2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1142+ words) HEALTH CAMPAIGNERS HAVE raised concerns over the heavy marketing of nicotine pouches at Irish music festivals this summer. The Irish Cancer Society estimates that up to 686,000 festival and concertgoers this summer have been subjected to “heavy marketing and promotional campaigns…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (576+ words) HSE SCIENTISTS TESTING drugs surrendered by Electric Picnic attendees this afternoon detected a third sample of the stimulant 3-CMC which had been mis-sold as MDMA. The two drugs have different effects and come-downs, and taking a drug that does not…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (959+ words) A LIMERICK FAMILY has sought answers from the Health Service Executive (HSE) over the “disgusting” treatment of their late mother, who had dementia, at University Hospital Limerick. Ita Tobin (83), from Ballynanty, died peacefully surrounded by her family at a nursing…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (841+ words) AS SOMEONE WHO has recently received a later-in-life ADHD diagnosis, it feels like every day I’m learning about things that could be related to my neurodiversity, and honestly some of them have been really eye-opening! And so, here are 10 things…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (185+ words) FOUR PEOPLE ATTENDED Dublin’s Mater Misericordiae Hospital’s eye emergency department in the week following the partial eclipse with symptoms of potential eye damage. The partial eclipse, which saw almost total coverage of the sun in Ireland, saw thousands of people…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (594+ words) TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED almost every aspect of our lives. The way we communicate, shop, work, travel, consume entertainment and manage our finances has been transformed by the small rectangle in our pocket that runs so much of our lives. It…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (504+ words) HIGH-RISK SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS have been found in vapes and products sold in shops in Ireland. That’s according to the HSE’s early warning system for drugs. The substances are linked to “serious physical and mental health harms”, including psychosis, loss of…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (621+ words) THE IRISH GOVERNMENT has not finalised a national position on EU regulations being worked on that aim to standardise the maximum permitted levels of vitamins and minerals in dietary supplements across 27 member states. The EU Commission, which began work on…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (481+ words) IT’S A DAY of rest, and you may be in the mood for a quiet corner and a comfy chair. We’ve hand-picked some of the week’s best reads for you to savour. In case you missed it, an exceptionally rare…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (571+ words) FESTIVAL GOERS ARE being warned of new forms of potent drugs that are circulating in Ireland. Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1′s Brendan O’Connor show today, HSE addiction lead Prof Eamon Keenan said that there have been “huge changes” in the…...