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1 week ago | 
irishtimes.com | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan
Patient advocacy groups have said that nothing less than a full public inquiry will restore confidence in services provided by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), following a damning report on the use of unlicensed springs in surgeries carried out at Temple Street Children’s Hospital between 2020 and 2022.
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1 week ago | 
irishtimes.com | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan
Conor McGregor is set to host the conservative US broadcaster Tucker Carlson at his pub in Dublin on Tuesday evening. The event will take place at the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter’s Black Forge Inn in Crumlin. McGregor invited people to attend in a post on social media. “There will be, as always, live music, top tier food, great drink, great people, and a happy and celebratory atmosphere,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
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1 week ago | 
irishtimes.com | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan
One of the country’s largest office developers raised concerns with the Government about the uncertainty caused by work-from-home strategies and the “significant” cost of building amenities to encourage staff back to the office.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishtimes.com | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan
Younger men are more likely to engage in victim-blaming behaviour towards women who experience sexual assault, according to new research published by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC). People’s views on rape and sexual assault varied strongly by gender, the research found, with men under 24 most likely to show victim-blaming attitudes and women over 35 least likely.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejournal.ie | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan
‘I’ve never felt so abandoned by my country’ — ‘The trauma of our experience has lingered, and having to travel for a termination made an awful situation so much worse’ — ‘My friends and I all voted for Repeal, what did we vote for?’IRELAND VOTED TO repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution in May 2018 and legislation allowing for greater access to abortion services was signed into law the following September.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejournal.ie | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan
AROUND 240 WOMEN still travel from Ireland to the UK each year to access abortion services. They travel for a variety of reasons: some have passed the 12-week limit, others are dealing with a foetal anomaly and, in some cases, a medical abortion failed. Many women foot the bill themselves but some people cannot afford to pay for a termination, plus related transport and accommodation costs.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishtimes.com | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan
Major stock indexes plunged in Asia on Monday as US president Donald Trump showed no sign of backing away from his sweeping tariff plans, and investors bet the mounting risk of recession could see the Federal Reserve cutting rates as early as May. Futures markets moved swiftly to price in almost five quarter-point cuts in US rates this year, pulling Treasury yields down sharply and hampering the dollar on safe havens.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejournal.ie | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan |Maria Delaney
A MEASLES OUTBREAK has killed a second child in Texas, authorities said, with almost 650 people now infected as the highly contagious disease spreads. “We are deeply saddened to report that a school-aged child who was recently diagnosed with measles has passed away,” Aaron Davis, vice president of UMC Health System, a medical center in Texas, told reporters.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejournal.ie | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan |Maria Delaney
GALWAY NEEDED A couple of second-half goals to end New York’s resistance and secure a place in the Connacht semi-final with Roscommon on Sunday 20 April. But this 3-28 to 0-20 victory in Gaelic Park was overshadowed by a first-half injury suffered to John Maher. The All Star had to be replaced before half-time and it’s only once the full extent of the issue is discovered that the price of this win will be known.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejournal.ie | Orla Ryan |Órla Ryan |Maria Delaney
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN have to travel to neighbouring countries in Europe to access abortion care due to barriers faced at home. A cross-border investigation, Exporting Abortion, exposes this stark statistic for the first time, following an extensive examination of data and personal testimonies across Europe. Our analysis found that more than 5,000 women travel from their home countries every year due to the difficulties they face in accessing abortion care. In 2023, that number was at least 5,860.
