# Campaign

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# drivers for change

Workshops being rolled out to taxi drivers to help deal with passengers in distress

Aware and Mytaxi have launched a campaign encouraging drivers to promote positive mental health.

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Feb 4th 2018, 7:30 AM

# factfind

FactCheck: Are 90% of babies with Down syndrome in Britain aborted?

We take a look at a claim in a poster used in a new campaign by Save the 8th.

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Feb 4th 2018, 4:00 AM

Voices

Despite all our new communication modes, people are lonelier than ever

Loneliness is as prevalent in the young as it is in the old, it just manifests itself differently, writes Dr Keith Swanick.

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Jan 26th 2018, 7:00 AM

# Off the hook

Brian Cody free to oversee Kilkenny campaign and will not face sanction

Leinster GAA have confirmed that they judged the incident was dealt with sufficiently.

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Jan 24th 2018, 7:00 AM

# changing tack

'I won't be running a similar campaign' - Minister drops 'Welfare Cheats' approach, but says €500m fraud figure 'absolutely accurate'

“It’s difficult to say in hindsight whether I would have run such a campaign or not,” says Minister Regina Doherty.

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Dec 28th 2017, 6:15 AM

# ALONE

Living alone in old age: 'When my wife died, I discovered I didn't have close friends. It's lonely'

Alone, a charity for older people, has launched its Christmas campaign – No one should be alone this Christmas.

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Nov 22nd 2017, 6:20 AM

# carrying on

Living with dementia: 'Do I hide it or be straight? I went with straight. You have to live your life.'

Two dementia sufferers are telling their stories as part of a new HSE awareness campaign.

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Oct 26th 2017, 5:37 PM

# winter flu

Patients 'have a right to ask doctors and nurses if they have received the flu vaccine'

Health Minister Simon Harris said just one third of all health workers got the vaccine last year.

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Oct 2nd 2017, 4:32 PM

# What Happened

'Back up you creep' - Hillary Clinton speaks about Donald Trump looming behind her during debate

It’s in an extract from her new book called What Happened.

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Aug 23rd 2017, 3:05 PM

# Voting

16-year-old boy running for Kansas governor seat

The teenager said he would support legalising marijuana for medical purposes but he is conservative on gun rights.

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Aug 19th 2017, 1:00 PM

# Campaign

Trump says Russia wanted Hillary Clinton to win the Presidential election

The US President will arrive in Paris shortly for a two-day visit.

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Jul 13th 2017, 7:47 AM

# Bantry

Locals angered by 'lack of consultation' by government over mass harvesting of seaweed

Tralee-based company BioAtlantis wants to harvest Bantry’s kelp for bioengineering purposes. It says it has complied with all State demands concerning the application for a licence.

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Jul 9th 2017, 10:00 PM

# Victim

'There’s been a significant campaign against me personally' - Gatland

The Lions coach has felt targeted by the New Zealand Herald.

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Jun 27th 2017, 2:22 PM

# love the lee

'People's hearts are broken by the thought of this': Cork locals launch their own flood defence plans

The group Save Cork City is launching the plans this evening.

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May 19th 2017, 6:34 PM

# French election

Macron says hacked documents have been mixed with false ones to 'sow doubt and disinformation'

A flood of internal documents were released online last night, barely 24 hours before the election.

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May 6th 2017, 10:01 AM

# Welfare Cheats

Reports of suspected social welfare fraud double after launch of advertising campaign

Leo Varadkar’s department made €41 million in overpayments due to customer fraud in 2016.

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May 5th 2017, 6:05 AM

# children's health

Three year campaign results in 33,000 children with disabilities getting full medical cards

Children who receive the Domiciliary Care Allowance are now eligible for a full medical card.

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May 2nd 2017, 7:57 PM

# repeal the eighth

'I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of special Dáil committee are anti-choice' - Smith

Solidarity-PBP says a referendum on abortion should be held before the autumn.

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May 2nd 2017, 1:44 PM

# Stigma

'Let them know you're there for them': Half of people under 35 would conceal mental health issue

Almost a fifth of people would delay seeking help for a mental health issue, due to the perceived stigma around them.

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May 1st 2017, 7:30 AM

# kilbarrack station

'It's an absolute nightmare': Dart driver on the fear of hitting people on the tracks

A new video shows how dangerous crossing the tracks can be.

