Fluoride Debate: Wave of Fluorosis Cases begins

The damage caused to teeth by fluoride has been dismissed as 'cosmetic' by the Irish Expert Body on Health and Fluoride. But that is an outrageous minimisation of what is an increasing problem on both sides of the Atlantic. It is an issue, the courts may have to deal with...

Fluoride Debate: First Bantry, next the world!

Ireland is now being recognised as a top player in the global stop-fluoridation movement

Frontlines: West Cork says no!

Clonakilty is aiming to become Ireland’s first fluoride-free town.

The Fluoride Debate: Open Letter to Irish Water

Campaigner Aisling FitzGibbon has written an open letter to Irish Water - the new semi-State body that is taking charge of the management of the national water supply. Adrienne Murphy investigates.

Fluoride: Interview with Thomas Sheridan

There are times when the official attitude to fluoride seems like a textbook case of psychopathology in action. So says author Thomas Sheridan, who has made a study of institutional psychopaths.

Fluoride Debate: Another Whitewash on the Way?

Though organisations such as Irish Dentists Opposing Flouridation continue to highlight major concerns about the Irish water system, there are fears that a new government review will fail to tackle the real issues.

Democracy Fails us on Fluoride

Irish people are being poisoned, against their will, by the compulsory addition of fluoride to the national water supply. But a bill on the issue, put before the Dáil last week, was voted down by Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil. It looks like the only answer is through the courts...

Ronan O Snodaigh and The Occasional - SOS

FUNK MEETS THE BARDIC TRADITION OF GAELIC MEISTERWORK

Teheran Takeways

A huge amount of important public health information was revealed at the International Society for Fluoride Research’s 31st Annual Conference in Tehran. Since the Irish Expert Body on Fluoride and Health were not there to listen, and to inform the Irish public, Hot Press will have to do their job for them...

The Evidence Mounts

Though dismissed as some sort of crank by the vested interests advising our Governmant, Declan Waugh’s findings are being taken very seriously elsewhere...

The Bare Truth!

The Naked Calendar is being published by Aisling FitzGibbon, aka The Girl Against Fluoride, to support the High Court action she’s taking against mandatory fluoridation of the water...

Caroline Moreau - Amour Toujours etc

Delicious taste of Chanson tradition

The Fluoride Deception

The role of fluoride in the poisoning of humans and animals in Askeaton is beginning to emerge.

Fluoride Debate: Fear And Loathing In Askeaton

It is one of the most shocking examples of pollution in Irish history. And it impacted in the most appalling way on the lives of local farmers, with animals dying and a litany of human health problems erupting. As a result, Nuala and Pat Geoghegan have been engaged in a running battle with the Irish state. But no one in authority seems to give a damn...

Emmet Stagg Says FSAI Must Answer Hot Press On Fluoride

The chief whip of the Labour Party, Emmet Stagg, has come out strongly against the Government’s policy of mandatory fluoridation of the water supply

Were The People Of Askeaton Poisoned By Fluoride?

New evidence has emerged that a report carried out by the EPA into sickness among animals – and humans – in Askeaton in Co. Limerick was seriously flawed.

Fluoride: The Dáil Report That Was Suppressed

As evidence of the toxic effects of fluoridation of the water supply in Ireland mounts, Hot Press has uncovered a report written in 2007 by the former Minister for the Environment John Gormley – which was effectively suppressed. Here, for the first time, he reveals what happened – and why. Meanwhile, the report is published for the first time today on hotpress.com

Questions For The World Health Organisation

The Food Safety Authority Of Irleland Warned Against The Use Of Fluoridated Water In Bottle Feeding

However, their warning was subsequently retracted in circumstances which were highly unusual to say the least – opening the FSAI to potential litigation.

UK Scientists Call On Irish Government To Re-Assess Policy Of Mandatory Water Fluoridation

Figures in a new UK scientific survey confirm the likelihood that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland have made a huge error in their estimation of the amount of fluoride in tea.

27 Question For The Food Safety Authority In Ireland

Aware of huge discrepancies between international figures on fluoride levels in certain food and beverages and those provided in the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s Total Diet Survey (2011), Hot Press has been seeking explanations. At every turn, however, our enquiries have been frustrated. Here, we publish 27 Questions which we believe go to the heart of the matter – and which urgently require clear answers from the FSAI if we are to prevent Irish people from being poisoned

Fluoride Figures In Food Safety Authority Survey Were Up To Nine Years Out Of Date

That is just one of the very strange anomalies that have begun to emerge in this latest chapter in the Hot Press Investigation. Adrienne Murphy reports.

