# Fluoride

All time

Major Irish study finds 'no safety concern' from exposure to fluoride

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland said it was the “most comprehensive scientific study” of fluoride ever undertaken here.

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Apr 30th 2018, 2:05 PM

# Drink up

Another review has found fluoride in drinking water is not harmful

The review adds to two previous international studies.

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Jun 2nd 2015, 2:10 PM

# The Whole Tooth

The US is reducing the amount of flouride in its water

It’s because of splotchy teeth.

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Apr 27th 2015, 9:23 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Everything you need to know as you start your morning.

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Mar 10th 2015, 9:00 AM

# gnashers

Want to keep your teeth into old age? Drink up that fluoridated water

A new TCD study has found a link between fluoridated water and oral health in old age.

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Mar 10th 2015, 6:00 AM

# you told us

Top comments of the week

Did you make the cut?

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Jan 31st 2015, 11:00 AM

# Drinking Water

Galway the latest council to call for fluoride ban - despite what the science says

Dentists don’t agree with a ban, neither do public health boards.

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Jan 27th 2015, 3:45 PM

# water fluoridation

Poll: Are you in favour of water fluoridation?

Should fluoride be added to our water?

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Jan 27th 2015, 9:42 AM

# Smile

Irish dentists say your kids' teeth will decay if we remove fluoride from water

A meeting yesterday heard that dental surgeries are “brimming with children under seven who are already showing signs of irreparable tooth decay

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Oct 31st 2014, 6:30 AM

# water works

Dublin city councillors vote against fluoride

We spoke to a councillor who proposed the motion, and a councillor opposed to it.

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Oct 7th 2014, 11:34 AM

Voices

Opinion: Water fluoridation is controversial, but trust evidence over scaremongering

Scare tactics and misinformation should have no place in deciding public health policy.

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Oct 4th 2014, 7:00 PM

# Drinking Water

Dublin City Council to debate motion on ending public water fluoridation

Cork County Council has already passed a motion calling on the Government to legislate for change.

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Jul 14th 2014, 4:54 PM

# unanimous vote

Cork County Council calls for an immediate end to water fluoridation

The largest county council in the country passed a motion calling on the Government to legislate for change.

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Mar 10th 2014, 5:25 PM

# Friday sittings

'I binge drink myself, and I'm ashamed of that': TDs debate alcohol sponsorship of sport

Alcohol and fluoridation of the Irish drinking water supply were discussed by a small number of TDs in a new-look Friday sitting in the Dáil today.

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Nov 8th 2013, 4:51 PM

Voices

Column: I believe water fluoridation is harmful to my health, why should I pay for it?

With water charges due to be implemented, Aisling Fitzgibbon argues that if people are paying for water they should have more of a say about what’s in it.

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Aug 12th 2013, 7:30 PM

# naked protest

The naked truth? Anti-fluoride protesters strip off to demand 'safe' water

The naked demonstration will “symbolise how we in Ireland have been stripped of our rights to clean safe water”, according to organisers.

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Jul 11th 2013, 7:45 AM

# fluoridation

Proposed bill would ban fluoride from Ireland's water

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has introduced the bill, which would see the act of putting fluoride into water made illegal.

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May 9th 2013, 2:05 PM

# Leinster House

Oireachtas agenda: HSE changes, Garda cuts and fluoride in water

The funeral of Det Garda Adrian Donohoe means it’ll be a relatively quiet day in Leinster House.

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Jan 30th 2013, 8:00 AM

# caption comp

Caption Competition: What is Luke Ming Flanagan up to?

He’s actually posing with ‘The Girl Against Fluoride’ on Grafton Street today, but what is he saying?

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Dec 19th 2012, 6:07 PM