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Teenage boys do not seek mental health help, study shows
20.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
SEVERAL FACTORS, including concerns about confidentiality and a lack of understanding about the nature of depression, make many Irish teenage boys unlikely to seek professional help for mental health problems, a new study has found.
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Cowen picks economist as key policy adviser
20.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has appointed a high-profile environmental economist with a strong track record in environmental issues, and an outspoken critic of decentralisation, as his special policy adviser.
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Gormley to tighten law on parklands
20.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
MINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley has pledged to tighten regulations surrounding parklands and to assist the residents of Dartmouth Square after Dublin City Council decided not to serve a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on the Rathmines park.
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Cutbacks in support services for IT in schools
20.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
THE FUTURE of the Government 2000 ’s €252 million plan for computers in schools is in doubt after the Department of Education yesterday imposed severe cutbacks in IT training and support for teachers and schools.
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Young people seen as secondary, group claims
20.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
YOUNG PEOPLE living in Ireland have problems engaging and participating in society because they feel they are regarded as a secondary force by adults, the founder of a national youth website has said.
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Truck driver's father 'hopeful' killers will be caught as inquest begins
20.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
THE FATHER of murdered truck driver Paul Quinn yesterday said he was more hopeful than ever the killers will be caught as the inquest into his son’s death opened.
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NI patients notified over suspect treatment
20.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
MORE THAN 300 women who received gynaecology treatment at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, Co Down are to be contacted as a matter of “urgency” by the hospital following concerns about a healthcare professional who was involved in treating them.
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Fatal collision in Leixlip
20.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
AN 18-year-old motorcyclist died in a road collision in Co Kildare yesterday. The man died after his motorcycle collided with a car at Kellystown Road, Leixlip, at 4.30pm.
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Council flushed with success as 'loo with a view' sells for €400k
20.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
A DERELICT “loo with a view” at the seaside resort of Lahinch yesterday scooped €400,000 for Clare County Council at a public auction in Ennis.
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Special events set to mark summer solstice
20.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
THE LONGEST day of the year will be marked this morning with a gathering at the Hill of Tara for the summer solstice.
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Plan to create more full-time health jobs supported
20.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
THE NATIONAL Implementation Body (NIB) has backed proposals to allow health service managers to use money currently spent on overtime and agency staff to create more full-time positions. Health management and unions believe that this could facilitate the reduction of the working week for more nurses.
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Council to scale back plans for Mountjoy site
20.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
DUBLIN CITY Council is proposing to scale back its plans for the Mountjoy Prison site, following a submission from site owners the Office of Public Works (OPW) that the range of community facilities was too ambitious.
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Docklands theatre may open in November
20.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
DUBLIN’S NEWEST and biggest theatre, which will be situated in the Docklands, is likely to open in November and could stage the first musical by U2’s Bono and The Edge, it has been announced.
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Traffickers may have brought minors here
20.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
TWO UNACCOMPANIED minors who may have been brought to Ireland by human traffickers were remanded in custody in separate cases at the Dublin Children’s Court yesterday, pending a Garda inquiry into their backgrounds.
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Judge says he will reveal verdict soon as McCartney murder trial ends
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
THE JUDGE presiding over the Robert McCartney murder trial said he will reveal his verdict “in the not too distant future”.
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