Travel Health Clinic
Travel Health Clinic is a general practice clinic in Dublin (Ireland) that specialises exclusively in Travel & Tropical Medicine. Travel Health Clinic have their practice at 7 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, just above the Waterstone’s bookstore. They provide vaccinations for international travel for individuals and for groups, Tropical Medical check-ups and pre-employment and visa medical examinations.
In addition to vaccinations for the general international traveller, Travel Health Clinic provide preventative, screening and curative healthcare in tropical medicine for people travelling to and working in developing countries such as:
- Members of the general public who are unwell following travel to a tropical country
- Aid agency staff engaged in emergency humanitarian work
- Development workers
- Missionaries
- Diplomats
- Journalists
- Private sector company staff (civil engineering, geology/mining)
- Expedition members
Travel Health Clinic also offers on-site rapid antigen testing for faciparum Malaria and for Dengue Fever with result in 15 minutes. For more information, prices and opening hours check www.travelhealth.ie.
Great rugby weekend ahead
Irish rugby fans are looking forward to a weekend of spectacular action. The eagerly anticipated Heineken Cup Semi Final between Leinster and Munster takes place in Croke Park on Saturday 2 May, in what is expected to be a world record attendance for a club rugby match. Irish titans Munster and Leinster will lock horns for the right to play in the Heineken Cup final.
The teams will be battling for a place in the finals in Murrayfield, while their fans will be battling to give their team colours dominance in Croke Park and in Dublin city with plenty of flags and banners on display.
There is very little to choose between both packs given recent form, and past form will count for nothing come Saturday’s kick-off.
It’s promising to be a great weekend, and not just because it’s a bank holiday!
Parking in Dublin
I’ve just seen this on my way from the work today and I had to take a picture of this plonker who thought that parking on the pavement is ok. How stupid someone can be…
Ireland – England
Juat a narrow Ireland win over England keep the Grand Slam dream for Ireland very much alive. It wasn’t the prettiest game but it surely was a hard earned one point victory at the end of 80 minutes.
England had a golden chance to take the victory at Croke Park thanks to only two of the six successfully landed kicks by Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara, but their own indiscipline and two yellow cards handed the victory to the home side.
An untidy opening, scrappy and unattractive play with possession continually kicked away, that was very much a picture of the first half. Ireland having the better of the possession with only one converted penalty and England applying a bit of pressure just before the half-time and levelling the score with a simple penalty from in front of the posts.
The second half was a more entertaining one, although it started with another unsuccessful penalty by Ronan O’Gara as his effort struck a post. It was then Irish captain Brian O’Driscoll who lifted home crowded Croke Park with a fine drop-goal soon afterwards.
Ireland began to mount pressure with England warned about infringements and some nasty-looking clashes on O’Driscoll. And it was yet again the Ireland captain who powered over the line scoring his 35th international try 20 minutes from the end of second half.
England tried to hit back and even reduced the deficit to just five points but it was yet another yellow card that cost them. After replacement Care was sent to sin bin England were left to rue their indiscipline after Delon Armitage’s late try and Andy Goode’s conversion, but it was too late to mount another meaningful attack.
Relieved Ireland remain the only unbeaten side in the championship, after France beating Wales in Paris last night, with Declan Kidney’s men on top with six points, followed by Wales and France on four each.
Ireland – England match slideshow
Italy – Ireland
Second match of 2009 RBS Six Nation sees Ireland top of the table after clinching another victory over the home crowded Italians. Beautiful winter sunshine at The Stadio Flaminio in Rome welcomed Irish players with their captain Brian O’Driscoll earning his 90th cap while prop John Hayes equalling the Irish cap record of 91 appearances of a fellow squad member Malcolm O’Kelly.
After an unsettled early stages of the match where Ireland conceived two penalties, Italy spread the ball through the backs but wayward pass collected by the flying Tommy Bowe sprinting a good 50 meters to touch down by the posts.
After a long spell in Italian territory and 19 phases of play Ireland added second try just before the end of first half when Leinster wing Luke Fitzgerald dashed home for his first international try.
Ireland quickly added a third try early in the second half after flanker David Wallace bursts through the tackle of Italian defenders to touch down and ending Italy’s spirited resistance.
At this time the Ireland had the game firmly in their hands. Two more tries from Leinster duo Luke Fitzgerald and captain Brian O’Driscoll in the late stages of the game gave the final result of what was hardly a classic match.
Full credit to Ireland for stepping on the gas in the second half.
