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# Mice

This year
2023
Forensic Science Ireland offices dealt with spate of mice infestations in past year
Emails released by FSI reveal a litany of issues with rodents at their HQ in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.
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Jan 5th 2023, 6:00 AM
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Farmers battle to save crops after 'plague' of mice invade Australia's rural east
Farmers fear this year’s harvest is at risk and have asked the government for emergency permission to lay down pesticides.
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Mar 19th 2021, 10:18 PM
Dublin requests for HSE pest control increased by around one-fifth last year
The callouts were spread more evenly across the north and south of the county compared to 2019.
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Feb 28th 2021, 6:30 AM
Cockroaches and rodent droppings: 11 food businesses received closure orders in June
Four of the orders were issued to businesses in the Moore Street Mall in Dublin city centre.
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Jul 8th 2019, 12:54 PM
Weirdly shaped mouse sperm can be used to tell species apart
Being able to better differentiate between species will help researchers fight the spread of diseases they carry.
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Jan 1st 2019, 8:30 PM
Cork hospital spends €30k on pest control after rodents were found in sink
Pest control companies attended the hospital more than 120 times last year.
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Mar 13th 2018, 7:53 PM
Meath pizzeria receives closure order after human excrement observed 'bubbling up through toilet bowl'
Seven businesses were served with closure orders by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in December.
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Jan 9th 2018, 12:53 PM
From next year, stores will have to track the sales of rodent poison
EU directives will mean new regulations for the general public, professional pest controllers, and farmers.
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Dec 16th 2017, 8:30 AM
Cholesterol-lowering vaccine could be available in six years
The medication has shown promise in mice.
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Jun 20th 2017, 7:27 AM
Pest company called to St James's Hospital more than 100 times in last two years
Among the many different pests encountered on the hospital’s campus in recent times were ants, cockroaches, mice, pigeons, and woodlice.
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Apr 16th 2017, 6:56 PM
A short history of mice: The little rodents have been with us for much longer than we thought
House mice were common more than 3,000 years before the earliest known evidence of farming.
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Apr 1st 2017, 11:00 AM
We can now add 'third hand smoke' to the reasons smoking is dreadful for our health
Third hand smoke (THS) refers to the sticky residue from tobacco smoke that clings to walls and furniture.
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Feb 4th 2017, 6:45 AM
Stress in pregnancy can impact children for life
Researchers say it shows the need to talk about mental health in pregnancy.
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Dec 29th 2016, 7:30 AM
Sperm has been made from mouse stem cells paving way for treatment of male infertility
Scientists say the breakthrough may lead to ‘exciting new’ fertility treatments.
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Feb 25th 2016, 9:34 PM
We finally know why there are holes in Swiss cheese
And it has only taken a century of research.
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Jun 1st 2015, 10:30 AM
Protester releases a load of mice during Congress hearing
The incident interrupted a hearing into a massive graft scandal.
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Apr 9th 2015, 11:45 PM
Rats On A Plane: Rodent infestation grounds Indian aircraft
“I have HAD it with these rats,” is what Samuel L Jackson might have said if he had been on the flight.
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Aug 6th 2014, 2:00 PM
Turns out a good night's sleep after learning something new WILL improve memory
Are you paying attention Leaving Certs?
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Jun 7th 2014, 7:00 AM
Just some mice, on turntables, running as fast as their little legs will carry them
Yes, it’s exactly what you think it is. Bear with us.
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May 21st 2014, 8:30 PM
The male contraceptive pill now a step closer
Scientists in Australia managed to make male mice infertile.
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Dec 3rd 2013, 8:27 AM
Debunked: Is a rat never more than a few metres away?
That would mean there could be one right at the foot of your bed, but is this actually the case?
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Aug 18th 2013, 10:30 AM
Plane damaged on Dublin Airport runway was carrying... rats and mice
Rodents were on the cargo flight from England which became stranded on the airport’s main runway this morning.
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Mar 7th 2013, 1:57 PM
Potential infertility cure: stem cells create viable eggs in mice
It’s a long way from working in humans but researchers have made a leap forward.
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Oct 4th 2012, 7:46 PM
Study shows males exposed to chronic stress have anxious daughters
Tests conducted on mice show psychiatric disorders may depend on our fathers’ experiences in their youth.
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Aug 22nd 2012, 6:05 PM
Top 10 TheJournal.ie stories you tweeted in 2011
Gay mice, a footballer leaving Twitter and an April Fools’ joke – some of the stories you most wanted to share with your Twitter followers.
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Dec 27th 2011, 3:00 PM
Dieting forces the brain to eat itself - report
It’s emerged that in order to conserve energy, the body’s starvation mode kicks in and brain cells eat themselves, like other parts of the body.
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Aug 2nd 2011, 9:01 PM
Scientists 'turned mice gay' through hormone immunity
Researchers in China bred mice with brains unreceptive to serotonin, and found that they lost the impulse to mate with females.
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Mar 24th 2011, 11:01 AM
Pizzeria owner accused of planting mice to sabotage rivals
Police call attempt to release rodents into rival restaurants “food terrorism by mice”.
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Mar 1st 2011, 1:34 PM
Exterminators warn of rodent increase as winter approaches
Rentokil says its call-out figures are up 40% this year as the onset of a cold winter attracts rodents indoors.
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Nov 11th 2010, 6:51 PM