Irish Independent : Irish News

• ‘We need appointments, not QR codes’ – parents vent anger as vital developmental checks for children suspended
• Taoiseach says Donald Trump’s tariffs are ‘not conducive to economic growth’
• Too few people know how to help if someone has seizure
• Free Ozempic for 35,000 patients in Ireland from HSE – with ‘King Kong’ of weight loss jabs on the way
• Four in five primary schoolchildren have unsupervised access to phones in their bedrooms, study shows
• New strain of winter vomiting bug found in Ireland as cases surge

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• Arts Council mothballs multimillion overhaul of ICT systems after years of delays
• Dublin City Council to ‘remove and destroy’ Airbnb lockboxes in citywide blitz
• More than 80% of primary school-aged children have smartphones in their bedroom
• ‘We certainly didn’t cancel Christmas’: What happens when a Catholic school turns multidenominational?
• High rental costs are pricing out thousands of students and risk increased college dropout rates
• Rent regulations could change to ‘reference rent’ system under proposals being reviewed