Category: General
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SOCIAL MEDIA – THE RISE OF EATING DISORDERS AMONGST YOUNG IRISH PEOPLE
By Niamh Dobbs The number of hospital admissions for eating disorders amongst under-18s in Ireland has increased by 121%, from 170 in 2018 to 375 in 2022, according to The Health Research Board (HRB). What is an eating disorder? The HSE defines…
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Senator Tom Clonan, a man on a mission
Photo: Mary Phelan Senator Tom Clonan – retired army captain, security advisor, member of Seanad Eireann, author and carer Tom Clonan is a busy man. He started his working life in the Army. He later became an academic, lecturing in the School of…
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The main concerns of young Irish in today’s hectic world
A new survey shows that Ireland faces several challenges and major international problems, which make it hard for young people to grow up with confidence and ease when looking towards the future. According to the most recent Central Statistics Office (CSO) “Growing…
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Marathon madness – skip the prep, risk the pain
The first group of runners set off at the 2024 Irish Life Dublin Marathon, October 27, 2024 Photo: (DublinLive) Spanning 42 kilometres, with an average completion time ranging between four and five hours, marathon running can be regarded as the ultimate test of…
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“I think it’s historic that there are four women here, two interviewers and two female candidates and that should be recognised” – Humphreys and Connolly go head-to-head for one final Presidential Debate
On Tuesday 21 October, the final presidential debate took place on RTE’s Prime Time. Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys and Independent Catherine Connolly’s final showdown came after what feels like a very long few months of campaigning, scandal, social media posts and debating. A breath of relief was let out across the country, as…
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“It is here, and I don’t think it is going away any time soon” – an evening with President Barack Obama.
It’s my first time in the 3Arena since I went to a Billy Joel concert in 2013. Two trips for two extremely influential men. The seats are great (they would want to be for the €140 that they cost), and the atmosphere is…
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Oktoberfest 2025 in photos
By Daniel Keegan The 2025 Oktoberfest returned to the Theresienwiese public square in Munich this year. Monstrous beers and hearty Bavarian food filled each marquee table. The place was as loud as a rock concert with guests singing their hearts out to the…
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Photo Gallery: Hundreds run in Simon Community fundraiser to combat homelessness
By Sean Kavanagh The Simon Community ‘Home Run’ is an annual fundraiser that began in 1983 and it aims to raise money to support Dublin Simon Community’s work across emergency response and long-term housing solutions. According to the Department of Housing, there are…
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St. Michaels Estate and Inchicore have improvements coming… But it could’ve been so much more
St. Michaels Estate was a staple of Inchicore and Dublin city for positive, but mainly negative reasons. For many years St Michael’s Estate in Inchicore had an unenviable reputation as one of the worst affected areas in the city for heroin abuse But…
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Young voices, big vote: Are young people voting?
This podcast was recorded before the recent news of Jim Gavin leaving the presidential election. With the upcoming presidential election drawing near, the political engagement of young people is once again in the spotlight. Do they turn out to vote? If so,…
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