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Ask the Doctor: ‘After having Covid, my smell and taste changed massively. Is there a solution?’

All your burning health questions answered by the professionals."I had Covid last July. I was really sick for…

By Sarah Gill

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REAL-LIFE STORIES

Ireland’s Covid mistakes: ‘It wasn’t a price I was willing to pay’

It’s exactly three years since Covid arrived on our doorstep. Now a NPHET expert has slammed some of…

By Amanda Cassidy

AGENDA

Is this the reason so many of us were sick over the Christmas break?

XBB.1.5 is now officially one of the fastest-spreading coronavirus subvariant. As Irish hospital numbers swell and winter virus…

By Amanda Cassidy

The immunocompromised are still in lockdown
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SELF

‘Sleepless nights, constant worrying are part and parcel of these new normal times’

Hearing the sentence ‘it’s great to be getting back to normal’ leaves Fedelma feeling like she’s being left…

By Leonie Corcoran

SELF

Life after lockdown: 5 habits to keep and 5 to ditch forever

This year has been up and it's been down. Amanda Cassidy reflects on the things we need to…

By Amanda Cassidy

Leonie Corcoran: acceptance at the start of 2022
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SELF

‘I’ve had many heart-pounding moments since my partner proposed… just not the type I’d envisaged’

For all the hope we had at the beginning of the year that the pandemic would be in…

By Leonie Corcoran

HEALTH & WELLNESS

HSE chief: ‘Significant duress on the health system. Something has to change’

The government this evening is said to be extremely concerned over the rise in Covid cases and it's…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

Covid life: How to parent when you have no answers for them

By Amanda Cassidy

EDITORIAL

MHQ: ‘Before we put more countries on the list, we must know how they will be taken off’

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

The race between the vaccines and the variants

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By Amanda Cassidy

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#Jabsfortheboys: Why the leapfrogging of vaccinations is a dangerous precedent

In recent months, The Coombe and now The Beacon have apologised for their vaccine distribution. But an apology…

By Amanda Cassidy

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Beacon hospital outrage: ‘A privileged group with the right connections jumps the queue’

By Amanda Cassidy