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13th April 2015
812 homeless people sleep on cafe floor in two monthsThe country’s only night cafe for homeless people accommodated 812 different people in its first two months alone — illustrating the scale of the homeless crisis.
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13th April 2015
Call for dedicated drugs ministerThe Government has its “head stuck in the sand” in relation to drugs and needs to appoint a dedicated junior minister to drive responses, including new laws on legal tranquillisers, Sinn Féin TD for Cork City, Jonathan O’Brien, has said.
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10th April 2015
Prime Time - The reality of drug addiction and homelessness in our city centresWatch: The reality of drug addiction and homelessness in our city centres
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10th April 2015
The reality of prescription drug addiction in DonegalMore and more young Donegal people are becoming addicted to a popular cough mixture, forcing some pharmacies to take the medicine off their shelves.
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10th April 2015
Call for supervised drug injecting centresThe Ana Liffey Drug Project has called for the provision of medically supervised injecting centres (MSICs) in Dublin, to allow drug users to inject illegal drugs under medical supervision.
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10th April 2015
‘Drugs on offer to curb alcohol abuse’An expert in addiction treatment has said many people with problem drinking are simply unaware of the medication options available to them.
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10th April 2015
Negative impact of prescribed medications highlighted at traffic medicine meetingThe negative impact some prescribed medications can have on a person’s ability to drive can be lost in the debate about drug-driving, a leading doctor has warned.
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10th April 2015
Service for marginalised reaches 500 consultationsA new GP-led service for marginalised groups in Limerick has seen 200 patients in its first year of operation for more than 500 consultations.
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9th April 2015
Children’s Exposure to Alcohol Marketing in Ireland: Research launchNew research findings on children’s exposure to alcohol marketing will be launched at Alcohol Action Ireland’s conference Girls, Women and Alcohol: The changing nature of female alcohol consumption in Ireland.
This conference takes place on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at the Westin Hotel, Dublin 2, from 10.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and begins with the launch of Children’s Exposure to Alcohol Marketing in Ireland. -
9th April 2015
One glass of wine ‘stops foetus from moving’Pregnant women have been warned that even half a glass of wine can cause a foetus to stop breathing and moving for as long as two hours.
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