Siobhan Murphy

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‘If there was any urgent child protection concern that came to our attention, we would absolutely make home visits,’ says Tusla’s Joy McGlynn. Photograph: iStock
Locked down and vulnerable: ‘It’s the kids we don’t know about. That is the worry’

Loss of supports during the pandemic has increased pressure on families already struggling with conflict. How has Tusla been coping with (...)

Siobhán Murphy who contracted Covid-19, told the committee that she was unprepared for the psychological impact of contracting and living with the virus.
Staff nurse tells committee of ‘terrifying’ experience of contracting Covid-19

The Oireachtas committee on Covid-19 has heard that health care staff were experiencing burn out, fatigue and post-traumatic stress as a result of dea(...)

Vytas Lemnickis was found unconscious in his cell on the Committal Unit at Cork Prison four hours after being admitted
Screening process review recommended following death in Cork Prison

The Irish Prison Service should keep its checklist for screening prisoners being admitted to Irish jails under constant review following the death of (...)

Forensic crash investigator Garda Ray Sweeney told an inquest the purpose of a seatbelt is to restrain a person being thrown from their seat in a crash, with the seatbelt absorbing the force of their mass as they are thrown forward.
Child restrained with mother by one seatbelt killed in crash

The dangers of two people using a single seatbelt were highlighted at an inquest on Tuesday into the death of a eight-year-old girl killed in a two-ca(...)