The number of teenagers giving birth fell by more than 8pc last year while an increasing amount of women over 35 sought crisis pregnancy counselling, new figures revealed today.
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Fewer women having babies in teens
Raft of hospital errors exposed
BLUNDERS made in hospital emergency departments accounted for the largest number of medical negligence cases settled last year, new figures reveal.
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HSE staff off hook for failure to investigate foster fears
NO HSE staff will be held accountable for the serious failures that left children in foster care in danger of abuse and neglect, the Irish Independent has learned.
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Scandal-hit hospital now has no chief
The hospital at the centre of the scandal involving nearly 58,000 unchecked X-rays is now without a chief executive, it was confirmed yesterday.
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More families seeking help as bill for school books hits €350
PARENTS will have to spend as much as €350 on school books for secondary school pupils this summer.
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Water coolers fall victim to health cuts
WATER coolers are now being removed from hospitals as health service cutbacks take hold, the Irish Independent has learned.
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Anti-smoking campaign to target ‘stupid teens’
SOCIAL networking and cinema ads will be used to try to stop big tobacco firms luring young smokers, writes Eilish O'Regan.
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Harney ‘disturbed’ by high salaries at disability groups
HEALTH Minister Mary Harney has claimed that the salaries of executives in state-funded disability organisations are "disturbing" and break public pay guidelines.
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Chemists to bypass GPs with flu jab roll-out
SERVICES only available from GPs will be on sale in pharmacies from October -- beginning with the flu jab.
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Disability care bodies paying top managers over €176,000
STATE-funded voluntary organisations that provide disability services have multi-layered management with executives on salaries of over €176,000, it emerged yesterday.
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