Media News
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Guidelines issued for private areas in pharmacies
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010
SUZANNE LYNCH NEW DRAFT guidelines for patient consultation areas in pharmacies have been published by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland. Under regulations introduced in November 2008, all pharmacies are required...
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Independent group to examine deaths of children in HSE care
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010
CAROL COULTER Legal Affairs Editor and JAMIE SMYTH Social Affairs Correspondent AN INDEPENDENT group will examine the deaths of children in the care of the HSE over the last decade,...
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Stealth taxes will push up pension costs, warns expert
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010
A RANGE of "stealth taxes" sneaked into the new pensions framework and changes in recent Budgets have made it hugely more expensive for private sector workers to invest in a...
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Row over consultant pay discrepancy
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010
TEAGASC has disputed a claim by the ACA that private agricultural consultants earn only €37.50/hour compared to their Teagasc counterparts' €86.60/hour. A survey carried out by the Irish Small and...
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Debt crisis hits dangerous level
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010
Farm debt has reached dangerous levels, pushing thousands into severe financial distress. Access to credit has been cut, with financial institutions tightening lending criteria and closing off overdraft and loan...
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Andrews sets up panel to review child deaths
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010
AN independent group will probe reviews into the deaths of children in state care over the past decade, it has emerged. Children's Minister Barry Andrews said the panel will examine...
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Children in care spent cold winter under a leaky roof
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010
CHILDREN in state care were forced to endure most of this winter in a residential home with a leaking roof, a damning inspector's report finds. One room was saturated from...
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Larkin settles salon injury case
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010
THE woman who took a personal injury claim against Celia Larkin 's beauty salon almost seven years ago said last night that she was glad the case is finally over....