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Nearly half of inpatient mental health centres breached drug rules in 2025, reports shows Original

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By Darragh Mc Donagh
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The Mental Health Commission (MHC) has expressed concern after nearly half of the country’s inpatient mental health facilities were found to be in breach of regulations governing the use of psychotropic drugs last year. Unannounced inspections of 67 registered centres during 2025 found that just 36 were fully compliant with regulations setting minimum standards for the safe ordering, prescribing, storing and administration of drugs.
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Calendars and Christmas cards among 10.5m copies of customised print items produced for TDs and senators Original

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By Darragh Mc Donagh
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Calendars, Christmas cards and bookmarks were among more than 10.5 million copies of customised print items produced for TDs and senators at the taxpayer’s expense since the beginning of last year. Elected members also used the Oireachtas print facility to produce thousands of sympathy cards, congratulations cards, and postcards during the same period, as well as 8,700 copies of the 1916 Proclamation.
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Dublin City Council proposes limiting access to Re-turn scheme in bid to reduce bin scavenging

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By Darragh Mc Donagh
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Dublin City Council has suggested limiting access to the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) to individuals with registered domestic waste collection contracts in a bid to reduce “opportunistic” bin scavenging. The move would prevent anyone without a household bin collection service from reclaiming deposits on plastic bottles and aluminium cans, which it said had become a “monetary commodity” since the introduction of the scheme.
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