A Trinity College study published today has found that found that people who are homeless can experince accelerated physical ageing – with homeless people aged between 20 and 40 having the same physical mobility as 70 to 80 year olds. The research demonstrates an extremely high burden of physical and mobility problems experienced by people […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has expressed support for lowering the age limit for the Johnson and Johnson covid-19 vaccine, to ensure that there are no excess vaccines left over after the rollout is done. While the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) had previously advised that the J&J and AstraZeneca jabs not be given to people under […]
The group estimates that 100 million cancer screenings were not performed during the outbreak and will lead to decreased survival rates for those whose cancer is found at a later stage than normal.
Although falling just short of securing a majority of seats in the country’s parliamentary elections, Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has insisted that holding a vote on independence from the UK is the “will of the people”.
Philip Nolan, President of NUI Maynooth and Chair of NPHET’s modelling group, has been told by a Harvard academic that he does not “appear to know what you are talking about,” and that he should be “ashamed” of his stance on rapid antigen testing. Michael Mina, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard’s School of Public […]
A newly-discovered ant species in Ecuador has been given the gender-neutral suffix “-they” rather than a traditional Latin scientific suffix, and has been named after a gay activist and protégé of Andy Warhol, despite the ant not being non-binary and having only the normal genders of male and female. The ant was discovered in 2018 […]
The ex-Irish soldier and bride of an ISIS jihadist, whose father in from Belfast, was banned from entering the UK amid security mesures that allow for the exclusion of EEA nationals.
O’Connell said she would not be leaving the party because of “one person”, however.
The race between Poots and Donaldson will be decided by the party’s 8 MPs and 28 MLAs next Friday.
The 38 people were known to homeless services around the country, with 30 of the deaths happening within the Dublin area.
The Defence Forces have re-called all printed editions of the annual Defence Forces Review and have agreed to print replacement copies, after the originals included material describing Gript.ie as a “far right” publication in an article by DCU academic Livia Margna. Solicitors acting on behalf of Gript.ie contacted the Defence Forces and secured the removal […]
Nicholas Wade, if you have never heard of him, is not just some random journalist. For 30 years, he was the Science Editor at the New York Times. Before that, he was Editor of Science, one of the most important Scientific journals in the world. So, when he publishes an exhaustive argument setting out the […]