AMR
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Sharp fall in antibiotic use as prescriptions dip 20% in 2020
- Irish News
- November 24, 2020, 01:00
The use of antibiotics dispensed by pharmacies in the State has fallen by nearly a fifth this year, following a sharp drop in the number of people goi(...)

Product-design students’ device aims to reduce AMR in humans
- Innovation
- September 19, 2019, 06:05
Starting out from a college project, four product-design students from Technological College Dublin have created a device aimed at reducing antim(...)

Dubliner seeking to unlock success after tech bootcamp win
- Technology
- June 22, 2019, 05:40
Dubliner Dave O’Toole is the first to admit that he isn’t your typical ‘tech bro’. At the age of 60 and having spent more than 30 years working as a l(...)

Dublin locksmith turns techie after Silicon Valley competition win
- Technology
- June 22, 2019, 00:15
A 60-year-old Dublin locksmith has become an unlikely tech entrepreneur after winning a Silicon Valley start-up competition with a smart lock he devel(...)

Clash review: an Arab Spring thriller that all takes place in a van
- Film
- April 20, 2017, 10:00
Claustrophobics are advised to steer clear of this deliciously high-concept drama, set entirely in the back of paddywagon. An introductory scroll remi(...)

Six years on, Syria’s revolutionaries are forging new lives
- Middle East
- March 21, 2017, 01:00
Six years ago this month, many in Syria felt their country was on the precipice of monumental change. Authoritarian regimes across North Africa were c(...)

Geneva Motor Show: Sedate show hides real fears for the future
- Motors
- March 7, 2017, 16:41
For all the pre-show hoopla and publicity, the 2017 Geneva motor show will go down as one of the quieter ones. There were only a precious few cars mak(...)

When antibiotics don’t work any more what can we do?
- Health & Family
- February 14, 2017, 00:00
The introduction of penicillin in the 1940s heralded the antibiotic era. We are now in the era of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Can we fight back? (...)

Clashes break out at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque
- Middle East
- September 13, 2015, 12:41
Israeli police raided the plaza outside Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque on Sunday in what they said was a bid to head off Palestinian attempts to disrupt v(...)

Anti-water charges campaigner fined for causing criminal damage to water meters
- Irish News
- July 14, 2015, 19:12
An anti-water charges campaigner has been fined €2,000 and ordered to pay €800 compensation after he was convicted of 10 counts of criminal damages to(...)