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Monday 29 May 2023 Dublin: 8°C

# difficulties

Last year
2022
# difficulties
Lewis Hamilton: I have struggled mentally and emotionally for a long time
The seven-time world champion revealed his struggle in an Instagram story on Thursday.
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# overly precautionary
Low alcohol consumption during pregnancy doesn't cause harm, experts say
Academics and senior midwives and doctors say the current guidelines promote unnecessary fear.
# access issues
Vice President of Paralympics Ireland prevented from voting freely
Wheelchair users were yesterday required to call ahead to arrange access at some polling stations.
# Courts
School told it must enrol boy (6) it deems "an unacceptable risk" to other students
A school has asked to overturn a direction that compels it to enrol him.
# clerys fallout
Best Menswear has gone into examinership
The store operates 13 branches around the country.
# slow uptake
There is one area in Ireland where it is really hard to get under-six free GP care
South Tipperary has seen a sign up of just four GPs out of a pool of 51.
# work around
The website for under-sixes free GP care is down, but it is still possible to register
The service has been experiencing a large volume of traffic this morning.
# Hard Times
Almost 200 people have lost their homes to bankruptcy in just over a year
Prior to January 2014, only 10 family homes or Principal Private Residences were surrendered.
# Ok then
Kevin Myers is worried about how same-sex couples are going to consummate their marriages
He has said that this could present a legal loophole when it comes to divorce.
# Tragic
Three surfers die after getting into difficulty off the English coast
The surfers were airlifted to hospital.
# galway university hospital -west
Nurses in overcrowded emergency department given stress management help
Galway University Hospital-West/North West Hospitals Group said that recruitment of more nurses is underway.
# Literacy
One-in-10 Irish children can't read properly when leaving school
One organisation, SUAS, is helping to fight that.
# Emergency Department
"Serious concern" over staff shortages in Emergency Departments
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has said that the problem will worsen after July.
# Employment
Report: Hard times for self-employed
A new report says that more and more self-employed people are having difficulties in accessing credit and paying their mortgage and loan payments.