Women’s Centre Hits Back After Protest
A Dublin centre offering crisis pregnancy advice has hit back at claims that it is intentionally misleading women in an effort to prevent them from considering having abortions in the UK.
Read MoreA Dublin centre offering crisis pregnancy advice has hit back at claims that it is intentionally misleading women in an effort to prevent them from considering having abortions in the UK.
Read MoreTough new legislation to crack down on child sex abuse images is currently being considered by the Government, it was announced today. The Government is hoping to introduce a new offence that would criminalise the possession of cartoons, drawings and material created by the manipulation of computer software depicting the sexual abuse of children.
Read MoreNursing unions are meeting today to discuss a possible escalation in industrial action as part of their campaign for improved pay and working conditions. Nursing unions are meeting today to discuss a possible escalation in industrial action as part of their campaign for improved pay and working conditions.
Read MoreThe number of homeless people in Northern Ireland has risen by 15%, it emerged last night. The figures were revealed in a major report from the Housing Executive which was launched just one day before Sir John Semple’s final report on affordable housing in Ulster.
Read MoreMore than 40,000 nurses throughout the country are beginning a work-to-rule this morning as part of their campaign for improved pay and conditions.
Read MoreThe first step in a massive shake-up of how Ulster’s health service is run has been taken after the province’s 18 health trusts officially merged into five this weekend.
Read MorePeople in Northern Ireland at risk from hate crime are being offered extra protection – including personal and home alarms and 24-hour access to the police – as part of a government initiative responding to alarming rises in such incidents.
Read MoreAlarm has been expressed at a 37 per increase in the suicide rate in the North over the past year. In the latest mortality statistics there were 291 registered suicides in 2006 compared with 213 in 2005.
Read MoreNegotiations have continued overnight between management at the Health Service Executive and officials of the Irish Nurses Organisation, in an attempt to break the deadlock over the opening of Cork University Maternity Hospital.
Read MoreSick leave among council workers is higher in Northern Ireland than in England and the civil service, according to the Audit Office. In the past year, absenteeism among staff cost £14m in lost productivity.
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