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The number of women seeking accommodation from Waterside House, the city based refuge for women experiencing domestic violence, rose by 44 per cent in the first six months of this year.

I was educated in a diocesan seminary during the 1980s. I was lucky to have been taught by some priests who were amongst the most dedicated and competent teaching personnel in the country. These people were above reproach of any kind and were and are a credit to their professions. Their colleagues and their superiors have failed these priests and many more like them. Their legacy has been tarnished by a systemic cover-up of crimes of such magnitude that they are the subject of scrutiny and comment all over the world.

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane has said that the scenes in the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee last week, which have outraged people across the country, underline the need for reform of procedures in the courts service. A large group of people, mostly middle-aged and elderly men, queued up inside the court last Wednesday to shake hands with a man convicted of sexual assault against a 22-year-old woman. They had to pass by the victim as they showed solidarity with the perpetrator.

NUI Galway researchers have described chronic pain as a “silent epidemic” in this country, having found that one in three people suffer from the condition.

New research from Aviva reveals that approximately 20 per cent of those completing an online health check and who admit to smoking are from Mayo.

A man has been remanded in custody to appear before Kilkenny District Court next month on charges of cruelty to animals.

Boots has launched a free stop smoking service, Stop for Good, aimed at those who are thinking about or who have decided to stop smoking.

Westmeath has more smokers than any other county in Ireland, according to new research published by health insurer Hibernian Aviva.