Some really shocking findings about delays in cancer care despite all the progress, from Irish Cancer Society looking at HSE data #speirghorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Delays in cancer treatment are 'causing avoidable deaths', Irish Cancer Society warns

It also warned of major disparity in wait times for different regions across the country

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Very interesting day #wctc2025 a big focus on vaping and the push by the tobacco industry to increase e-cigarette use as tobacco use declines - though its not declining in all countries as much as it is here

We have a few days coverage now of findings from a national survey on women's health, lots to read about - thoughts on childcare, miscarriage supports, fertility, menopause and lots more #womenshealth www.irishexaminer.com/womens-healt...

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'It was an emotional moment': Students complete Ireland's first Leaving Cert Ukrainian exam

Thousands of students across Ireland have made history by sitting the first Leaving Certificate exam in Ukrainian which has joined the list of non-curricular languages tested in State exams

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Some really harrowing experiences shared by members of Care Champions outside the Dail today, lots of questions about the standards of care in many nursing homes #speirghorm

🧵 Still no national screening programme for hip dysplasia 8 years after a working group made recommendations? "The whole thing is in chaos now. It’s probably seen as toxic There is no sense of urgency, no sense of determination to get this done" #SpéirGhorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Screening to help babies avoid hip dysplasia surgery still not in place, eight years on

The national screening programme proposed by a HSE steering group in 2017 was not set up. Now a consultant says 'we have no idea what the national rate of late diagnosis is' as a result

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"we need to talk about our nursing homes" Prof Ronan Collins writing today in the Examiner , he took part in that devastating RTE expose on #emeis www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

We need to talk about our nursing homes

Caring for older people is hard work - physically, emotionally and intellectually - so it needs to be valued and resourced. Prime Time shows that is not happening, writes Professor Rónán Collins

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“You would hear stories of parents coming straight from the hospital to hand over their babies.” Sean Abbott at Horizons/ Cope Foundation on how some things have changed #disabilities #speirgorm Story by Sarah Horgan www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

'Parents would come straight from hospital to hand over their babies...'

As Sean Abbott retires from Horizons after 40 years, he reflects on Ireland’s progress — and its ongoing failures

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Our joint letter to the Minister for Health & Minister for Justice calling for pre-action protocols to be implemented urgently, in @irishexaminer.bsky.social 14 leading organisations have united on this issue – the message is clear. @griffinniamh.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Doctors and patient advocates unite to call for reform of medical claims process

The letter to health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and justice minister Jim O’Callaghan calls for several measures including pre-action protocols

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The gift of life, and of time with people you love - v moving stories at the launch for organ donor awareness week #speirgorm

Very interesting thread #autism #adhd

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There’s growing discourse around the “overdiagnosis” of Autism and ADHD—particularly in adults. Critics say these diagnoses are now being handed out too easily, "its all gone too far", even framing them as trendy. But this view misses something fundamental. 1/24

If you want to listen to a powerful radio documentary, check out “Can you hear me? Dispatches from the world's forgotten war” by @newstalkfm.bsky.social ‘s Sarah Madden. It was made during a trip to the Sudan/ South Sudan border last month. ⤵️ bit.ly/42DKOxO

Can you hear me? Dispatches from the world's forgotten war. | Newstalk

It's two years to the week since fighting broke out in Sudan, instigating what is now the world's...

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🧵I spoke with @mickcliff.bsky.social on his podcast about meeting Sudanese refugees from civil war there who've fled to South Sudan. We were there just a few weeks ago hearing from people who've lived through 2 years of war now - www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... @irishexaminer.bsky.social

The Mick Clifford Podcast: The forgotten war that is far from international focus

The Irish Examiner’s Niamh Griffin recently visited one of the refugee camps in South Sudan and reported on the forgotten war

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"We seem to be making the same mistakes again" an interesting interview about merging cultures for the new children's hospital with Dr Paul Davis @dublincityuni.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... #dublin

Children's hospital is almost ready — but questions remain about managing the transition

Incorporating Crumlin, Temple Street, and Tallaght children's hospitals into the NCH may be a bigger challenge than the eye-watering cost

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Our colleagues in DCU SC&A found these delicate Victorian easter cards laying amid the pages of one of our early printed books as if they'd been bought just yesterday! Produced by Joseph Mansell they're hand drawn & coloured with a metallic finish on embossed lace paper. @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Mothers affected by the spinal surgery crisis at CHI spoke out again this week, calling really for an end to the problems #scoliosis #spinabifida www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Lots of people sounding the alarm about the v low uptake of bowel screening in Ireland - just 41% last year, way off the 65% target #bowelcancer www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Ireland again misses target for bowel cancer screening as numbers taking lifesaving test drop

The HSE Bowelscreen can detect bowel cancer before signs or symptoms are even present

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WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language. The results tell us a lot! Extracts below... 🧵

It's been months since the Health Committee met, meanwhile Hiqa + Mental Health Commission finding more and more problems in residential centres This woman is afraid for her mum in an acute mental health unit #Cork www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

'If this is happening to my mother, it is everyone': Fears for patient safety at mental health unit

Mental Health Commission have inspectors downgraded the compliance rating of the centre to just 61% from 79% in 2020

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Social media poses "the biggest risk" for women in #menopause , fascinating talk from Dr Cathy Casey HSE midwest www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Social media myths 'pose biggest risk to women in menopause'

Consultant Cathy Casey cites dangerous misinformation such as debunked myth linking HRT with higher cancer risks

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I'm working at the border between Sudan and South Sudan this week. The war in Sudan and spreading cholera outbreaks are putting pressures on locals in South Sudan - but they say they will not turn anyone away Many women described horrific sexual abuse while on the road #SouthSudan

📢 Access to birth control in Ireland & challenges faced by women & men in navigating religious doctrine & the law vs social justice & health care on @newstalkfm.bsky.social panel made up of @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @jenniferredmond.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social & me. @whaireland.bsky.social

40 Years On: Contraceptives Legalised In Ireland | Newstalk

We're marking the 40th anniversary of the legalisation of the sale of contraceptives in Ireland i...

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Another fascinating piece from Sarah Horgan - on the Irish people supporting canonisation of a young Italian gamer in @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Parishes across Ireland to mark canonisation of 'the patron saint of PlayStation' in April

Carlo Acutis was known for his good deeds as well as his avid interest in video games which he used to create a website documenting eucharistic miracles

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"We're damaged goods" nurses living with #longcovid since early in the pandemic describe their reality www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig... Thanks to @inmoirl.bsky.social for help with this.

'We’re damaged goods': Out-of-work nurses explain what it's like to live with long covid

Some who were on the front line during the pandemic are still feeling its effects

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The "incredible" impact of the HPV vaccine on pre-cancer cervical cancer rates on young women - @russelln.bsky.social from Cervical Check www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Pre-cervical cancer now ‘rare’ in young women thanks to HPV vaccine

CervicalCheck clinical director says high-grade pre-cancer abnormalities in 25-year-olds has fallen from 5% to 1% thanks to HPV vaccination.

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Salmon's 2,300km epic journey from Greenland back to Co Mayo

Inland Fisheries Ireland recorded the 'mystery fish' at Killary Harbour and could tell it had been tagged near a town called Qaqortoq, in southern Greenland

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85 people on hospital trolleys for longer than 24 hours by this morning - HSE figures And still no new health minister as the shenanigans in the Dail continue 🤦‍♀️

"Fearful that if I earn a certain amount over a threshold, my financial support for being disabled could be taken away, because apparently money makes you grow limbs."

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Joanne O'Riordan: 'Time for talk is over, we need reforms now' www.rte.ie/news/primeti...