Caesarean babies more likely to develop diabetes

Seeded on Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:38 PM EDT (CityLocal Belfast)

Babies delivered by Caesarean section have a 20 per cent higher risk than normal deliveries of developing the most common type of diabetes in childhood, according to a study led by Queen's Univertsity Belfast

belfast, caesarean

Barack Obama's new Irish roots

Seeded on Sat Aug 9, 2008 8:41 AM EDT ()

Barack Obama's Irish roots now seem to have been strengthened, after genealogists discovered that a distant ancestor was a Dublin wigmaker.

ireland, politics, barack-obama

Bushmills celebrate 400 years of Whiskey making

Seeded on Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:39 PM EDT ()

Bushmills Distillery is to mark the 400th anniversary of whiskey making in the area. The Distillery, Ireland's oldest working distillery, is also a key tourist attraction where visitors can observe, at first-hand, the traditional craft and skills of making Irish whiskey.

travel, ireland, whiskey, bushmills

Northern Ireland to raise age for buying tobacco

Seeded on Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:57 PM EDT ()

The Northern Ireland health minister Michael McGimpsey has announced that the legal age for buying tobacco will rise from 16 years of age to 18.

tobacco, health, cigarettes, northern-ireland

McCartney sisters in justice vow

Seeded on Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:20 PM EDT (BBC News)

The sisters of murder victim Robert McCartney have said their fight for justice will go on.

politics

President Bush set to visit Northern Ireland next month

Tue May 20, 2008 6:26 PM EDT

US President George W Bush is set to visit Northern Ireland next month. The precise details of the visit have yet to be confirmed but he is likely to visit the Stormont assembly in Belfast.

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