School Of Nursing
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‘Crucial’ legislation on maternity deaths is held up
- Health
- June 18, 2018, 12:04
Legislation mandating inquests into all maternity deaths has been delayed, more than one year after it was promised in the Dáil. The Department of J(...)

Health Board: upcoming conferences, talks, campaigns and events
- Health & Family
- June 4, 2018, 06:01
1) National Bike Week will be held from Saturday, June 9th to Sunday, June 17th. Highlights include family cycling festivals in Cabinteely Park on Sat(...)

When you need help telling someone you have epilepsy
- Health & Family
- December 5, 2017, 06:01
Brenda Quigg was diagnosed with epilepsy in November 2012, following a seizure she suffered while sleeping. With her diagnosis, the former community n(...)

Narratives of hope in mental illness
- Health & Family
- November 5, 2017, 05:01
As a self-confessed pessimist, I often shy away from hope. I don’t mean that I am sunk in despair – I have no right to be: I’ve had a charmed life, fr(...)

Violent videogames won’t make children nasty
- Health & Family
- May 15, 2017, 06:00
‘Won’t somebody think of the children?' Kids need to be protected from the ills and malice that are part of adult life. As they develop, one assu(...)

Older mothers are better mothers, new study finds
- Parenting
- May 2, 2017, 06:00
The bulk of medical research on pregnancy and childbirth has emphasised the importance of an expectant mother’s physical health in terms of the likely(...)

Women’s right to choose should be respected, Citizens’ Assembly hears
- Social Affairs
- February 5, 2017, 12:03
A woman has the right to decide whether or not to continue with a pregnancy because it is she who assumes the burden of pregnancy and childbirth, the (...)

‘Email has a lot of really toxic elements to it’
- Science
- August 25, 2016, 06:00
The written word hasn’t been this popular since the Enlightenment. Texts, tweets and emails have become the preferred channels for so many connection(...)

Counting the real cost of muscular dystrophy
- Health & Family
- July 11, 2016, 16:00
Many people living with muscular dystrophy in Ireland are under severe financial pressure and are often forced to pay for expensive medicines, wheelch(...)

Warning over merger plan for Waterford IT and IT Carlow in south east
- Opinion
- August 6, 2015, 01:10
On July 27th, the Department of Education published a report from Michael Kelly, a well-respected public servant, on the proposed merger between Water(...)