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Public warned of risk of Weil’s Disease following heavy rainfall

Leptospirosis or Weil's Disease is an infection frequently found both in domestic and wild animals, and can spread to humans through contact with rat or dog urine or foetal fluids from cattle. Infected urine or contaminated water can be found in ...

15 Aug 2022 at 13:44

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Summer took a while to get here, with many false starts, heatwaves sandwiched between rain clouds, and all of the things we’ve come to expect in Ireland. It finally did though, and as always we are ill prepared. For our faces, arms and legs, we ...

16 Aug 2022 at 13:02

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Wheelchair-user with debilitating skin condition set for charity challenge

A wheelchair-user who has constant pain caused by a rare skin disease is to join a major challenge to help fellow sufferers. Emma Fogarty was born with EB (epidermolysis bullosa), a condition which causes her skin to blister and wound at the ...

07 Aug 2022 at 16:15

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'Always better to be prepared' - Irish Monkeypox team formed

A management team has been set up in Ireland for the anticipation and "eventuality" of Monkeypox arriving in Ireland. Public Health Specialist and Interim Director of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dr Derval Igoe, told RTÉ ...

23 May 2022 at 12:01

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'Always better to be prepared' - Irish Monkeypox team formed

23 May 2022 at 17:00

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ALERT: Batches of baby formula recalled due to Salmonella and Cronobacter fears

Abbott has recalled batches of EleCare Similac and Alimentum Similac due to fears they contain Salmonella and Cronobacter Sakazakii, which can cause "severe" illness in infants if present in powdered formula. Both products are ...

22 Feb 2022 at 21:00

Local News

Coalition leaders set to meet on Tuesday to discuss Covid-19 threat

The Coalition leaders are set to meet on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing Covid-19 situation. Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will meet after the county witnessed a number of ...

03 Jan 2022 at 17:16

National News

Coalition leaders set to meet on Tuesday to discuss 'record high' Covid-19 cases

03 Jan 2022 at 16:17

National News

ALERT: Flea infestations could increase in Irish homes this winter

Rentokil, Ireland’s leading pest control provider, is advising home and business owners to be on the lookout for signs of flea infestations this winter period. Fleas typically move indoors at this time of year to ...

19 Jan 2022 at 13:21

Local News

ALERT: Flea infestations could increase in Irish homes this winter

19 Jan 2022 at 23:56

National News

Irish and NI poultry keepers warned they 'must act now' to limit spread of avian flu

Poultry flock owners have been warned they “must act now” to limit the spread of the largest ever outbreak of avian flu in the UK and Ireland. Stormont’s Agriculture minister Edwin Poots made an urgent ...

14 Dec 2021 at 14:57

National News

Warning issued over outbreak of Avian flu

A warning has been issued about the risk of the highly contagious Avian Flu after nearly 60 wild sea birds were detected with it on Irish coasts recently. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the ...

16 Sept 2022 at 11:27

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