A 38-year-old electrician, who claimed he had difficulty making a cup of tea following a shoulder injury at work, has settled a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court against former employer Iarnrod Éireann.

A Dublin creche has been fined €1,000 and allowed to stay open after a staff member was secretly filmed “rough-handling” and shouting at children.

Taking the contraceptive pill for even just a few years can reduce the risk of womb cancer according to a major study.

A post-pregnancy ailment once suffered in silence, urine leakage used to ruin social lives and restrict exercise. Now, more women are willing to discuss the issue, and cures are more readily available, writes Áilín Quinlan.

Young Irish women tend to to stick to traditional methods of birth control rather than using effective, long-term contraceptives that cut out the risk of forgetting to take a daily tablet, says Ailin Quinlan.

A creche facing trial under child protection laws following an RTÉ expose will show almost 40 hours of secretly filmed video evidence in their defence.

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The Archbishop of Glasgow has revealed that he tried to comfort a woman who had seen her teenage daughter and both her parents “killed almost right in front of her” in the bin lorry tragedy.

Tributes have been paid to three members of the same family killed in the Glasgow bin lorry disaster. 

An schoolboy, who was held hostage during a violent ‘tiger’ kidnapping five years ago, was yesterday awarded damages of €17,250 in the Circuit Civil Court against Bank of Ireland.

A victim of domestic labour exploitation had told her story to Jehovah’s Witnesses who came to the door of her employer, eventually triggering her release, a conference on human trafficking heard yesterday.

A four-year-old schoolgirl who was left scarred after she was burnt on the chest by hot soup in a crèche, has been awarded €50,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

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The cyclical mood swings experienced by many women can be due to hormonal imbalances, though GPs may not see the full picture, says Helen O’Callaghan.

A private investigator is facing trial accused of unlawfully obtaining and passing on information gardaí had on three people.

One in three Irish women do not use any form of contraception and almost one in 10 rely on natural methods.

A third of Irish women do not use any form of contraception.

IRISH women are shunning the pill, opting for long-acting methods of birth control, according to figures from the Dublin Well Woman Centre.

TEN years ago, three times more women attended Dublin Well Woman to talk about menopause than do today.

The number of women attending sexual health clinics has plummeted, with emigration as well as the availability of emergency contraception over the counter a factor in the reduction.

A young mother stabbed her friend in the face with a fork, leaving her with permanent scar, a court has heard

A group of businesses have launched a campaign to get rid of Occupy Dame Street protesters who have been camped outside the Central Bank for four months.

A group of businesses have launched a campaign to get rid of Occupy Dame Street protesters who have been camped outside the Central Bank for four months.

A man accused of murdering his friend using a rock told gardaí “I only hit him about two or three times”.

THOMAS CORCORAN kept Roscommon in line for a repeat of their 2006 All-Ireland title success with two spectacular free-kick conversions at Croke Park.

WOMEN are putting off gynaecological check-ups and skimping on contraception to save money as the recession bites, a leading sexual health clinic has warned.

WOMEN using newer versions of the contraceptive pill are at greater risk of developing potentially serious blood clots, according to two separate studies.

Vladimir Weiss was back in the Rangers side after being passed fit for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League game at St Mirren.

A father of one who waved a knife at gardai, threatened to kill them and kicked the wing mirror off a patrol car is to be sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A WOMEN’S health expert has questioned research that found calcium pills increase the risk of heart attack.

A woman detained in 1993 on suspicion of her husband’s murder told a garda she liked that she didn’t know if she could trust the detectives interviewing her but that she was ready to tell her story.

A young Dublin woman who assaulted a man with a broken bottle at Shankill Dart station after a verbal altercation between two groups of youths has been given a two year suspended sentence.

A NOT GUILTY plea has been entered on behalf of a Nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound US airliner on Christmas Day.

The man charged with attempting to blow up a plane on Christmas Day is due to appear in court in the US.

A Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a packed US airliner on Christmas Day will appear in court in Detroit, Michigan, today.

THE most popular oral contraceptive in Ireland is not the safest, research suggests.

A reforming drug addict has received a four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for a string of burglaries committed in one month while he was on bail for possession of heroin.

A DOCTOR was yesterday cleared of two charges of serious professional misconduct in the first medical council fitness to practice case heard in public.

A Shankill father of one has been given a three-year suspended sentence for possession of cannabis pollen at his home by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A Wicklow resident who hit a garda over the head with a glass bottle while another garda was trying to arrest his younger sister has today been given community service instead of a jail term.

MORE than half of Irish people did not use contraception when having sex for the first time with a new partner, a study shows.

More than half of Irish people did not use contraception when having sex with a new partner for the first time, it was revealed today.