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...

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...

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...

"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...

“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...

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...

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

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

🧵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

"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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

"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.

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...

And sometimes there's a good news story - www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

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."

Surgical hubs were supposed to be a rapid-response to overcrowding but we are already 18 months past the promised openings with a long way to go www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... #speirgorm

Something different - Sylvia Pankhurst's empathy for the 1916 Rising and Lockout in 1913 were many and beautifully expressed in her writing #spéirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Hello! I'm taking part in the Inishbofin half marathon & 10K in May, in aid of the Galway branch of Down Syndrome Ireland If you would like to donate and support this fundraiser, click the link below to my idonate page and follow the steps: idonate.ie/fundraiser/S... Cheers!

When religion and science met, it made all the difference for this Scoliosis patient in #Tralee www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Sinéad Tighe's GP thought she was having a stroke, but the symptoms were burnout from being a Carer www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Only 5% of the €106m Ireland invested in cancer research went towards prevention www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

V interesting stats from the Healthy Ireland report this morning @roinnslainte.bsky.social Long Covid and carer responsibility included for the first time

Lack of male mental health therapists in Ireland is putting young men off seeking help - #mentalhealth www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Does Ennis need another hospital, or revamp the current one or build one for west Clare? Some of the many suggestions at a meeting tonight w candidates #ge24

I don't think this is the apology people are looking for #ge24

Hi all, just moving in here from the other place, I'll be sharing stories and what people I follow get up to #health #disabilities

Our health corr Niamh Griffin took a closer look at the human cost that runs alongside the eyewatering spend on the new €2.2bn National Children's Hospital: 2 - Election 2024: 'If your child has cancer you don't need the extra stress of chasing a bed' www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...