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Symptoms to look out for are irritation, flu-like symptoms, a rash in the case of measles and swelling along the jaw line with mumps. File photograph: Getty
Better-off parents slower to vaccinate children

Parents in some of the wealthiest parts of the State have been slowest to have their children vaccinated, unpublished figures show. Uptake of the MMR(...)

At the launch of The Irish Times Results Help Desk 2017 from left Brian Mooney , The Irish Times, Brian Howard, guidance counsellor, Minister for Education Richard Bruton, Deirdre Garrett, guidance counsellor and journalist Éanna Ó Caollaí. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Leaving Cert results out on Wednesday - what you need to know

The wait is almost over for more than 58,000 students who sat the Leaving Cert in June as they count down the hours to tomorrow morning when they can (...)

Fine Gael TD for Wexford, Michael D’arcy.
Profile: Michael D’Arcy (FG)

Michael D’Arcy is in the unusual position for a new Fine Gael TD of having made a comeback to the Dáil in a difficult election, having lost his seat i(...)

Labour’s Brendan Howlin, Fianna Fáil’s James Browne and Independent Mick Wallace (above) took the first, second and third seats respectively in Wexford. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Wexford: Elections of Michael D’Arcy and Paul Kehoe a bright spot for Fine Gael

A bright blue spot appeared on the electoral map for Fine Gael on Monday in Wexford. After an exhausting count, Michael D’Arcy and Paul Kehoe joined(...)

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar at the Fine Gael Ardfheis at Citywest Hotel, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Fine Gael founded State and saved it – Varadkar

Fine Gael founded the State and saved it following the bailout and economic crash, Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has claimed. Mr Varadkar was addr(...)

The clerk of the finance committee wrote to Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan requesting investigation of ‘all banks that had tracker products to establish if customers were overcharged’. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh
Central Bank is asked to investigate overcharging

The Oireachtas finance committee has asked the Central Bank to investigate all Irish banks to determine if they have overcharged customers or incorrec(...)

Labour TD for Dublin Mid-West Robert Dowds who has decided not to contest the next general election.
Robert Dowds decides not to contest general election

Labour TD for Dublin Mid-West Robert Dowds has confirmed he will not contest the general election. In a surprise move, Mr Dowds said he would step dow(...)

Ruairí Quinn, who along with fellow former Labour leaders Pat Rabbitte and Eamon Gilmore, will not contest the next election. Photograph: Frank Miller
100 TDs and Senators not expected to survive election

One hundred TDs and Senators – or close to half the Oireachtas – are not expected to return to Leinster House after the general election, with €14 mil(...)

Labour’s Willie Penrose has championed the plan which has been backed by the parliamentary party.
Plan to cut bankruptcy term referred to committee

The Cabinet has given approval to Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald to refer a proposal to cut the bankruptcy term from three years to one to an(...)

The proposals from the Department of Finance included a recommendation that appeals should only be made to the High Court, and that appeals to the Circuit Court would no longer be allowed. Photograph: Frank Miller / The Irish Times
Committee disagrees with law of tax appeals heard in public

Controversial proposals by the Department of Finance to make tax appeal hearings open to the public for the first time have met strong resistance from(...)

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