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Age and experience no guarantee of presidential competence – Childers

Age and experience won’t necessarily guarantee presidential success in office. So says the Dublin MEP Nessa Childers whose father Erskine Childers was a former president of Ireland. Ms Childers says she’s in favour of reducing the age of a presidential candidate from thirty five [35] to twenty one [21].  Dur: 00:18 Out words: my position

Childers backs reducing presidential candidate age

The daughter of the former President of Ireland Erskine Childers, says she’s in favour of reducing the age of a presidential candidate. Nessa Childers, who is an Independent MEP says her father was sixty nine [69] when he became president. But the Dublin MEP argues there’s no reason why a person as young as 21 […]

Over prescription of antibiotics causing unnecessary deaths – European Parliament

Growing resistance to antibiotics is leading to unnecessary deaths in Europe. That’s the warning from the European Parliament which today voted for a number of measures to improve patient safety. The proposals include prohibiting the use of antibiotics without prescriptions. And MEPs are calling on pharmaceutical companies to develop new types of antibiotics. The Parliament […]

European Parliament votes to tackle resistance to antibiotics

The European Parliament voted today for a number of measures to tackle the growing resistance to both human and veterinary antibiotics.  There’s growing concern that people are dying of infections because the antibiotics they’re receiving aren’t able to fight the infections anymore. The Independent MEP Marian Harkin says the over prescription of antibiotics is a […]