Insurance companies continue to 'fleece' consumers - ClarkeThe insurance industry is continuing to rip off consumers and pocket savings brought about by recent reforms. That's according to Deputy Sorca Clarke, who was commenting after the findings of a recent insurance industry survey conducted by Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty were published by the party. “Sinn Féin then led a campaign to ban the unfair and discriminatory practice where insurance companies were artificially hiking the premiums of renewing customers. “This is unacceptable, particularly at a time when motor insurance profits reached their highest level in more than a decade – reaching €159 million in 2022 alone. “It is time to progress this bill, protect consumers, and pressure the insurance industry to do the right thing and cut prices.”
Source:Irish Independent
July 23, 2024 03:20 UTC
Lewis Hamilton accuses Max Verstappen of hostility in Hungarian GPBy Philip Duncan, PA F1 Correspondent, HungaroringLewis Hamilton accused Max Verstappen of “always being hostile” in the aftermath of their latest collision at Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Verstappen locked up under braking, clipping Hamilton’s Mercedes before briefly being launched airborne on two wheels, as the one-time rivals duelled for third place at the Hungaroring. Hamilton’s Mercedes team said Verstappen was “out of control”, with the Dutchman claiming his opponent moved under braking. Hamilton and Verstappen were called before the stewards but both men escaped without punishment. “I left enough room on the inside, but Max locked up and he was going on a different trajectory to me.
Source:Irish Independent
July 23, 2024 03:20 UTC
Priscilla Lynch recently visited Cape Town, South Africa, as part of her journalism Fellowship. South Africa has a very low national life expectancy – just 61.5 years in 2021, according to data from the World Health Organisation. South Africa still has one of the highest rates of HIV in the world, despite significant progress in the roll-out of antiretroviral treatment (ART). As of 2021, eight million people in South Africa were infected with HIV, which is 13 per cent of the country’s total population. Like many publicly funded health services in South Africa, funding and staffing are inadequate in relation to patient demand.
Source:Irish Independent
July 23, 2024 02:05 UTC
A slowdown in the growth of consultant posts could “critically undermine” efforts to reach the target of 6,000 consultants by 2030, according to internal reports presented by the HSE Chief Clinical Officer (CCO). Just 100 consultant posts were funded in the HSE National Service Plan 2024, stated a report by CCO Dr Colm Henry to the HSE safety and quality committee on 15 February. The NCHD taskforce’s final report, approved by the Minister for Health and published on 7 February, recommended increasing consultant posts to 6,000 with a target ratio of 110 consultants per 100,000 population. According to the Medical Workforce Analysis Report 2023-2024, consultants per 100,000 people ranged from 76 in HSE West and Northwest to 52 in HSE Midwest. A substantial proportion of the required training posts could be created through conversion of non-training posts, which numbered 3,885 (2,275 registrar posts and 1,610 SHO posts).
Source:Irish Independent
July 23, 2024 02:03 UTC
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Source:The Herald
July 23, 2024 01:40 UTC
Tullamore Wheelers. Photo: Paddy RyanOffaly cyclists take part in scenic Ring of Clare cyclePrevious Next Image 1 of 2 Team 905. Photo: Paddy RyanCyclists from across Offaly took part in an 160km cycle event in Clare over the weekend. It is estimated that the Škoda Ring of Clare Cycle was worth €1m to the local economy. This was the 10th year of Škoda's involvement with the Ring of Clare Cycle, and the event is the largest annual leisure sportive event in the Mid West.
Source:Irish Independent
July 23, 2024 00:03 UTC
Catherine Healy, historian in residence at the Irish Emigration Museum (Epic), where shared histories of Irish and Indian migration are being examined as part of the Looking East exhibition. Looking East draws on colonial experiences and highlights the mutual struggles of the countries as they gained independence. “One of the things that we tried to do at this museum was to highlight the lesser-known stories of Irish migration, and India is an interesting case. Epic's Looking East exhibition. By the late 19th century, Irishmen ran seven of the eight provinces of British India.
