# Hearing

All time

Opinion: The rights of the Deaf community have just been spectacularly undermined

Recent claims by the Government that it would support the development of key services through Irish Sign Language have been seriously undermined by the news that one national Deaf advocacy organisation has been forced to closed down.

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Jul 9th 2014, 1:00 PM

# listen up

Hard of herring? Not us, say crabs

Scientists have found crabs have an inner ear that helps them to hear nearby predators.

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Jun 18th 2014, 4:07 PM

# Hearing

Cork plane crash inquests to start today

Six people died in the 2011 crash.

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Jun 10th 2014, 11:09 AM

# upheld

Jared Payne handed two-week ban for 'reckless act' against Saracens

The Kiwi is suspended until Ulster’s home clash with Leinster.

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Apr 9th 2014, 2:13 PM

# inspired by cadbury

Woman hears music for the first time after 40 years

Her friend put together a very special mixtape for her.

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Mar 26th 2014, 5:56 PM

Voices

Column: Our world has never been louder – and noise can be dangerous

Tinnitus can be caused frighteningly easily – at any age – and even lead to permanent hearing damage, writes Robert Kelly.

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Mar 2nd 2014, 7:30 PM

# Sentencing

France scrum-half Morgan Parra to learn Six Nations fate tomorrow

The Clermont number nine attended a disciplinary hearing in Paris this morning.

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Feb 26th 2014, 3:42 PM

# pump down the volume

Turn it down: Deafness charity warns of hearing risk from loud earphones

DeafHear.ie say that that early results of a new study show that three out of five young people are listening to earphones at unsafe levels.

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Dec 10th 2013, 10:28 AM

# Budget 2014

Silent protest outside Dáil today over childrens' cochlear implants funding

Parents are calling on the Health Minister to allocate funding for bilateral cochlear implants for children.

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Oct 17th 2013, 6:50 AM

# Moriarty Tribunal

Fine Gael's €600k Moriarty Tribunal bill paid by Taoiseach's Department

The Moriarty Tribunal costs continue to accumulate…in the third quarter of this year, the bill came to €886,482.23.

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Oct 16th 2013, 6:10 AM

# cochlear

Family fundraises for hospital that helped Ellie hear

Ellie was diagnosed with hearing problems, and fitted for a cochlear implant. Now her family wants to give back to those who helped her.

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Sep 1st 2013, 7:45 AM

# Oscar Pistorius

Pistorius to be indicted for murder on Reeva Steenkamp's 30th birthday

The 26-year-old athlete is due back in court this morning.

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Aug 19th 2013, 7:15 AM

# Hearing

Texts, video cited in charges against NFL star Aaron Hernandez

A piece of blue Bubblicious gum and mobile phone tracing is at the centre of the case against the former Patriots tight end.

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Jun 27th 2013, 10:26 AM

# All Ears

Watch this 3-year-old hear his dad's voice for the first time

Born totally deaf, this is the moment Grayson Clamp first heard the words ‘I love you’.

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Jun 21st 2013, 9:18 AM

# listen up

“What’s that, dear?”: The science of selective hearing

Ever tuned out of one conversation just to listen in on another? Course you have.

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Jun 3rd 2013, 10:00 AM

# happy new ear

Concern over backlog for cochlear implants

Parents campaigning on the issue still hope to meet the Health Minister over the issue of bilateral cochlear implants for children.

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Jun 2nd 2013, 9:15 AM

# Hillsborough

Hillsborough families to attend pre-inquest hearing today

The pre-inquest hearing at London’s High Court is likely to set a date and location for the full inquests into the death of 96 people at Sheffield’s Hillsborough stadium 24 years ago.

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Apr 25th 2013, 6:30 AM

# cochlear implants

Billy’s fight to hear as parents call for cochlear implants

Billy Cairns (4) currently cannot hear as he has undergone an operation to repair a faulty cochlear implant – his parents say he would not be experiencing this if he had been fitted with two.

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Apr 21st 2013, 7:15 AM

# Inspiring

WATCH: 26-year-old woman hears sound for the first time

There’s something in our eye.

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Mar 20th 2013, 9:00 PM

# cochlear implants

Reilly: "Priority" to offer children bilateral cochlear implants in 2014

Parents are calling on the Government to fit children with two cochlear implants as standard, instead of the current one.