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Apr 23rd 2017, 12:10 AM

# France

Latest poll has Le Pen and Macron head-to-head in French presidential race

The two frontrunners are staging rival rallies today in Paris.

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Apr 17th 2017, 2:45 PM

# trump troubadour

He stopped paying his mortgage so he could sing at Trump rallies - and now he's feeling a little disillusioned

Just two months after the election, Kraig Moss, aka the Trump Troubadour, isn’t feeling quite so positive about Donald Trump as he did before.

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Apr 8th 2017, 9:00 PM

# obama17

50,000 French people want Barack Obama to run in their presidential race

Posters have appeared across Paris with his iconic slogan translated into French.

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Mar 11th 2017, 8:30 AM

# Standing firm

Threat of a far-right French presidency is real 'but France will not give in', says Hollande

Alain Juppe ruled himself out as a candidate today.

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Mar 6th 2017, 12:16 PM

# Breakdown

'People were forced to live in the same house for years': Two decades of divorce in Ireland

Divorce was legalised 20 years ago after a bitter campaign and a very tight results in a referendum – now there are calls for the law to be modernised.

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Jan 4th 2017, 6:30 AM

# Home for Home

Dragon's Den businessman sells home, raises €273,000 for homeless charities

The money raised will go to COPE Galway and Focus Ireland to help house families in Galway.

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Dec 17th 2016, 9:17 AM

# Books

What's your favourite childhood book? New campaign tries to get kids reading for Christmas

Research shows over half of Irish parents would like to read to their children more.

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Dec 10th 2016, 5:00 PM

# home from home

Dragon’s Den businessman to sell Aran Islands home and donate funds to homeless charities

The €300,000 sale will provide deposits to purchase at least 15 homes for families who are homeless.

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Nov 29th 2016, 4:20 PM

# Campaign

Lego stops advertising with the Daily Mail following 'Stop Funding Hate' campaign

The Stop Funding Hate campaign attempts to target advertisers in certain UK newspapers, agitating for them to withdraw their business.

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Nov 12th 2016, 2:18 PM

# the donald

Donald Trump: a timeline of the most bonkers events from a truly bonkers presidential campaign

Love him or loathe him, the Donald has kept the world enthralled for the past 18 months.

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Nov 6th 2016, 7:30 PM

# Final Countdown

Clinton says FBI actions 'deeply troubling' as Trump steps up his attacks

Clinton pressed FBI Director James Comey to put out the “full and complete facts” about the review into a cache of recently discovered emails.

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Oct 30th 2016, 10:52 AM

# on till november

'Let's get coffee, Friend' - The campaign begging emails clogging up America's inboxes

From Broadway tickets to coffee with Ivanka, the Clinton and Trump campaigns are trying every trick to hook donors.

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Oct 15th 2016, 7:00 AM

# stephen bannon

Trump campaign chief denies anti-Semitic remarks about daughters' school

The revelation comes a day after reports emerged that domestic charges were filed against him 20 years ago.

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Aug 27th 2016, 11:58 AM

# what pivot?

Trump hires head of a right-wing website in latest campaign reshuffle

Paul Manafort, the Trump campaign chairman, has come under scrutiny for his links to the pro-Russia former president of Ukraine.

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Aug 17th 2016, 3:58 PM

# Iran

British-Iranian mum detained in Iran accused of trying to overthrow the regime

The British Prime Minister Theresa May has raised concerns about the mother of one with the Iranian president.

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Aug 15th 2016, 8:49 AM

# will he stay or will go?

Is it possible for Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race? And what would happen if he did?

Trump has come under fire recently for a number of high-profile incidents.

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Aug 4th 2016, 1:46 PM

# Think of the Children

Trump tells Virginia mother to get crying baby 'out of here'

Meanwhile, France’s president has said the Republican nominee makes “you want to retch”.

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Aug 3rd 2016, 7:23 AM

# Breakthrough

The ice bucket challenge: It actually made a huge difference

Around €104 million was raised through people dumping water over their heads.

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Jul 27th 2016, 1:03 PM

# Recruitment Drive

Search begins for new officers with "tolerance and humanity" to work in Irish prisons

The first recruits are expected to enter prison service college in early 2017.

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Jul 8th 2016, 11:35 AM

# snowblow

New HIV cases in injecting drug users had a big rise in 2015

A new campaign is being launched this morning which aims to highlight the issue for Irish AIDS Day.

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Jun 15th 2016, 6:15 AM