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FactCheck: Were Irish hospital staff told to stop calling patients 'love' or 'dear'?

Yesterday it was described as political correctness “gone mad”, but did the HSE even say it?

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Dec 4th 2018, 11:49 AM

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Naming cats and dogs: New figures show we like giving our animals celebrity names

The research, based on 70,000 pets from clinics in Dublin, Meath and Kildare, also shows a decline for some of the more traditional monikers.

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Oct 20th 2014, 3:30 PM

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Stop with the pet names, why don't you?

Journal of Animal Ethics claims that its call to stop using “derogatory terminology” about animals such as ‘beast’, ‘critter’, and ‘pets’ has been misinterpreted.

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May 4th 2011, 5:52 PM