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Tallaght's unexplained asthma epidemic (Free article)
26 October 2000
In a small estate in Fettercairn, Tallaght, there are 42 houses. In 40 of them, there is at least one person suffering from bronchial or asthmatic trouble. The majority didn't have the trouble before they moved to the area.
Clonakilty UDC protests hospital crisis (Free article)
26 October 2000
At Sinn Féin's instigation, Clonakilty Urban District Council recently agreed to write a letter of protest to the Minister for Health, Mícheál Martin, the Southern Health Board and the Manager of Cork University Hospital. The local authority was expressing its concern about ``the unacceptable situation in our hospitals, in particular the Cork…
Ó Caolain raises decentralisation in Dáil (Free article)
26 October 2000
The issue of decentralisation was raised once again in the Dáil by Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin last week. The Cavan/Monaghan TD questioned 26-County Minister for Finance Charlie McCreevy, who revealed that a Cabinet Sub-Committee on Decentralisation has been established and is expected to make decisions by the end of 2000.
Dubarry Workers blockade company (Free article)
26 October 2000
Pickets were placed on the Dubarry shoe manafacturing plant in Ballinasloe, County Galway, this week, following management's continued refusal to implement a pay agreement for its lowest paid staff negotiated five years ago, a position that has now led to an all-out strike.
Internment and Bloody Sunday (Free article)
26 October 2000
Edward Heath, the former Conservative Prime Minister, has announced his intention to retire from political life at the next election.
Fullerton murder inquiry call (Free article)
26 October 2000
Mary Nelis, Sinn Féin human rights spokesperson, has supported the call of the family of Eddie Fullerton for a full public inquiry into his death. ``From evidence available, Councillor Fullerton's killing had almost certainly been sanctioned at a high level within the British military establishment,'' she said.
Gas blow for West (Free article)
26 October 2000
Not only is the Irish economy not going to maximise its benefit from the huge gas reserves discovered in the Corrib field off the coast of Mayo, now the West and North west are also to be denied access to the new gas being piped ashore.
Invest to overcome inequity (Free article)
26 October 2000
26-County taxpayers are spending £130 million annually to subsidise the hospital stays of private patients. These were just some of the findings in a report published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) on the 26-County private healthcare sector.
Let someone else make the sandwiches (Free article)
26 October 2000
Well it was a first. Women gathered together from all across the Connaacht region. The meeting was held in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, last Saturday, organised by Women in the Connaught Sinn Féin Cúige.
Councillor demands urgent fire safety review (Free article)
26 October 2000
Cork City Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan O'Brien has called for an urgent review of all fire safety procedures in Cork Corporation housing estates.
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