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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Annmarie Byrne-Ryan and David Ryan welcomed their three sons into the world yesterday.
Many women put their health in second place after giving birth, an expert has said.
The babies range in weight from 890 grammes to 1.3 kilogrammes.
51,409 fathers have been awarded leave since the scheme began.
Plus: The number of thrusts that new self-lubricating condoms can withstand without losing its slipperiness.
The figure of 76 represents a drop in the comparable figure for 2016, when there were a total of 92 discharges.
Strict new coronavirus measures are coming into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Ireland has ranked 164th in the global neonatal mortality rate.
Researchers based in Cork have been awarded €570,000 to develop the system.
The baby boy was born at exactly seven seconds after 12 and came in weighing 3.26kg (7lbs 3oz).
The condition can have fatal consequences for babies up to three months of age.
“We have to take a wider societal view and not think of rearing children as something best done in one’s spare time, preferably by women,” Deirdre Clune said.
The shoe’s on the other foot, for once.
Babies with drug withdrawal symptoms undergo six to eight week of rehabilitation.
Irish researchers found that newborn boys have higher rates of infection and sepsis compared to baby girls of the same age.
Senator Larissa Waters fed her two-month-old daughter as she returned to work for the first time since giving birth.
The initiative allows fathers to take two weeks off work to help care for their babies, if they have enough PRSI contributions.
Ireland is currently one of the few countries that does not offer paternity leave.
Hi there, new arrivals.
The new agreement is the first of its kind in Ireland.
Azam Siddiqui was the first baby born on 25 December in Dublin.
New research has recorded a rise of 60% in cases of the infection over the past 25 years in the Netherlands.
New figures from the ESRI also show there were 1,217 sets of twins born last year, and 33 sets of triplets.
This new centre will focus on developing screening and diagnostic tests for monitoring pregnancy and newborns.
Pitter patter of little paws at Tayto Park.
An ESRI study shows a larger proportion of the Irish population having children than any other EU member state.
More details have been revealed about the proposed site for the National Children’s Hospital at the Coombe, which would be tri-located on a 20.5 acre site.
For the first time, there are more Hispanic, black and other minority children under the age of one in the US.
All of the babies in the Belfast unit have now been screened – though five are still carrying the bacterial infection.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
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Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
This week, a home cook and recent sea swimming convert talks us through her week.
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