Research into natural products is on the rise again as scientists in Ireland become 21st-century “medicine hunters” searching for ingredients for drugs, cosmetics and functional foods in Irish boglands, coastal waters and other terrains. The traditional use of plants in medicines, cosmetics and food predates both western medicine and scientific research. But as scientists began…
It’s maybe a year since Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh, and Emily Hegarty began to gel as a women’s four. Maybe. This morning, they franked a superb run of form by claiming a bronze medal under a burning sun.It is Ireland’s first podium place of these Games but surely not the last with this…
The UK has today outlined proposed changes to the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, with a cabinet minister saying that “we cannot go on as we are”. The move is set to ignite a furious row with the EU, with one of its top officials saying there is no room for renegotiation of the protocol. Northern…
14 May 2021 Unique sporting auction in aid of Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Steve Dukes, Head of Kit and Equipment for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is to auction a unique haul of personally signed shirts, including from all 92 clubs in the Premier League and Football League pyramid, in memory of his late father…
Ireland’s health service IT system has been shut down as a precautionary measure, following a cyber attack today. The Health Service Executive (HSE) believes the attack is by international criminals attempting to extort money, although no demand has yet been received. HSE confirmed there had been “a significant ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems”…
Ireland’s nationalised health service has shut down its IT systems following a “human-operated” Conti ransomware attack, causing a Dublin hospital to cancel outpatient appointments. The country’s Health Service Executive closed its systems down as a precaution, local reports from the Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ said, reporting that Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital had cancelled appointments for…
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Over the past week, Catholic priests all over Germany have been openly defying the Vatican by blessing same-sex couples. As the Vatican struggles to answer the demands for representation and inclusivity by some factions in the church, a growing number of Catholic faithful opt for disobedience as a last resort. The…
Sinn Féin is calling on the government to change the tax structure relating to international investment funds that purchase residential properties in Ireland. The party will bring a motion before the Dáil this week which will demand property funds pay “appropriate” levels of tax. It comes as some affordable housing bodies were outbid by property…
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Andre Galvao’s team put on an incredible show at Subversiv 5 when Kaynan Duarte, Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa, and Rafaela Guedes went unbeaten on route to winning ATOS’ second consecutive Subversiv title. Collectively they overcame stiff opposition on the way to the top beating elite representatives of American Top Team, Fightsports, and Checkmat, like Maggie Grindatti,…