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Mar 14th 2013, 6:30 AM

# Anglo case

Pics: Seán FitzPatrick and former Anglo execs back in court

The former head of the now defunct bank was back in court today ahead of his and two other former bank executives’ trial next year.

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Mar 6th 2013, 3:59 PM

# Oscar Pistorius

Pistorius back in court as lead detective faces attempted murder charges

Charges against the detective has been withdrawn and Botha said he thought their reinstatement was linked to his work on this case.

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Feb 21st 2013, 7:45 AM

# Oscar Pistorius

PICTURES: Oscar Pistorius in court

Photographers were briefly allowed to work inside the courtroom today.

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Feb 20th 2013, 7:00 PM

# Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius to face pre-meditated murder charge

The Paralympic champion stands accused of the pre-meditated murder of 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp.

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Feb 19th 2013, 10:42 AM

# Isolation

Free seminar aims to support deaf teens and their parents who feel isolated

Irish Deaf Kids said students with hearing difficulties are now benefiting from modern technologies, which should be used more in schools.

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Feb 9th 2013, 8:30 AM

# Hearing

"It's a shame": Parents appeal for funding for cochlear implants

Parents are to hand a letter to Beaumont hospital calling on them to equip children with two implants instead of one.

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Jan 19th 2013, 9:45 AM

# Disappearance

April Jones abduction: Mark Bridger pleads 'not guilty'

The five-year-old has been missing since 1 October 2012.

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Jan 14th 2013, 11:45 AM

# Abortion

No psychiatrists outside Dublin to assess suicidal pregnant women

Dr Anthony McCarthy of the National Maternity Hospital said that there is a wrong assumption that women will try to manipulate psychiatrists by saying they are suicidal in order to have a termination.

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Jan 8th 2013, 10:42 AM

# Murder

Court hears of harrowing scenes at Aurora cinema shooting

One police officer recalled finding the youngest victim, a six-year-old girl, with no pulse.

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Jan 7th 2013, 9:52 PM

# Bus Eireann

Bus Eireann to cut some payments after unions reject Labour Court hearing

The company has said that it is to cut overtime, shift, premium and rota payments after trade unions rejected the offer, it said today.

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Dec 14th 2012, 2:19 PM

# All Ears

What was that? Free hearing tests available nationwide next week

Free hearing screening will be provided by Hidden Hearing in its 65 centres nationwide and through its mobile clinic which will tour the country.

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Sep 29th 2012, 7:45 AM

# Death Penalty

Death row prisoner given reprieve two hours before execution

Warren Hill, who is intellectually disabled,was sentenced to death for killing a fellow prisoner.

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Jul 24th 2012, 12:23 PM

# Fitzpatrick

Seán FitzPatrick charged in connection with alleged Anglo financial irregularities

The former chairman and chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank has been charged with 16 offences related to alleged fraud at the bank.

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Jul 24th 2012, 11:54 AM

# Irish Rail

Blind community to blitz Irish Rail with protest texts

Two staffers at Irish Rail are due to be inundated with texts about the poor quality of audible announcements on Irish trains.

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Jul 19th 2012, 6:30 AM

# RTÉ

RTÉ chair and DG back before Oireachtas committee over Fr Reynolds case

Tom Savage and Noel Curran face more questions from TDs and senators over the Fr Reynolds defamation case.

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May 22nd 2012, 1:45 PM

# Health

Caption competition: What is Uncle Gaybo listening to?

Your captions please…

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Mar 26th 2012, 1:09 PM

# Human Rights

Calls for government to recognise Travellers as ethnic group

At today’s Universal Periodic Review, the Irish government was also called on to address the situation of thousands of asylum seekers and take steps towards improving the conditions they live in.

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Mar 16th 2012, 7:00 AM

# Human Rights

Ireland takes steps to improve prison conditions

These include in-cell sanitation in Mountjoy and the introduction of special drug-free areas in prisons by the end of 2012.

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Mar 16th 2012, 6:45 AM

# Hearing

British Olympic Association look to uphold lifetime bans

They have called on the Court of Arbitration for Sport to throw out WADA’s challenge, which is seeking to allow banned athletes to compete at this summer’s games.

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Mar 12th 2012, 3:53 PM

# Banned

Game over: Bradley Davies banned for the rest of the Six Nations

The Welsh lock has been hit with a seven-week ban for his “tip tackle” on Ireland’s Donnacha Ryan.

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Feb 8th 2012, 2:17 PM