The former wife of an Irish Muslim charged with threatening to kill a US lawyer said she was “afraid of him” when they separated.

Professor Fionnuala McAuliffe, spokesperson for Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Ireland:

Maria Moulton leaned on husband Jimmy’s lap and stared into her daughters’ doll house in the family sitting room as she gave birth to her third daughter, Maggie.

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UNFAIR dismissal claims have been lodged against the Department of Social and Family Affairs by three women who had more than 60 years’ experience between them and were recently replaced by temporary workers.

THE inexorable rise in the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases is a worrying trend that reflects the changing trends and attitudes of Irish society in recent years.

THE number of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has reached its highest ever level in the Republic.

Sexually transmitted infections jumped by 12.1% in Ireland last year, official figures said today.

THE number of HIV diagnoses made last year fell by 10.8% on 2003, latest figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) show.

There were 356 newly diagnosed cases of HIV in Ireland in 2004 – a 10.8% decrease on the previous year, it emerged today.

The number of sexually transmitted infections has risen by 6.5% across the country, new figures revealed today.

PEOPLE arriving in Ireland from sub-Saharan Africa must be encouraged to undergo tests for HIV, Fine Gael said yesterday.

ALCOHOL abuse is fuelling the record rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a leading expert warned yesterday.

The amount of people who have contracted a sexually transmitted disease has increased by almost 10%.

THREE-QUARTERS of heterosexuals recently diagnosed with HIV are women, statistics released by the National Disease Surveillance Centre (NDSC) show.

ALMOST 5,000 sexually transmitted infections were reported during the first half of 2001 — more than double the annual total for 1989.

Sexually transmitted diseases are on the increase in Ireland, new figures have warned today.

A MEMBER of the Government’s AIDS Strategy Committee has called for condoms to be provided free to ethnic minority groups and homosexuals.

MORE than 600 parents are expected to have their children vaccinated with single doses of the controversial measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines when a private company holds its first clinic in Dublin over the coming months.

New figures published today by the National Disease Surveillance Centre show a rise in HIV infections in Ireland.

The number of HIV cases reported in Ireland last year rose by nearly two-thirds from 1999, according to figures released today.