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Most effective treatment for Strep A and how often you should wash your hands

Chief Medical Officer Breda Smyth gives advice to parents concerned about Strep A, while the HSE investigates whether a child’s death was linked to the infection

Dublin Live · Dec 7, 2022

St Enoch Christmas market explosion investigation launched after two injured in blast

An onlooker described how the injured pair were nursing burns to their hands and face - while their jackets were left with just the stuffing from inside after the fire had burned off the nylon.

Glasgow Live · Dec 7, 2022

Strep A: Irish schools put on high alert as parents warned of one symptom to keep children home with

The warning comes after the death of a five-year-old Stella-Lily McCorkindale in Belfast on Monday who died from a severe form of the bacterial infection

Irish Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Strep A: Belfast schoolgirl died after three days fighting infection in intensive care

Stella-Lily McCorkindale, a pupil at Black Mountain Primary School, died in hospital after three days in intensive care

Irish Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

Strep A Ireland: HSE investigating if death of child, 4, is linked to infection amid growing concern

The HSE and HPSC has said Strep A is being 'actively investigated' as a potential cause of death in a child in Ireland. Concern is growing about the bacterial infection, which has already claimed the lives of nine children.

Irish Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

HSE investigating four-year-old's death over possible Strep A link

There have been 55 confirmed cases to date of invasive Group A Streptococcal disease (Strep A) in Ireland

Dublin Live · Dec 6, 2022

Binge drinking skyrockets among teens and adults after lockdowns

The latest Healthy Ireland Survey shows that the number of binge drinkers has nearly doubled

Dublin Live · Dec 6, 2022

Symptoms as boy dies in wave of Strep A cases as Irish mum issues warning

At least six other children are also known to have died from the killer infection in recent months

Irish Mirror · Dec 5, 2022

Scene of 'total chaos' outside Drogheda hospital as 11 ambulances can't leave due to lack of beds

Some paramedics were left waiting for five hours before their patient had a place at the hospital

Irish Mirror · Dec 4, 2022

'It has affected every part of our lives' - Irish mum's warning to parents after daughter's Strep A diagnosis

'I didn't wait for a doctor's appointment yesterday, I knew my child was too sick so I went straight to A and E'

Irish Mirror · Dec 3, 2022