Source:The Irish Times
July 22, 2024 22:29 UTC
Federal Reserve chairman says they need irrefutable proof that inflation is retreating to its 2 per cent target. Rather, they see a number of benefits in waiting a bit longer to lower their policy rate from its current 5.25-5.5 per cent level. Reinforcing the case is a meaningful shift under way in the labour market. Importantly, however, the Fed does not want the labour market to deteriorate further. “If you wait, there is a risk on the economic side that you see more of a deterioration in the labour market,” he said.
Source:The Irish Times
July 22, 2024 22:19 UTC
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Source:The Herald
July 22, 2024 22:12 UTC
Ennis set for Clare homecoming following All-Ireland victoryThe Clare Senior Hurling team and the Liam MacCarthy Cup will be welcomed back to the Banner on Monday evening with a homecoming event in Ennis. Brian Lohan's team won the county's fifth All-Ireland Senior Hurling title on Sunday, beating Cork by 3-29 to 1-34 after extra time. Kelly is the fourth Clare man to lift the MacCathy Cup for his county, joining Ambrose Power (1914), Anthony Daly (1995 & 1997) and Patrick Donnellan (2013). The team will make their way to Ennis via Lohan's club, Wolfe Tones GAA in Shannon, where they are expected to arrive at 4pm. They will then continue on to Clarecastle for around 6pm, before heading on to Ennis where the homecoming event will get underway at the Fair Green from 7.30pm.
Source:Irish Independent
July 22, 2024 20:27 UTC
Gerard CouzensAn 11-year-old Irish girl has died after plunging from the seventh floor of a Majorcan hotel where she was staying with her family. The tragedy happened at Club Mac, an all-inclusive three-star resort that specialises in families. A regional emergency coordination centre has offered the youngster’s family trauma counsellors. One well-placed insider said: “The girl who died was one of three children. Local reports are suggesting the child fell by accident, although the Civil Guard has not yet made any official comment.
Source:The Herald
July 22, 2024 20:17 UTC
High Court reportersA secondary school teacher who forged the signatures of two other teachers on a form to prove he had completed required teaching practice has been suspended from the register for one month by order of the High Court. The inquiry heard the two other teachers had confirmed to the Teaching Council they had not signed the form or given approval for their signature to be used. At the time of submitting the form, the teacher had not completed a requirement under the Droichead process in relation to classroom observations of experienced teachers’ practice. The inquiry heard the teacher originally claimed the use of the signatures of the other teachers had arisen out of a "miscommunication", but quickly accepted he had acted wrongly. The committee was also informed that the teacher had apologised to the Teaching Council in November 2022 and claimed he had genuinely misunderstood some requirements of the Droichead process.
Source:The Herald
July 22, 2024 20:16 UTC
After achieving sustained clinical remission, treatment was stopped and participants were followed in routine clinical practice to evaluate the possibility of maintaining drug-free remission. In univariate analysis, only sex and baseline BASDAI score were significantly different between those who did and did not achieve sustained clinical remission. Of those who achieved sustained clinical remission and were taken off treatment, 84.8 per cent experienced a disease relapse within one year. However, inducing drug-free remission in axSpA remains challenging. Treat-to-target approach allows to induce sustained clinical remission in over 60 per cent of patients with early axial spondyloarthritis.
Source:Irish Independent
July 22, 2024 20:06 UTC
Bishop Eamon Casey was a 'sexual predator', according to new RTÉ documentaryMichael BoltonThe former CEO of The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland, Ian Elliott, has described Bishop Eamonn Casey as "a sexual predator". His niece, Patricia Donovan, claims he first raped her at the age of five and that the sexual abuse continued for years. Mr Elliot found her account of what she experienced “entirely credible”, describing Bishop Casey as, on balance of probabilities, “an offender, a sexual predator." By this stage, the Vatican had now received at least two allegations of child sexual abuse against Bishop Casey. Bishop Casey consistently denied all the allegations of child sexual abuse made against him.
Source:Irish Independent
July 22, 2024 18:01 UTC