Eoin Meegan Dyslexia is a condition that affects approximately one in ten people in Ireland. The Dyslexia Association of Ireland defines the condition as “a specific learning difficulty affecting the acquisition of fluent and accurate reading and spelling skills.” Many […]
Read more →St Patrick’s Mental Health Services have just launched an exciting No Stigma campaign, which aims to reimagine a life without mental health stigma. They hope you can join them in growing the conversation around mental health and showing how life […]
Read more →BY Kathrin Kobus There is an official statistics site provided by the government of Ireland, the geohive hub, where everyone can look up and check numbers and graphs relating to Covid-19. Its accuracy depends on those who feed numbers into […]
Read more →BY editor With a number of people going out and about again wearing recommended face masks (mandatory on public transport since 29th of June) this constitutes a challenge for the needs of hearing impaired people. “The use of face masks […]
Read more →Eoin Meegan With Covid-19 dominating all the headlines at the moment, we may be in danger of overlooking other critical problems in society: mental health, domestic abuse, child vulnerability, and the topic under scrutiny here, suicide and self-harm. Suicide or […]
Read more →By Eoin Meegan f you’re a frontline worker who’s worried about who will take care of your dog while you’re taking care of the rest of us, then help is at hand from those wonderful people at Dogs Trust. Dogs […]
Read more →By Eoin Meegan A new “Cocooning with COPD” information pack with tips and advice for protecting physical and mental well-being for people with COPD has been announced by COPD Support Ireland. People with COPD are one of the vulnerable groups […]
Read more →By Eoin Meegan Mental health in the pandemic hits small children too.” So says Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, Gym Manager, Mental Health Activist, Special Needs Assistant and Children’s Fitness Consultant, Lisa Redmond, who runs Active Kids Academy and Stretch-n-Grow Wicklow. […]
Read more →The Government has announced 26 new COVID-19 research and innovation projects to complement existing third-level research activity. Projects will address key areas such as frontline healthcare, diagnostics, infection control, contact tracing, mental health, potential treatments, and management of the mitigation […]
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Since we all will have to wear a face mask when using public transport from Monday 29th June onwards, it is important to use the mask properly. Only FFP2 and FFP3 masks with filter and ventil actually do prevent viral […]
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