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On World Health Day, UN urges global efforts to halt rise in diabetes

04/10/2016

| Anglais/English/Inglés, Health and Well-Being

7 April 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked World Health Day with a strong call for stepping up global efforts to halt the rise in diabetes and improve the lives of those living with this dangerous but preventable and treatable disease. “We can limit the spread and impact of diabetes by promoting and adopting healthier lifestyles, especially among young people,” he said in his message on the Day, urging people to eat better and be physically active. He also stressed the need…

O’Neills in Portugal: Lasting Irish Connections

04/09/2016

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| Anglais/English/Inglés, Ita's World

The story of the O’Neills is a long and illustrious one. Perhaps the most appropriate pertaining to the family is that of a quotation by a fourteenth century poet who said ‘to compare any clan with that of the O’Neills one may as well contend with the ocean’. Many other lines and poems have been written in their honour. Different branches of the Clan emigrated and spread throughout Europe. A branch of O’Neill dynasty has been in Portugal since…