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Medical Council 'engaging' in case of UCD student - Govt

The Medical Council is "actively engaging" in the case of a UCD medical student whose sexually explicit image was circulated via college emails and to a large student WhatsApp group.

Politics • 05 Mar

In this photo illustration, iPhone screens display various social media apps on the screens

INTO seeks taskforce on 'escalating' social media dangers

Primary teachers' union the INTO has called for a national taskforce to deal with the "real and escalating danger" presented by social media.

Education • 05 Mar

Minister Hildegarde Naughton announced a pause to the review of SNA allocations following concerns raised by parents and schools

Education body apologises for 'upset' over SNA review

The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has apologised for "any and all upset and uncertainty" caused by a review of Special Needs Assistants (SNA) allocations.

Politics • 05 Mar

A Health Committee heard that the majority of child psychiatrists in Kerry are working remotely

Kerry psychiatrist working from Middle East, cttee hears

An Oireachtas Health Committee has heard that around 60% of consultant psychiatrists for Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are never on site.

Politics • 04 Mar

Turning off 'toxic social media algorithms' debated

The Dáil has debated the Online Safety (Recommender Algorithms) Bill 2026, which People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy said would "turn off toxic social media algorithms".

Politics • 04 Mar

TDs commit to draft of 'Jax's Law', Aylward says

A Co Wexford mother whose unborn child died after she was involved in a road crash said TDs have committed to publishing a draft of 'Jax's Law' by the end of this month.

Leinster • 03 Mar

Watch: Govt to charter Oman flight for 280 Irish citizens

The Government will charter a flight from Oman in the coming days for Irish people to return from the Middle East, Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said.

Middle East • 04 Mar

'Our lives are worth saving' - patients with rare disease

People living with a rare neurological degenerative disease have called on the Government to make the first treatment for the disease available to them.

Health • 25 Feb