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Can I get my DNA test for free on the HSE? This is a question that our Customer Services team get asked regularly. DNA testing, including Paternity tests, aren’t available on the Health Service Executive (HSE). Some testing companies will offer cut-price tests, but you’ll need to then pay a high fee to get them […]
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DNA tests prove Catholic priests fathered children
During his 2-day visit to Ireland, the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, apologised for the sexual abuse by representatives of his church to thousands of people gathered at Phoenix Park in Dublin. “We ask forgiveness for the abuses in Ireland”, he told the crowd. He listed a litany of abuses including clerical sex […]
Men demanding paternity tests deemed ‘unfair’
An Ennis judge has said that men questioning the paternity of babies and demanding DNA tests “is an unfair weapon to pull out” in child maintenance cases. Judge Patrick Durcan made his comment in the Family Law Court where a man has stopped paying maintenance for a child after questioning if he is the father […]
Awareness campaign aims to reduce cocaine harm
An upward trend in cocaine use and cocaine-associated deaths has spurred a new campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of using cocaine (powder and crack), and how to reduce the harms associated with snorting, smoking or injecting the drug. Developed by the Ana Liffey Drug Project (ALDP) and the Health Service Executive (HSE) it […]
Babies born with drug addiction need specialist help
A total of 76 newborn babies with drug addiction withdrawal symptoms were recorded last year in Ireland. Half of these discharges were from Dublin hospitals. more There are currently three drug liaison midwives within the Dublin area, attached to each of the maternity hospitals. They support pregnant women who have drug-related problems and work with […]
Drug mules warned after latest death
A coroner has warned drug mules that they are playing Russian roulette after a Brazilian man suffered a painful death when one of the cocaine pellets he had ingested burst on a flight from Lisbon to Dublin. The 24-year-old was reported to be carrying 1 kg of cocaine within 113 pellets, which had a street […]
DNA exploited to increase dairy yield
Ireland’s beef and dairy cattle industries have achieved impressive rates of genetic gain over the past 20 years thanks to a system that rewards producers financially for recording animal data on a national database. The National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC) was established in 2005 and is now Ireland’s largest cattle breeding organisation. Indeed, how DNA […]
One town refuses to sell alcohol on Good Friday
Easter is a big weekend for tourism and the Pub trade is looking forward to reaping the benefits now that the ban on the sale of alcohol on Good Friday has been lifted. However, one town in County Cork is boycotting the new ruling. “We have only 2 days off each year – Christmas Day […]
Early Irish settlers had dark skin
DNA tests performed last week on the oldest complete skeleton discovered in Britain indicated that he had black skin and blue eyes. Named the Cheddar Man, the remains were unearthed 115 years ago in Gough’s Cave in Cheddar Gorge, within the county of Somerset in South West England. As such, the finding suggests that the […]