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A pregnant woman, who had her taxi taken by another person, was left to give birth to her baby girl on the streets on New York. The unexpected delivery happened when Polly McCourt, 39, realised her baby was coming out too fast, so she left her apartment on East 68th Street and Third Avenue and searched desperately for a taxi. Since her baby’s head was already showing, she has no choice but to...

A report card issued by the Children’s Rights Alliance revealed that the Government isn’t meeting its targets of providing children with adequate mental health care. The report card, which was published yesterday, gave the Government an grade ‘E’, down from a ‘D’ last year. This is evidence that the standard of mental health care for children is not improving and is still an issue that...

A family is planning to stage a protest outside the Social Protection Minister's office on Wednesday to highlight their housing struggle. Gwen Connell and her three children were forced out of their Dublin home two weeks ago after their rent was raised by €400. “A couple of weeks before Christmas an estate agent turned up at the door and said the landlord had sent him around. I thought the...

Obesity levels in Europe are so common that the World Health Organisation fears it is becoming a ‘norm’ among teens. Nearly a third of teens weigh more than they should and in a report on obesity levels in over 50 countries, it was found that obesity rates among 11-year-olds were highest in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland. “Our perception of what is normal has shifted; being overweight...

While there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not homosexual couples should be allowed to marry, the results of a recent Red C poll showed that the majority of Irish people think same-sex marriage should be allowed in Ireland. In a recent survey, the results showed that over three quarters of Irish voters support same-sex marriage. Chairperson of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN...

With a lot of schools forcing children to follow strict uniform regulations, there’s very little room for them to express themselves through hair and clothing. This is why children’s advocacy group Voices of Youth organised an event to inform youngsters of how they are being denied of freedom of expression and what they can do about it. The ‘What Rules Rule You’ event saw over 60 secondary...

Many pregnant women find that they lose every shred of sexiness as soon as they become pregnant. That is because they are under the impression that their partner no longer finds them attractive due to added pregnancy weight, morning sickness and mood swings that women experience during pregnancy. We all know how pregnancy changes the body in unpleasant ways. But, when a Reddict user asked men to...

Two representatives from Catholic youth group Pure in Heart sellotaped students by the wrists to demonstrate why they should not have sex before marriage. The students were taped together in front of a class at a Dublin school before having it torn to show what would happen to them if they didn’t practice abstinence. In demonstrating the importance of remaining chaste, the same boy was taped to...

There’s a common misconception that as women grow older, they begin to lose interest in having sex. However, this is a myth often believed by those who don’t rate sex as being important to begin with. A new study showed that when it comes to love making, age is no barrier. Those who have a healthy sex life in middle age, continue to have a healthy sex life as they grow old. American researcher...

Since folic acid is a vitamin that occurs naturally in green vegetables but cannot be stored in the body, expectant mums and those trying to conceive have had no choice but to take it as a supplement. However, health experts think that making this vitamin a mandatory additive to food will ensure pregnant women are getting the right nutrients to prevent their little one from being born with spinal...