measles warning as seven cases confirmed in Dublin and Meath]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Most at risk are those not fully vaccinated with two doses of MMR vaccine including babies]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Living with Alzheimer’s: ‘He’s not an eejit, he just communicates differently’]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[New campaign launched to increase support and understanding for dementia conditions]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[State facing more ‘avoidable deaths’ unless superbugs dealt with]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HSE urges Government to prioritise tackling antibiotic resistant bacteria called CPE]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Health service will have to deal with extra 1,000,000 people by 2030]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ESRI study predicts number aged 80 or over to rise 94% ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blood-thinning drugs may protect against dementia, stroke – study]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Scientists analysed health record data from more than 444,000 patients over eight years]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[One in five feel ‘guilt or remorse’ after consuming alcohol]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Healthy Ireland Survey 2017 findings reveal the extent of Irish people’s drinking habits]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Phoenix Children’s Hospital: symbol of hope or ill conceived? Have your say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Name ‘ill conceived’ in context of sick children, clashes with Arizona facility]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[End to social experiment angers families and staff of care centre]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HSE assumed responsibility for Ballytobin facility after series of critical Hiqa reports]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vaccines may struggle as new flu strains emerge]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HSE vaccination may only be partially effective with Australian and Chinese strains]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[HSE to pay consultancy firm €1.5m for ‘cultural change’ help]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HSE says Values in Action is a ‘new approach to building kind of health service we all want’]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lack of supports sees ‘hundred of students with autism leave school’]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Autism Conference hears 20% of people diagnosed with autism are in full-time jobs]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hiqa board to discuss chairman’s alleged conflict of interest]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Brian McEnery says health watchdog was aware he gave advice to nursing homes]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 20:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[HSE warning as two cases of measles detected in Dublin]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Outbreak control team convened to tackle spread of the potentially serious illness]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poor bear the brunt of 9m pollution-linked deaths a year]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[‘Lancet’ findings: Most detailed review of pollution impact on global health ever compiled]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No new restrictions on abortion should be in Constitution – Harris]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Minister ‘grappling’ with legislation and says Constitution not place to address abortion]]></description>
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