2014-08-18 Ireland More Top Stories

  Irish Independent   

Baby's delivery in abortion case 'unethical' - bishop  Irish Independent
THE delivery of a baby by caesarean section on a young woman at the centre of the first known test of the country's restrictive abortion laws has been described as "really unethical" by the country's newest bishop. Share. Go To. Comments. Kevin Doran, the ...

2014-08-18 Ireland Health

  Irish Independent   

Surgery to treat morbid obesity costs taxpayers €3m  Irish Independent
Scientists at New York University found that low doses of penicillin in young mice slowed the rate of metabolism due to a change the way in which microbes in the gut work. Taxpayers are having to tighten their belts so overweight patients are able to tighten ...

2014-08-18 Ireland Science

  Arab News   

Researchers recover possible first samples of interstellar dust  Daily Californian
Researchers at UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory, with international collaboration and the help of more than 30,000 online volunteers, may have recovered the first particles of stardust from outside Earth's solar system, according to a paper published ...

2014-08-18 Ireland Sports

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Blitz from Seamus Callanan blows Cork into oblivion  Irish Independent
Martin Breheny. Email. Published 18/08/2014 | 00:00. 0 Comments; Share. Kieran Bergin, Tipperary, in action against Conor Lehane, Cork. Shane O'Neill, Cork, in action against Patrick Maher, Tipperary. 17 August 2014; Patrick Horgan, Cork, in action ...

2014-08-18 Ireland Entertainment

  ABC News   

Christina Aguilera Gives Birth to Baby Girl  ABC News
It's a girl for Christina Aguilera! The singer and her fiance, Matthew Rutler, welcomed their first child together, ABC News has confirmed. Aguilera, 33, and Rutler announced earlier this year that they were engaged and expecting. In March, she revealed that ...

2014-08-18 Ireland Technology

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Luxury A7 model leads the frugal Audi diesel charge  Irish Independent
Geraldine Herbert. Published 17/08/2014 | 00:00. 0 Comments; Share. Audi A7. The car is muscular, black and aggressive, catapults from 0-100km/h in only four seconds and reaches a top speed of 280km/h. Petrol-powered performance car, you say? Wrong ...

2014-08-18 Ireland Business

  Irish Times   

Fitch restores A grade to Irish economy  Irish Times
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said: “Ireland is now rated at A grade by two of the three main rating agencies, our international reputation continues to improve and the NTMA continues to do an excellent job in securing stable and low cost funding for ...

2014-08-18 Ireland Ireland

  Irish Independent   

Baby's delivery in abortion case 'unethical' - bishop  Irish Independent
THE delivery of a baby by caesarean section on a young woman at the centre of the first known test of the country's restrictive abortion laws has been described as "really unethical" by the country's newest bishop. Share. Go To. Comments. Kevin Doran, the ...

2014-08-18 Ireland World

  Reuters   

Curfew re-imposed in Missouri city where black teen shot by police  Reuters
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Authorities on Sunday imposed a midnight curfew for the second night a row in the tense St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teen was shot to death last week by police, seeking to secure an elusive peace as protesters ...