SCIENTIST CLAIMS THAT AUTHORITIES ARE UNDER-REPORTING FLUORIDE EXPOSURE IN THE IRISH POPULATION

In a major development in our investigation into the policy of fluoridation, figures presented by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland have been described as “wildly inaccurate”.

Fluoride Figures In Food Nine Years Out Of Date

Fluoride figures in Food Safety Authority survey were up to nine years out of date. That is just one of the very strange anomalies that have begun to emerge in this latest chapter in the Hot Press Investigation.

Claims of under-reporting Fluoride Exposure

In a major development in our investigation into the policy of fluoridation, figures presented by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland have been described as “wildly inaccurate”...

Water Fluoridation to be discussed in Dail

Health Lobby Group Calls for Boycott

In a dramatic new twist in the fluoride story, fluoride contamination is putting the international sales of Irish food products at risk. Plus: Paolo Tullio opposes fluoridation...

When Gerry Adams And Ian Paisley Worked Together

It was long before the Belfast Agreement. But the campaign against fluoridation in Northern Ireland united these political foes in a campaign that defeated British government plans to fluoridate the North. So why was this extraordinary rapport ignored in the South? asks campaign leader Walter Graham

The Fluoride Debate

It was long before the Belfast Agreement. But the campaign against fluoridation in Northern Ireland united these political foes in a campaign that defeated British government plans to fluoridate the North. So why was this extraordinary rapport ignored in the South? asks campaign leader Walter Graham...

Sinn Fein To Publishes Bill To End Water Fluoridation

On May 9 last, Sinn Féin (SF) spokesperson on Environment, Community and Local Government, Brian Stanley TD, published the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Repeal Bill 2013.

The Fluoride Debate with Walter Graham

While the mainstream media continues to under-report the growing concern in Ireland over the policy of mandatory water fluoridation, political opposition is steadily mounting to the ongoing mass-medication of the population.

The Flouride Debate

While the mainstream media continues to under-report the growing concern in Ireland over the policy of mandatory water fluoridation, political opposition is steadily mounting to the ongoing mass-medication of the population.

The Minister Has His Say

Six weeks ago, Hot Press presented a detailed set of 27 Questions on the mandatory fluoridation of the water supply in Ireland to the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for the policy, Alex White TD. Since then, there has been a further upsurge in the campaign against fluoridation, with a growing wave of international opposition being mirrored here. In the past month alone, Israel has decided to end its policy of mandatory fluoridation, while in Ireland, Skibbereen Town Council has voted to oppose the policy – and will be lobbying for a similar vote among town councils all over the country. The responses from the Minister to our 27 Questions arrived at Hot Press Central this week. They amount to the clearest statement yet of the basis for the policy in Ireland – giving those opposed to fluoridation the opportunity to put the official explanations under fresh scrutiny. It will be fascinating to see just how both opponents of fluoridation, and indeed the general public, react to what the Minister has to say. For now, however, this is – definitively – the official position on fluoridation in Ireland, from the pen of the Minister himself.

The Hot Press Interview: Richie Ryan

Unlike Bertie Ahern, Richie Ryan would have made no claim to being a socialist. But the former Fine Gael Minister for Finance was enough of an idealist to take on the State in an extraordinary constitutional action aimed at preventing the mandatory fluoridation of the water supply...

Fluoride Report

While the Junior Minister for Health Alex White was formulating the answers to the 27 Questions posed to him by Hot Press 37-06 (questions were published 28th March 2013, answers will be published in next Hot Press 37-09, to be published 9th May 2013), other official bodies are beginning to move against fluoride...

Judgement That Permitted Fluoridation Of Water May Have Been Unsound

For the first time, former Minister for Finance, Richie Ryan, has spoken about his role in the 1963 constitutional case, taken against the mandatory fluoridation of water in Ireland. Startling new evidence suggests that the judgement may have been unsound…

Hot Press Delivers 27 Questions to Minister Alex White

Following the publication of 27 Questions to the Minister in charge of fluoridation policy Alex White, in the last issue, Hot Press delivered the questions in person last week...

The Girl Against Fluoride

When Aisling FitzGibbon was alerted to the toxic nature of fluoride, she removed it from her drinking water – with remarkable results in terms of improved health. Now she is taking a case against Ireland’s mandatory fluoridation...

An Open Letter To The Junior Minister for Health

The drinking water consumed by the Irish population is systematically laced with the known neurotoxin fluoride, a policy numerous eminent specialists believe poses a grave danger to the health of men, women and children. Here, we pose a series of questions to the Minister in charge of fluoridation policy, Alex White. We believe the Irish people are entitled to the answers...

