Despite running up a 2-0 lead, defensive frailties were punished as Ukraine drew level before a second half own goal gave Ireland victory.

Norway 1 Ireland 0

Rep of Ireland 0 Norway 2

Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team suffered a 2-0 defeat to Norway in their 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifier, in Tallaght Stadium.

A free dental scheme that limits the number of fillings a patient can have, but not the number of teeth that can be removed, is driving up the rate of surgical extractions, dentists have claimed.

With the dust still settling on their 2-0 defeat by the Netherlands in Tallaght, the Ireland women’s team are already looking ahead to June and what will be crucial back-to-back World Cup qualifiers against Norway.

So no repeat of last year’s heroics in Holland from Ireland in Tallaght last night, but no shame either, as the Netherlands showed why they are the European champions with a classy and comfortable 2-0 victory.

Marie Hourihan knew the stereotypical ‘plastic paddy’ banter from her Ireland teammates wouldn’t last long once they discovered her deep affinity to the country.

Thousands of children are waiting as long as 12 years for their first dental screening, it has emerged.

The Irish Dental Association (IDA) has written to the Taoiseach urging a cross-departmental response “to the oral health crisis” at a time when upwards of 10,000 children are waiting more than a year for orthodontic treatment.

Some 16,000 children missed their school dental screening last year, because of staff shortages and public clinic closures.

“The HSE has effectively overseen the introduction of dental apartheid for the 37% of the population who have a medical card,” said Fintan Hourihan, chief executive of the Irish Dental Association.

The Irish Dental Association has moved to assure the public that dentists are disposing of mercury safely although it says it doesn’t have statistics on compliance rates.

It was a bad day for Munster golf as Muskerry and Douglas crashed out in their respective semi-finals of the AIG Cups and Shields National Finals at Carton House.

Mayfield 2-9 Glanmire 2-5: Mayfield began their Cork County IFC odyssey this season with a four-point first-round victory in a local derby against Glanmire at Watergrasshill on Saturday night.

The sudden closure of a HSE-run dental clinic that treated thousands of children needing multiple extractions has exposed them to greater risk, says the Irish Dental Association.

The HSE has been forced to remove from its website details of state payments to thousands of primary care health professionals.

A builder who lost his job after 25 years resorted to growing cannabis at his home because he could see no other way out of his financial problems.

DENTAL services have become a “postcode lottery” in Ireland according to the head of the Irish Dental Union (IDU).

I WAS interested in your report on the proposed dental factory in Ballylanders, and the reply from Mr Fintan Hourihan of the Irish Dental Association.

DENTISTS have warned of an irreversible decline in the nation’s oral health as new figures reveal there were 700,000 fewer treatments carried out under the state’s dental scheme since the cuts were introduced in January, a drop of almost 60%.

RESTRICTIONS on dental cover for medical card patients are causing chaos, confusion and hardship, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

DENTISTS have condemned the Health Service Executive’s decision to reduce the medical card scheme to one that only provides limited emergency cover.

DENTISTS have warned that proposed Government cutbacks for treatment of medical card holders will set back dental services by decades, with almost half a million less procedures being carried out this year.

MORE than 400 dentists from across the country attended a crisis meeting in Dublin yesterday to condemn cuts of more than €110m to dental treatment supports.

THE cost of visiting the dentist is set to plunge as the country’s largest dental group slashed prices by 30%.

TEACHERS at Cork University Dental School and Hospital have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action if the college proceeds with its plan to introduce work practices changes on Monday to deal with a funding shortfall.

TEACHERS at Cork University Dental School and Hospital have threatened to take industrial action if the college proceeds with its plan to introduce work practice changes from next month to deal with a funding shortfall.

DENTURES will be rationed for medical card holders as part of a wave of Health Service Executive (HSE) cutbacks, dentists representatives warned.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney has been accused of losing sight of difficulties facing patients amid claims medical card holders are experiencing frustrating delays for dental treatment.

HOSPITAL consultants are likely to reject latest management proposals aimed at securing a contract when they meet today.

The HSE failed the terms of Towards 2016 national agreement by failing to consult employees prior to the implementation of recruitment cutbacks, the Labour Court has ruled today.

PREGNANT junior hospital doctors due to take maternity leave are being refused locum cover in the latest fall-out from the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) staff recruitment ban.

The Director of Industrial Relations with the Irish Medical Organisation Fintan Hourihan has said that the Health Service Executive knew a possible deficit in its annual budget since April, but only informed the IMO in early September

SHOWING roots to antiquity is this Newcastle, Blarney, home with added extras — it even has views of standing stones just beyond its rear boundary wall.

HOSPITAL consultants have largely heeded their unions’ warnings not to apply for the new posts advertised under an imposed work contract, the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has claimed.

THE Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) will ask members to boycott new consultant posts — due to be advertised next week — unless agreement is reached on a new work contract.

REACHING agreement on new contracts for hospital consultants by the Government’s deadline of next Tuesday will be impossible, a doctor’s group warned yesterday.

Hospital consultants must cooperate with plans to reform the health service or the Government will move to tackle the issue, the Tánaiste warned today.

THE Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) yesterday warned that any Government plan to allow individual hospitals to hire “public-only” consultants could lead to a free-for-all and chaos.

DOCTORS at the country’s biggest hospital are considering an all-out strike in a row over indemnity cover which could spread to other hospitals.

The Irish Medical Organisation has renewed their calls for increased security in hospitals.

Doctors will inform health boards of infectious diseases such as the SARS virus in the event of escalated strike action, it was confirmed today.