Saturday, March 13, 2010 Previous editions
MORE marriages are breaking down because of financial and gambling worries and an alarming rise in the use of internet porn and cyber sex.
THE embattled MV Julia remained docked in Swansea last night after the 28,000-tonne vessel encountered even further mechanical problems.
JANUARY and February are good months to get away from it all. For two Corkmen, this meant spending two months rowing 5,500km across the Atlantic.
AN investigation has been demanded into how a racist email came to be sent from a public service email address to the broadcaster Vincent Browne.
IT appears that the stress associated with being the number one 55-year-old multimillionaire that 20-something Irish models can’t get enough of has finally got to property tycoon, Johnny Ronan.
THE Minister for Children Barry Andrews has met with senior Health Service Executive officials to discuss child welfare and protection services after ongoing cracks in services for children in care emerged during the week.
AS the first piece of jewellery given to a child, the baby bracelet becomes a family heirloom, a tangible keepsake for generations to come.
VARIATIONS in blood pressure are better for predicting the risk of stroke than high average readings, research has shown.
ATTEMPTS by Anglo Irish Bank to recover over €70m in unpaid loans from its former chief executive and chairman Seán FitzPatrick could prove a complex and lengthy process, according to legal and financial experts.
THE British home of Michael Jackson is being recreated for his Irish fans with pieces of furniture he personally commissioned going on display.
THE body of a Limerick pensioner who vanished in northern Italy almost 18 months ago has been recovered.
A LEVY to fund the new Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is being imposed on all broadcasters licensed in the state at the worst possible time, the head of the new independent regulator admitted yesterday.
PUBLIC service industrial action will continue next week as union leaders meet government officials in an attempt to broker a deal on pay cuts and changes to working practices.
TALLAGHT Hospital may like to describe its actions this week as open and transparent, but in reality another word is far more apt: irony.
THE absence from the country of Health Minister Mary Harney is only “adding to the information vacuum” surrounding unread X-rays and GP referral letters in Tallaght, and possibly other hospitals.
A LEADING north-east GP has claimed patient referral letters are being left unopened across the country to help hospitals avoid waiting list-related fines.
WITH Oxegen tickets going on sale yesterday, a look down the concert listings for the coming months shows we are set for a scorching hot summer of rock and roll.
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