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Overdose warningThursday, 02 September 2010Heroin addicts in Cork are not getting fast access to Methadone Treatment Programmes, which could be causing some to overdose.
Cork's Methadone Treatment Programme currently has 150 members, while there are a further 14 people waiting... Cork's favourite free newspaper Thursday, 02 September 2010New figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) this week confirm that the Cork Independent is not only the largest freely distributed weekly newspaper in Cork, but in Ireland, another accolade for the... Rainy daysThursday, 02 September 2010The sunny weather we have enjoyed over the summer is set to end this weekend. Met Eireann, the Irish Meteorological Service said that the good weather is at an end for the foreseeable future.
Meteorologist,... 25 TB cases at Crab LaneThursday, 02 September 2010Despite 25 children at Crab Lane NS being infected with TB, the school will reopen as planned next Monday.
Parents at the 220-pupil school were informed this week that a further two active cases of the... Work for doleThursday, 02 September 2010Plans by the Department of Social Protection to activate the economy through a social employment 'work for dole' scheme have been criticised in Cork.
Minister for Social Protection, Eamon O Cuiv announced this week that he... Testing timesThursday, 02 September 2010Cork people are still willing to take part in clinical trials at the Shandon Clinic, despite last week’s incident in which three men were hospitalised during the testing of a drug for cancer patients.
Save our serviceThursday, 02 September 2010A facility that makes prosthetic limbs at St Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital (SMOH), which has been in operation for over 20 years is to be shut in November.Joe Moloney from Blarney, whose son, Tom, was born... Much ado about two at Bishopstown CUThursday, 02 September 2010Bishopstown Credit Union’s MasterCard debit card is two years old. To celebrate, shoppers in Wilton Shopping Centre were treated to some birthday cake yesterday 1 September, the official birthday of the worldwide card. Local... Midleton Food Festival set to create a crowdThursday, 02 September 2010Plans are well underway for the Midleton Food and Drink Festival, taking place on Saturday 11 September.
Festival Project Manager, John McCormack, grandson of the world famous Irish tenor, promises a great day out. “The... Privatisation of County Cork bins to make council €10 millionThursday, 02 September 2010The privatisation of Cork County Council’s bin service began yesterday, after a deal expected to net the council €10 million over the next year. Cork County Council sold its waste-collection business because it was faced... |
Who should be treated?Thursday, 02 September 2010This week I’m going to discuss the case of Mr Larry Murphy, a convicted rapist, who savagely beat and raped a woman with the intention of killing her. He stopped not because he had a... Talking TBThursday, 02 September 2010Officially, TB was eradicated in Ireland in the 1970'. Because of the effectiveness of the powerful BCG vaccine, the number of cases of the disease had collapsed to negligible levels. It took more than twenty... Are you lucky enough to be in love?Thursday, 26 August 2010We speak, act and feel love a lot in this house. It is in the atmosphere. It is not pure - to be pure it would be without excitement - it would have no balance,... PJs travelsThursday, 26 August 2010I'm still on holidays from 'de wireless', and doing my best to avoid newspapers, TV or radio bulletins, and anything that might be labeled as 'work', but Janey Mac, it's not easy. I arrived back... Lionising charityThursday, 19 August 2010As you read this, I am in Lanzarote, so have not been keeping up with the events of the week. Over here, they couldn't give two hoots about Callely, Anglo-Irish or anything like that, and... Anatomy of an EpidemicThursday, 19 August 2010This epidemic is so well described in Robert Whitaker's new book, Anatomy of an Epidemic, Crown Publishers, New York, where he discusses like a "prosecuting attorney" the "flawed science, greed, and outright lies to reveal... Delusional, me?Thursday, 12 August 2010Being self-delusional could be the only reality that really exists. Without the benefit of delusion, is it possible that life would be completely impossible to tolerate?
Even in its most perfect of moments, life... |
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