Marie-Louise Connolly, Denise O’Connor and David Hunter BBC Spotlight BBC Shelley Browne was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis after Ruby’s birth A new mother who was detained in a psychiatric hospital for five weeks says she “felt like a prisoner” because she was separated from her baby. Shelley Browne, who had postpartum psychosis, was admitted under … Read more
A fierce storm knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people in Ireland and threatened to disrupt travel across Britain on Friday, one last punch from a weather pattern that has already delivered bitter cold and record-breaking snow to parts of the United States. Damaging gales from the storm, which is named Eowyn, are … Read more
Twitter, now rebranded as X, has been ordered to pay €550,000 (approximately ₹5 crore) to former employee Gary Rooney after an unfair dismissal case. According to a report in Fortune, the decision, handed down by Ireland’s Workplace Relations Commission, is the largest compensation ever awarded by the agency. Rooney, who had worked at Twitter’s Ireland … Read more
Getty Images A skin rash is a common symptom of measles, and appears after a few days of cold-like symptoms There have been 11 cases of measles recorded in Northern Ireland in the past 6 months. In the Republic of Ireland 68 cases were logged within the same time frame. Measles is highly infectious and … Read more
India vice-captain Hardik Pandya made a stunning comeback to the Indian team on Wednesday, 5 June against Ireland. Pandya, playing for the first India game since his exit in the ODI World Cup 2023 picked up 3 wickets on his return from his full quota of 4 overs. Pandya was on the money from his … Read more
Twelve people travelling on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Ireland were injured during a bout of turbulence, Dublin Airport said on Sunday, adding that the plane landed safely and as scheduled. Flight QR017, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, landed shortly before 1 p.m. Dublin time (1200 GMT), the airport said. “Upon landing, the aircraft … Read more
Disruption is expected in Northern Ireland’s health services as junior doctors begin walk out. Source link
The law will mean that people born in or after 2009 will never be able to legally buy cigarettes. Source link
Image source, PacemakerImage caption, Why decisions were taken about what happened in Northern Ireland hospitals during the pandemic will be one of the things examined by the inquiry By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC News NI health correspondent “Watching Covid patients say goodbye to their families via a Zoom call was difficult and extremely emotional.” Dr George … Read more
Joanna Barrett, associate head of policy at the NSPCC, said: “All children deserve the same protection from assault as adults. Yet in England and Northern Ireland, children continue to be exposed to a legal loophole that can undermine their basic right to protection under the guise of ‘reasonable chastisement’. Source link