Fluoride: Why Are We Taking Crazy Unnecessary Risks?

Irish whistle-blowing scientist, Declan Waugh has just published his second report on the health risks associated with the Republic of Ireland’s mandatory water fluoridation policy. In our second part of a fluoride investiagion, Hot Press takes an exclusive look at a document that eviscerates the official position on an increasingly controversial public policy.

Hot Press Report: Fluoride

Ireland has the sickest population in Europe. This country is also the only one in the EU which engages in mandatory flouridation of the water. Here, we present the astonishing evidence which conclusively links these two facts. So why, asks scientist Declan Waugh, have the authorities refused to address an issue that is crucial to the health of the nation?

Abortion - Never Again

“Laws protecing foetuses endanger women’s lives...”

Never Again

In the wake of Savita Halappanavar’s death, emergency legislation is required to reduce the current risk to pregnant women’s lives and health in Ireland. But until we put the decision into the hands of those individuals who need abortions, Ireland will remain a dangerous country for women. So say pro-choice advocates Dr. Sinéad Kennedy and Dr. Peadar O’Grady.

Highway To Shell

The Shell to Sea saga is told from the perspective of Mayo protesters in the new production from ‘polemical’ playwright Donal O’Kelly. words Adrienne Murphy

Black Banana EP

Time for a grown-up abortion debate

Pro-choice and pro-life campaigners have been ramping up their campaigns lately. But there’s no use in Ireland burying its collective head in the sand any longer. With women continuing to travel abroad for terminations, the time has come for the status quo to be challenged.

Dead Can Dance: Anastasis

Musical partners reunite to stunning effect

Dead Can Dance: Anastasis

Musical partners reunite to stunning effect

Katie Taylor interview

We spoke to the gold medal winner two years ago...

Downturn happy

Gallons of ink have been shed about the recession. But few writers have managed to capture what life is like for people who have borne the brunt of the downturn. With his life-affirming debut novel Brian Finnegan has delivered a funny, profound portrait of the daily grind in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland.

How About I Be Me (And You Be You?)

Return to form for controversial chanteuse.

Sinead O'Connor

In an evening of delicious treats, it is especially lovely to be introduced to Roisin, Sinéad’s beautiful daughter, who sings angelic backing vocals.

Sinead O'Connor, live at The Olympia

A newly married Sinead O'Connor celebrates in style on the Olympia stage.

For Whom The Swell Tolls

Having broken up – romantically if not creatively – with Swell Season partner Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova is now forging a path as a solo artist. She talks about going it alone and discusses for the first time her astonishingly intense relationship with Hansard.

An Appointment With Mr. Yeats

Yeats gets the waterboys treatment.

It's The Economy, Stupid

...It’s broke – and current policies are not going to fix it. So let’s start looking properly at the alternatives, writes Adrienne Murphy.

Lessons From Iceland

We have been told that there is no way out of the debt burden that has been imposed on Irish citizens as a result of the collapse of the banks. But that, after all, may be no more than propaganda.

Shadow Road Shining

Irish debutante delivers alt country classic

From Africa with Fury: Rise

Fela Kuti's son forges afrobeat classic

Enough Already

A national campaign called “Enough!” has been launched, demanding a referendum on the EU-IMF deal that is forcing unprecedented debt and ‘austerity’ onto Irish society. In the first of a two-part series,

Music Is The Only Place I Feel Confident

He may have topped the album chart in Ireland and received a Mercury Music Prize nod, but Conor J. O’Brien has never really talked about the intense personal experiences that shaped his brilliant Becoming A Jackal debut – until now that is. Before a sell-out gig in Paris, the 28-year-old tells Hot Press about the emotional struggles he went through as a teenager, his continued social anxiety and why he’s most comfortable expressing himself through song.

Seal For Approval

The Irish Seal Sanctuary offer a vital service. Adrienne Murphy journeys to Howth to see the organisation release Daisy The Seal, and meet one of their supporters, Philomena Lynott.

For A Dancer

She may be wife of the U2 guitarist Edge, but Morleigh Steinberg is a fine artist in her own right. Her latest work premieres in Dublin in November.

Living The Dream

She made her name as the violinist with hugely succesful Dundalk band The Corrs, and as the writer of some of the group’s most iconic hits. Now a mother of two young kids, Sharon Corr has just released her debut solo album, which has been picked up by Warner Music, for worldwide release. Here, she talks eloquently about life, love, happiness, being on the road with The Corrs – and the right of artists to get paid for their work

Taking The Pledge

With fewer and fewer people buying CDs, Dublin songwriter Laura Sheeran is among the increasing number of artists opting to finance their music via the innovative Pledge website.

