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Weight-loss injections linked to 'Ozempic baby' boom as fertility seems to increase

2 days ago | extra.ie | Jamie McCarron

Women taking weight-loss jabs have been warned to use contraceptives or risk having unplanned ‘Ozempic babies’. The UK’s health watchdog, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), issued an alert this week telling women taking any slimming injection, including Ozempic and Wegovy, to use effective birth control.
Micheál Martin roasts internet ‘star’ over foul-mouthed Dáil slurs

2 days ago | extra.ie | Brian Mahon

People who visit the Oireachtas should ‘respect the institutions of the House’, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said in response to the guest of a TD who likened the food in the Members’ Restaurant to excrement. Richie Herlihy, an online personality who also runs Richie’s Food Truck in Mayfield, Co. Cork, was invited by Independent Ireland TD Ken O’Flynn into Leinster House last month, but his rule-breaking video sparked complaints to two Oireachtas authorities.
Muireann O'Connell is bang on the money with new South Dublin house

2 days ago | extra.ie | Niamh Walsh

New homeowner Muireann O’Connell, who previously lamented being gazumped when bidding on houses, managed to nab her new pad for bang on the asking price. Muireann has previously documented years of soul-destroying house-hunting with her partner Phil as an absolute ’nightmare’ revealing that properties the couple bid on had gone for €100,000 over their asking price.
‘I wouldn’t put my mother here, even if it's my last breath’

3 days ago | extra.ie | Jamie McCarron

A healthcare assistant working for the country’s biggest nursing home operator told an undercover reporter she ‘wouldn’t put my mother here, even if it’s my last breath’, according to a new RTÉ documentary. The staff member at a home owned by company Emeis, which runs 24 care homes here, was recorded by RTÉ Investigates saying she feels bad for the patients as ‘they don’t go out, all the activities are s***’.
Ireland's World Cup hopes just got a massive boost

3 days ago | extra.ie | Hugh Farrelly

Irish rugby is in a strange place at the moment. The national side has fallen off where it was a couple of years ago, appearing uncertain in style and selection and with core players looking like their best years may be behind them. Between November 2021 and November 2023, it is no exaggeration to say that Ireland were setting the standards in world rugby and the rest were following. They have been caught.
Reaction of Munster 'fans' to Sharks win has been shameful

3 days ago | extra.ie | Hugh Farrelly

Three days on, and the stink from Munster’s URC quarter-final loss to Sharks in Durban lingers in the air. You sense the team has moved past it (the holidays are underway now and when you do not have to think about work, you tend not to) but the Munster ‘supporters’ incensed by what happened in the penalty shootout last Saturday are refusing to let it go.
J1 visa applicants urged to 'tread lightly' amid private social media account warning

3 days ago | extra.ie | Niamh Walsh

The Trump administration is set to ‘escalate’ its visa vetting process, with a new pilot programme that will require applicants to hand over all of their social media handles for the past five years and require all visa applicants to set all their social media accounts to public.
Inside Dr Tony Holohan's 'second chance' at love with Ciara Cronin

3 days ago | extra.ie | Marija Voznuka

Dr Tony Holohan and partner Ciara Cronin are headed for the chapel in the next few days, but what do we know about the former Chief Medical Officer’s ‘second chance’ at love? Dr Holohan and yoga teacher Ciara Cronin have been together since 2023, some two and a half years following the passing of his wife, Emer Feely. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW As the pair prepare to head down the aisle, here’s everything we know about Dr Holohan’s ‘second chance’ at love.
Broker told to pay €500 to charity for Dublin-bound flight disruption

3 days ago | extra.ie | Tom Tuite

An Insurance broker triggered a smoke alarm on a London Stansted-to-Dublin flight after aggressively ignoring cabin crew and going to the toilet just before take-off on Sunday, a court heard yesterday. William Horn, 29, a father-of-two from Stone Rings Lane, Harrowgate, England, pleaded guilty to charges under the Air Navigation and Transport Act following his arrest on Sunday on arrival at Terminal 1, Dublin Airport.
‘Social media firms should face Oireachtas over spread of lies and fear’ says TD

4 days ago | extra.ie | Brian Mahon

Social media companies should ‘most definitely’ be brought before the Oireachtas Media Committee to discuss how they deal with disinformation on foot of claims made online in the wake of the shooting in Carlow over the weekend, a TD has said. When the incident became public, some far-right actors pushed false information that the incident was carried out by a foreign national. Some social media users described the incident as a mass shooting with multiple victims wounded.