About three in every 100 people injured by rubber bullets died as a result, according to a review of recorded casualties published Tuesday, calling for alternative crowd control measures.
Dec 19, 2017
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Patients with a "mental disorder" in England and Wales can be detained and treated against their will under the Mental Health Act (MHA). The United Nations has said the UK should repeal legislation authorising compulsory ...
Nov 16, 2017
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Ireland's prime minister says the country will hold a referendum on lifting its constitutional ban on abortion in May or June.
Sep 26, 2017
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It might be seen by some as one of the ultimate parenting taboos – to admit that you smack your child. Yet research from the Children's Society reveals just 14% of adults think slapping children is unacceptable. It's clear ...
Sep 5, 2017
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Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that one in eight adults over the age of 50 living in Ireland are vitamin D deficient (
Sep 5, 2017
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A new technology—'dialysis for the lungs'—which could save thousands of lives in Intensive Care Units is being taken forward by researchers at Queen's University Belfast in one of the biggest clinical trials in the world ...
May 18, 2017
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Women in Ireland and Northern Ireland acquiring medical abortion pills through online telemedicine report successful terminations with low rates of adverse effects, according to new research published in The BMJ by Princeton ...
May 16, 2017
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Queen's University Belfast scientists have discovered that specific cells from the immune system are key players in brain repair – a fundamental breakthrough that could revolutionise the treatment of debilitating neurological ...
Mar 15, 2017
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Healthcare is a complex beast and too often problems arise that can put patients' health – and in some cases, lives – at risk. A collaboration between the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research and the Department ...
Nov 15, 2016
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Scientists at the University of Exeter Medical School were part of genetics research which could help explain the legend of giants in Irish folklore.
Oct 17, 2016
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