Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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Covid-19 toll on mental health to be felt ‘for many years’
- Health
- March 2, 2021, 00:01
The Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on mental health “has not been counted yet” but will have an effect “for many years to come”, the World Health Organisa(...)
Get an oximeter, wash out your nose and sleep on your front . . . A doctor’s advice on how to manage a mild case of Covid-19 at home The guidanc(...)
Protein discovery at UCD paves way for anti-Covid drugs
- Science
- January 17, 2021, 16:32
Small proteins that help Covid-19 infect human cells and respond to existing drug therapies have been identified by scientists in new findings that pa(...)
Daily Covid-19 deaths will inevitably increase, says McConkey
- Social Affairs
- January 11, 2021, 08:10
The daily number of Covid-deaths will “inevitably” increase and could rise “exponentially” in coming weeks as numbers dying from the illness catch up (...)
Irish scientists discover mutations associated with early onset dementia
- Health
- December 22, 2020, 12:36
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) have discovered mutations associated with early onset dementia that may lead to better understanding of how(...)
HSE chief to meet families of deceased Dundalk nursing home residents
- Health
- December 21, 2020, 01:01
Relatives of residents who died in a coronavirus outbreak at a Dundalk, Co Louth, nursing home are to meet HSE chief executive Paul Reid to discuss th(...)
How can the class gap in higher education be bridged?
- Education
- December 7, 2020, 00:01
On any given day, Mary Hernandez sees the financial struggles facing students at Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) up close. “Huge numbers h(...)
Class gap: More affluent students dominate high-points courses
- Education
- December 7, 2020, 00:00
The class gap in higher education is revealed in new figures that show affluent students dominate high-points courses such as medicine, finance and en(...)
Sexual violence figures likely to be 'considerably higher' than studies show – academics
- Social Affairs
- November 25, 2020, 18:35
The true number of people who experience sexual violence in Ireland is likely to be “considerably higher” than studies show due to a difficulty in def(...)
Online choir music to the ears of Irish doctors during the pandemic
- Health & Family
- November 25, 2020, 06:01
Choirs became one of the first groups advised to stop meeting in person when the Covid-19 pandemic began to spread across Europe in February and March(...)



