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Are bigger muscles worth the life-threatening effects?
The last decade has seen a complete transformation of the fitness industry in Ireland. Our country is now filled with commercial gyms, boxing clubs, training academies and smaller, private gyms. However, with this surge in health and training, there is now more pressure…
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Is social media doing enough to combat abusive content?
Twitter has disputed claims it hasn’t done enough to deal with abusive content on its platform after being questioned about racist abuse directed towards a mixed race couple living in Ireland.
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PrEP programme to be introduced in Ireland by November
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Health Minister Simon Harris and Health Promotion Minister Catherine Byrne have announced that a HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) programme will begin from November.
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Trinity animal testing increases by 90 percent
Figures received under Freedom of Information legislation have found that the number of animals used for experiments in Trinity college have more than doubled in the last year
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Nationalities of international undergraduate students in Ireland’s ‘Big 3’ Universities revealed for academic year 17/18
University College Dublin (UCD) has 7,869 international undergraduate students, making up 27 percent of total undergraduate student numbers in that college for the academic year 2017/2018. The college had another 21,257 Irish undergraduate students in that time. Meanwhile, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has…
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The formation of the suicide-prevention group Marinewatch that has saved 156 lives
Established in December 2012, the suicide-prevention group Marinewatch has worked tirelessly every single night for the past six years. During this time, they have dealt with a total of 334 incidents, 156 of which were suicide interventions. Wexford town has been well known…
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Climate change in Ireland, a societal as well as environmental issue
A report published by a United Nations Intergovernmental Panel back in October found that the potential consequences of climate change are even worse than initially projected. The report found that current trends project the planet warming over the 1.5-degree celsius mark between 2030…
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Former communications ministers receive more than €70,000 in mileage expenses in 30-month period
Mileage expenses paid to former Ministers at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment for local travel between May 2016 and October 2018 amounted to €70,972.30, according to figures obtained by TheCity following a Freedom of Information request. The politicians are former…
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While the SUSI grant helps many, some students still fall through the cracks
Just over 85,000 college students received a grant under the 2018 Student Grant Scheme according to figures released by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) under Freedom of Information legislation. During the 2018 academic year, 98,508 applications for a grant were submitted to SUSI’s…
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Disability services remain an issue
Trinity College has records of two complaints made in relation to disability access during 2017 while other colleges and Dublin County Council said they had no records of any complaints made. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, records with “information pertaining to…
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