A group that promotes industrial-strength bleach as a “cure” for serious conditions is planning to hold another seminar in Ireland next month.

Liquid laundry capsules can pose serious risks to children who may confuse them with toys or sweets, according to experts urging parents and childminders to be mindful of the dangers.

Women carry a “frightening” amount of toxic items in their handbags that pose a risk to children, the National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC) has warned.

People are being advised not to eat mushrooms they find growing in the wild.

A recent spike in liquid nicotine poisonings had led to a warning from the National Poisons Information Centre on the storage of electronic cigarettes.

Some 4.6 tonnes of outdated or unused medicines were safely disposed of in Cork and Kerry last year as part of a campaign drive.

They claim to remove tough stains and dispense with the mess of washing powder, but who would have thought children would find liquitabs good enough to eat?

HAVE you been forgetting to squirt? Is your anti-bacterial hand gel rolling about in the bottom of your handbag, its sell-by date well expired? Anti-bacterial hand sanitisers claim to kill 99.9% of germs but the Irish populace seems just a tad switched off.

The amount of alcohol in the system of a hotel guest who died of alcohol poisoning after downing a cocktail of spirits could have changed after death, a court heard.

A civil engineer who died from acute alcohol poisoning after downing a cocktail of shots had challenged friends to drinks races on nights before, a court was told.

A TELEPHONE service has been launched by the National Poisons Information Centre to help people, particularly parents, deal with accidents involving poisons.

The National Poisons Information Centre has said it received 85 calls about head shop products in the 11 months to April this year.

A CORONER has warned of the dangers of head shops after the first death linked directly to the use of so-called “legal highs” came before the coroner’s court.

HEALTH authorities have issued a warning about a head shop product called Whack, which has led to severe and difficult to treat psychosis in users.

FINE GAEL has said urgent legislation is needed to ensure no new drugs could be sold in head shops without the approval of food or medicine authorities.

The National Poisons Information Centre is reporting a jump in calls from emergency deartments in connection with "legal highs" on sale in headshops.

THE National Poisons Information Centre has experienced a surge in calls from emergency departments relating to legal highs on sale in head shops.

Record numbers of deadly Portuguese Man-O-War have swarmed into the waters on Ireland’s east coast, marine scientists warned today.

THE National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC) is concerned at the surge in calls involving small children drinking alcohol hand gels or getting the substance in their eyes.

SIX inquiries about the ingestion of ecstasy by babies and toddlers have been made to the National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC).

A FREE service to dispose of unused or out-of-date medicines is on offer to people in Cork and Kerry.

More than 1,000 people in Cork and Kerry overdose on medication every year, it was revealed today.

Minister for Health Mary Harney is urging parents to be more vigilant when storing hazardous household products.

Less people are overdosing on paracetamol since the introduction of a ban on 24 packs in supermarkets.

SOME 14 people died from poisoning last year, a report revealed last night.

THE State’s regulator for pharmacists believes stricter controls on the sale and supply of paracetamol and ibuprofen are needed to prevent deaths and poisonings.

Parents must beware of the festive dangers lurking in the home at this time of the year, health experts warned today.

Household drugs are the most common cause of poisoning in Irish children under the age of 10, figures revealed today.