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7th November 2013
Alan Shatter: Let’s prevent road deaths this winterEvery death on our roads is a tragic waste of a human life, very often a young life. It is true that road deaths in Ireland have been steadily decreasing in recent years, falling from 338 in 2007 to 161 in 2012, but the vast majority of road traffic collisions are preventable and every needless death on our roads is a tragedy too many.
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7th November 2013
Alarm at increase in alcohol deathsThe number of people who died from alcohol abuse in Northern Ireland increased by 40% in under a decade, it has been revealed.
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7th November 2013
Chris Macey: Big Tobacco’s black market theory goes up in smokeIt’s hard to fathom how an organisation that casts itself in the role of defender of personal freedom can share so much common ground with the tobacco industry.
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7th November 2013
Dáil rejects Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s cannabis regulation motionThe dáil has defeated independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s motion for the legalisation and regulation of cannabis in Ireland by eight votes to 111.
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6th November 2013
Neglect, abuse most common factors for children in careNeglect, abuse and mental illness among parents are among the most common reasons for children coming before the child care courts, a project established last year to examine and report on childcare proceedings has found.
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6th November 2013
From the UK: Over-40s get more drug treatmentOver-40s are the largest group receiving publicly-funded drug treatment in England, new figures have revealed.
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6th November 2013
‘Who is Nidge from Love/Hate accountable to?’ – Ming kicks off Dáil cannabis debateIndependent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan this evening put forward a private members’ motion in the Dáil to introduce legislation to regulate the growing, selling and possession of cannabis in Ireland.
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6th November 2013
Pill offers hope of cure for deadly hepatitis CA pill containing two anti-viral drugs appears to cure currently untreatable hepatitis C, offering hope to patients at risk of serious liver damage and early death.
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6th November 2013
Cannabis-based medicinal drugs to be made available, says WhiteCannabis-based medicinal products are to be made available, Minister of State for Health Alex White told the Dáil last night.
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4th November 2013
Alarming report shows disturbing drug trendAdmissions to a locally based drug treatment centre are up by 37 per cent with many new clients presenting with cross-addictions to combinations of alcohol, cocaine and benzodiazepine pills.
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