Nursing Homes Want HSE To Halt ‘Unfair’ Inspections
Nursing home owners are calling on the Health Service Executive to halt routine inspections of their premises pending improvements in the way standards are assessed.
Read MoreNursing home owners are calling on the Health Service Executive to halt routine inspections of their premises pending improvements in the way standards are assessed.
Read MoreCalls for Megan’s Law to be implemented in Northern Ireland “as a matter of priority” have been made by the Rape Crisis Centre after the latest alert over a missing sex offender.
Read MoreAn investigation has been launched into claims that a group of seven English schoolchildren on a youth club trip to Northern Ireland was abandoned last week in the Co Down countryside.
Read MorePolice in west Belfast are fielding dozens of calls from victims of sexual abuse – some dating back 20 years, it emerged tonight. The number of reported incidents rose by a quarter last year with many people alleging attacks in their own homes.
Read MoreTaoiseach Bertie Ahern has described the investigation into an alleged paedophile ring in Dublin as a ‘very disturbing and worrying matter’.
Read MoreA new study due to be published by the Government tomorrow is reportedly set to highlight alarming levels of drug use among Irish schoolgirls.
Supporters of Seymour House have vowed to oppose this week’s decision by Down Lisburn Trust to close the elderly care home. On Wednesday the Trust recommended the home in Dunmurry close. However the decision is still to be agreed by the Health Minister.
Read MoreThe NSPCC has called for urgent action to support Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Northern Ireland. This news comes as the charity, which runs ChildLine, has revealed that some young children attempted suicide while trying to contact the helpline.
Read MoreA high-risk sex offender who has been missing since last week, has been detained by police in Garvagh, County Londonderry. Robert Wallace, 78, who was residing in Belfast had not been seen since Thursday morning, despite attempts to locate him.
Read MoreThe Government is to crack down on teen alcohol abuse, following the publication of the latest European survey. The report shows we have one of the highest rates of binge-drinking among 15-year-olds. Ireland ranks third out of 33 surveyed countries.
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