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Number of cars abandoned more than trebles in three years
- Environment
- August 9, 2017, 01:00
Just a single litter fine was handed out in relation to more than 600 cases of cars left abandoned in Dublin city over the last three years, newly-rev(...)

Most mental health service users ‘do not know how to complain’
- Health
- July 25, 2017, 15:17
The majority of mental health service users do not know how to complain about the treatment they receive, according to a new study. The pilot study o(...)

Asbestos removal and air purification among Irish embassy costs in 2016
- Offbeat
- July 24, 2017, 05:30
The State spent more than €600,000 on gardening and major maintenance works on its properties overseas last year, including €90,000 on asbestos remova(...)

The laws of physics seem to bend at Bray Air Display
- Offbeat
- July 23, 2017, 21:25
The opportunity to see nosediving, corkscrewing and barrelling aircraft drew an estimated crowd of 90,000 people to the Co Wicklow coast on Sunday. (...)

Nursing home staff stored oxygen cylinder beside smoking area
- Health
- July 14, 2017, 15:16
Staff at a nursing home in Bray stored an oxygen cylinder in an open press beside a residents’ smoking area, according to an inspection report release(...)

Plans have been announced to swap the functions of the east and west wings of the National Library as part of a €10 million renovation project that be(...)

Wide range of medication risks found at Limerick hospital
- Health
- July 11, 2017, 13:19
A recent inspection at University Hospital Limerick has revealed a “wide range of risks” related to the hospital’s medication safety practices. A rep(...)

Republic’s Orangemen proclaim their identity
- Irish News
- July 10, 2017
The Orange Order was once embraced in some southern counties, as is amply illustrated by a folk tale about two men from the Co Cavan village of Killes(...)

Citizens’ Assembly votes to end mandatory retirement age
- Social Affairs
- July 9, 2017, 16:38
There should be no mandatory retirement age and all workers should be made to join a pension scheme, the Citizens’ Assembly has recommended. On Sunda(...)

Citizens Assembly hears call for cut in number of pension schemes
- Social Affairs
- July 8, 2017, 13:35
Freeing up equity from homes and redirecting State funds from private pension tax breaks to public pensions were among the issues discussed by the Cit(...)