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Pandemic had real lasting impact on cognitive function in over-50s, study finds

Lockdowns and other restrictions brought in during the pandemic have had a “real lasting impact” on the brain health of people over the age of 50, researchers have suggested. A study found cognitive function and working memory in older people ...

02 Nov 2023 at 08:32

Midland Tribune

Paying Community Health Care Workers pandemic bonus is the 'right decision’ - Lowry

Deputy Michael Lowry says that the announcement by Government to include Community Health Care Workers in the Pandemic Bonus Payment of €1000 is the right decision. Minister for Public Expenditure, Michael McGrath, has told the Dáil that ...

28 Jan 2022 at 14:29

National News

'It is an industrial relations issue' - Varadkar speaks amid student nurses protest today

Student nurses and midwives held a demonstration outside Leinster House today and protested pay and conditions for student nurses. At present, students completing their clinical placement from years 1-3 and the first semester of year 4 ...

02 Nov 2021 at 16:43

Local News

BREAKING: Coronavirus officially declared a Pandemic

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially declared COVID-19 (Coronavirus) a pandemic. As 118,000 people globally have contracted the virus and over 4,000 deaths, Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from WHO has stated that ...

11 Mar 2020 at 17:40

Lifestyle

As Simon Cowell shares positive therapy experience, how can it help even if you aren’t in crisis?

X Factor boss Simon Cowell, 63, has shared that having discovered therapy in the past year, he feels as though “a weight has lifted off my shoulders”. The music mogul, who is behind The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, ...

31 Aug 2023 at 13:31

National News

More than half of people admitted to ICU in September & October were not vaccinated - CSO figures reveal

The latest figures released from the Central Statistics Office reveal that 97% of vaccinated people admitted to an ICU had an underlying health condition 54% of people admitted to ICU in September and October were not ...

19 Nov 2021 at 17:34

Midland Tribune

Lowry Raises Issue of Pandemic Payment for Carers with Ministers

Deputy Michael Lowry has voiced the anger of Community Home Care Workers and others in the health care sector who have not been included in the €1,000 Pandemic Payment to the relevant Ministers in Leinster House. ...

20 Jan 2022 at 12:05

National News

'Difficult winter ahead' says INMO

The number of patients on trolleys has almost doubled this October when compared to the same period in 2020, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. The organisation said it has seen more ...

01 Nov 2021 at 10:37

Merchants Quay sees rise in demand for alcohol and drug treatment during lockdown

National News

Merchants Quay sees rise in demand for alcohol and drug treatment during pandemic lockdown

Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI) has warned that more people availing of addiction services due to lockdown restrictions, with a significant rise in demand in the midlands. The charity has warned of the ...

21 Oct 2021 at 15:40

National News

'A poor use of taxpayers funds', Government urged to scrap pandemic bonus

The Governments plan for a new bank holiday and pandemic bonus payment to be paid to frontline workers has been labelled as a "bad idea" and "a poor use of taxpayers funds". Neil McDonnell, CEO of ...

04 Oct 2021 at 13:02

National News

'Humans are a social species' - Mental health charity tells people to go outside

A national mental health charity is encouraging people to stop isolating and start socialising again. Turn2Me's call echoes that of the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Breda Smyth, who tweeted a ...

03 Mar 2023 at 16:22

National News

Jobs market recovery post-Covid likely due to state intervention and pandemic welfare supports, says study

Employment rates rose for almost all groups of people post-pandemic, while unemployment and labour market inactivity generally fell, new findings show. A new study from the Irish Human Rights ...

24 Apr 2024 at 11:46

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