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No longer sure if PSA screening for possible prostate cancer is such a good idea
on Oct 16, 2009Irish Times That's Men Column published 13th October 2009: I used to think it a very good thing to go off and have a PSA test done every year to screen for prostate cancer. Now I'm not so sure. Doctors seem divided on the value of the test fo...
This blog is no longer maintained
on Jun 13, 2009I no longer maintain this blog. Unfortunately it has failed to generate discussion and almost all the topics are covered just as well if not better on other websites. If you take a look to the right you'll see a link to my poetry blog which you migh...
Husband has no right to stop use of embryos, court told
on Feb 2, 2009A man cannot prevent his estranged wife from using frozen embryos created during their marriage because of the right to life of the unborn, the Supreme Court heard yesterday, says this story in The Irish Independent.The claim was made on the opening...
Irish priests engaged in sexual abuse in the United States - a cancer that spread from the West
on Jan 31, 2009It wasn't always a desire to spread the Gospel that drew priests from Ireland the US over the years. I recall an American priest calling to our school around 1960 to persuade a class of 14 year olds to join the priesthood in the States. He talked...
Violence and coercion by teenage partners
on Jan 28, 2009 in That's Men (This is my That's Men column from The Irish Times, Tuesday 27th January 2009): School programmes on dealing with physical or emotional abuse from a dating partner might seem a step too far.Yet a number of states in the US have required schools to in...
Let's hear it for the lazy guy
on Jan 24, 2009 in That's Men Work (This is the text of my That's Men column in The Irish Times on Tuesday 20th January 2009): I have hinted more than once in the past that when I was working for a salary I was far from being the most diligent employee on the floor. That's when I w...