Dream Of You

Violin playing corr demonstrates experimental side on solo debut

The Druid Abides

He’s the bearded high king of medieval goth music. Now sometime Dead Can Dance singer and songwriter Brendan Perry has released his second solo album. Taking time out from polishing his hurdy gurdy (steady!), he invites Adrienne Murphy for a tour of the converted church in Quivy, County Cavan, where he meticulously assembles his records.

Ark

VISIONS OF DYSTOPIA INSPIRE BEAUTIFUL RECORD

So I

New singer-songwriter on the block stakes his claim

Road to the Heart

Debut album becomes heart-breaking legacy for Dublin band.

Marathon Men

In one of the most extreme sporting events ever held in Ireland, amateur long-distance runners Gerry Duffy and Ken Whitelaw plan to run 32 consecutive marathons, in 32 days, in 32 counties. The goal: to raise cash and awareness for Irish Autism Action (IAA), Autism NI and Irish Cancer Research

Soisin

Dreamy instrumental outing from the O Snodaigh clan.

Leave Your Sleep

Former 10,000 Maniacs frontwoman channels Alice In Wonderland with tingle-inducing results

Haiti Aid Live at Whelan's and The Village

A great night of entertainment – all for a hugely worthwhile cause.

Electric Penguins Live at The Button Factory

Electro ensemble Electric Penguins took a considerable time setting up on The Button Factory stage. And no wonder, considering the extent of their gadgetry.

Siamese

Quality Beatles-esque power-pop

Poetry in Motion

The waterboys’ mike scott talks about his ambitious new project in which he sets the work of wb yeats to music - and discusses the challenges of bringing the endeavour to the stage

Key Shall Overcome

Activist rapper LOW KEY explains why hip-hop has become the voice of the oppressed and downtrodden

Punch Drunk

Second outing from Dublin's best-kept secret

The best of Kila/Rogha

ECSTATIC ENERGY DISTILLED BY NEW TRAD PIONEERS

The sew must go on

Her split with Damien Rice caused headlines around the music world. Now Lisa Hannigan is taking her first steps as a solo artist with a wonderfully ethereal debut album, Sea Sew. She talks to hot press about the end of her partnership with Rice, her hopes for the future and the influence of romantic entanglements on her powerfully feminine songwriting.

Electric Picnic In Your Head

There's more to the Electric Picnic than great music as Adrienne Murphy discovered when she checked out some of the festival's off-the-beaten path attractions

Lovely Girls!

Hannah McDonnell beat off competition from a bevy of enchantresses to win the right to represent Dublin at this year's Rose of Tralee competition.

Best intentions

As well as providing a remarkable spectacle, David Best's burning temple at the Burning Man festival also offers a forum for people to deal with feelings of grief and loss.

The Rocky Road

Dublin singer does a first rate job of interpreting Irish Trad standards for a new generation

Season Of The Witch

She is a passionate advocate of social justice for women and a dreamer, who achieved extraordinary insights through use of the shamanic drug, ayahuasca. Isabel Allende talks to Hot Press

The Tiny Pieces Left Behind

Rewardingly stark second outing from Dublin strummer

Soul Man

Spiritual writer Deepak Chopra discusses spirituality, sex, and how George Bush and Osama bin Laden have created one another.

Deepak Chopra: the extended interview

Read the exclusive extended version of the Deepak Chopra interview from this fortnight's Hot Press.

Unfamiliar Faces

"...many of the ditties on Unfamiliar Faces bring us right back to the golden age of singer-songwriters."

Falling Off The Lavender Bridge

"A million miles from thrash and punk, the twelve tracks here are an unusual mix of indie rock and country, with top class musicianship adding lots of depth and colour..."

Into the within

Author Daniel Pinchbeck discusses psychedelic drugs and shamanism as potential tools for the evolution of consciousness – catalysts of change in our age of violence and ecological meltdown.

Happiness is an inside job

Áine Tubridy and Michael Corry are medical doctors, writers and healers, known for their holistic approach to mental health. Here are their thoughts on personal change in 2008.

This Gift

"Think The Cramps crossed with the B52s, with a fair dose of Smog and Cat Power thrown in, and you’ll be in the Sons & Daughters picture."

Life after Eurovision

With their Eurovision adventure as a focal point, it may have been a strange and unusual year for Dervish – but they've bounced back with a superb new album.