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The top 5: Davison responds to gluten backlash; Usain Bolt takes a segway hit

"I'm not a doctor or a dietician" - Rosanna Davison says her gluten comment was miscommunicated R...
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21.37 27 Aug 2015


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The top 5: Davison responds to gluten backlash; Usain Bolt takes a segway hit

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21.37 27 Aug 2015


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"I'm not a doctor or a dietician" - Rosanna Davison says her gluten comment was miscommunicated

Rosanna Davison says her message was miscommunicated, when she was reported to have linked gluten to arthritis, schizophrenia and autism in an interview.

The remarks provoked a huge storm of controversy and the former Miss World was criticised by many people including health professionals.

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Yesterday, the Health Minister Leo Varadkar appeared to weigh in on the controversy, after he retweeted one user who said: "Why won't my mam and dad get back together #blamegluten".

WATCH: Usain Bolt gets cleaned out by a segway after his win in the 200 metres

Usain Bolt completed a fantastic double win in the 100m and 200m sprints at Beijing today, once again coming out on top against Justin Gatlin.

He did it in some style too, clearly in control of the race and slowing down as he approached the finish line, but he was brought back down to earth when he was cleaned out by a segway as he celebrated afterwards.

Heatwave in September? The summer is coming back next week

Well the summer is almost over, but temperatures are set to peak again from next week.

Met Éireann says next Monday and Tuesday will have sunny spells during the first half of the day - with highs of 17 degrees.

While the later part of the week will be "drier but still cool", according to the forecaster.

But Siobhan Ryan from Met Éireann has told the Irish Times next week looks "dry, settled and calm, with little or no wind".

POLL: Should all schools provide a hot meal for pupils?

Calls are being made for the almost 900,000 children in primary and secondary schools in Ireland to receive one hot meal every day.

It’s estimated the comprehensive school dinner programme would cost €350 million per annum to run.

In 2014 there were approximately 889, 269 primary and secondary school children in the Republic of Ireland.

Unlike Northern Ireland, the rest of the UK and almost all other thirty countries in the European Union and beyond, there is not a comprehensive school meals programme in the Republic of Ireland, entitling all school children to a school dinner, either free or paid for.

We want to know, should schools provide a hot meal for children?

McDonald’s responds to Burger King's collaboration proposal...

Burger King published an open letter to McDonalds in two newspapers yesterday where it proposed creating a combined McWhopper burger for one day next month.

The burger would mark a cessation of competitive hostilities between the companies and would be sold on International Peace Day, September 21, and would only sold in Atlanta, half way between Burger King’s base in Miami and McDonald’s in Chicago.


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