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Whilst reading over the Pandemic Contingency Plan for Swine Flu over DCU I began to wonder exactly what plan would be in place in the Dáil. If things get as bad as the hand disinfectant manufactures hope it does will the Government be forced to implement emergency powers if the Teachtaí Dála contract the H1N1 [...]

Aproximately twelve Students’ Unions sabbatical officers across the country are suspected of contracting Swine Flu, a Student Leader has said. It is believed that the third level students may have contracted the virus during the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) UOS training which was held in Waterford last week. One of the student leaders had contact with [...]

I was sitting in my final Perspectives on Culture lecture with Jim Rogers, a very likeable and interesting lecturer. I burst into giggles when I received an email from the University Health Service advising us of the symptoms and precautions to take over the bank holiday weekend. Jim enquired as to what I found to [...]

The Health Service Executive has been given 48 hours to furnish Children’s Minister, Barry Andrews TD with a report into its handling of the Roscommon Incest/Child Abuse case. According to today’s Irish Times Minister Andrews has expressed “absolute shock and abhorrence” at the revelations during the trial and as result the HSE has appointed an external regional Manager [...]

It’s been a long time since this issue has hit the headlines or been on the lips of many political commentators. The current economic crisis and political disquiet has taken obvious priority, but as expected the Roscommon Incest Case has brought it firmly back on the media spotlight. It was truly a horrific case of [...]