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Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said the programme provided a “vital resource to people to assist them in finding sustainable work”. Photograph: Sam Boal/Rollingews.ie
Refugees and disabled people to get training to help find jobs

A training programme which gives help to the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities and refugees has been launched. Ag Obair Le Chéile is a n(...)

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has called on the Government and the HSE to “take an all-Ireland approach” to planning dementia services to ensure citizens are treated equally. Photograph: Getty Images
Irish dementia services patchy with long waits for clinics

New figures have revealed significant gaps in dementia services in the State where patients face a “postcode lottery” and lengthy waits to access spec(...)

Mary Manning, National Dementia Strategy Implementation Programme; Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe, national director, Health & Wellbeing, HSE; and Prof Brian Lawlor of Trinity College Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Time to end ‘fear and secrecy’ around dementia in Ireland

It is time to end the “fear and secrecy” surrounding dementia as Ireland prepares for the number of sufferers to more than double in the next 20 year(...)

Des McMahon with architect Fionnuala Rogerson at his ‘future-proofed’ home in Sandymount, Co Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke
Growing old at home takes some adapting

“We were quite belligerent,” says Ray Cregan, talking about the the time his late father Paddy was in hospital after a catastrophic fall followed by s(...)

Health authorities are to develop new guidelines on the use of powerful psychotropic medication. Photograph: Getty Images
Lynch: Oversight needed on use of psychotropic drugs

Stronger oversight over the prescription of powerful psychotropic drugs for vulnerable patients is needed, Minister of State Kathleen Lynch has said. (...)

State criticised for not changing 150-year-old Lunacy Act

April Fool’s Day is being used to admonish the Government for its continued failure to replace the almost 150-year-old Lunacy Act with promised capac(...)

Dementia patients require extra care and may have hearing and other complications. Photograph: Thinkstock
Alarm at levels of dementia awareness in Irish hospitals

One of the most striking findings from the National Audit of Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals 2014 report was that only 6 per cent of hospitals includ(...)