Healthcare

asthma Ireland Cróna Tansey, asthma awareness

EDITORIAL

‘All of a sudden I was really struggling’: 1 person in Ireland dies from asthma every 6 days

Asthma costs the state €472 million every year, both in medical costs and days lost from work. Not…

By Grace McGettigan

CervicalCheck - Vicky Phelan, photos via Twitter

EDITORIAL

€20,000 to be paid to women affected by CervicalCheck non-disclosure

Irish women affected by the non-disclosure of the CervicalCheck audit are set to receive an ex-gratia payment of…

By Grace McGettigan

World Ovarian Cancer Day

EDITORIAL

Ovarian cancer: four easy ways to spot the disease early

World Ovarian Cancer Day takes place on Wednesday, May 8. Here are four simple ways to spot the…

By Grace McGettigan

cancer

EDITORIAL

Daffodil Day: More than a third of those experiencing cancer don’t feel well-informed

When faced with a cancer diagnosis, the most important advice is certainly medical. It will always remain the…

By Edaein OConnell

running

EDITORIAL

What to listen to when you’re out running

Hannah Hillyer is training for her first marathon this year- even though she hasn’t got a ticket yet…

By Hannah Hillyer

healthcare

EDITORIAL

We repealed the eighth: here’s what’s next for women’s health in Ireland

As it's the week of International Women's Day, we’re looking at the status of women’s healthcare in Ireland;…

By Grace McGettigan

ICU

EDITORIAL

ICU: What it’s really like to work in an intensive care unit

What is it really like to hold someone else’s life in your hands? Intensive care doctor and author…

By IMAGE

Selma Blair

EDITORIAL

‘I was in denial; I was in pain’: Selma Blair gives first interview since revealing MS diagnosis

To open up about the things that debilitate us in life is never easy. It takes courage and strength.…

By Jennifer McShane

Late Late Show features Temple Street

EDITORIAL

Tonight’s Late Late Show to include special segment on Temple Street children’s hospital

Tonight's Late Late Show line-up has been announced and it promises to be an inspiring one. If you're…

By Grace McGettigan

The Dáil, Dublin – GP protest

EDITORIAL

Irish GPs to protest insufficient funding outside the Dáil today

At 2 pm today, Wednesday, February 6, family doctors belonging to the National Association of GPs (NAGP) will protest…

By Grace McGettigan

sepsis

EDITORIAL

Woman who was told she had ‘sciatica’ after giving birth died of sepsis

A young mother who died on Christmas day, one week after giving birth, died of “multiorgan failure with septicaemia”,…

By Erin Lindsay

Nurses strike

EDITORIAL

Nurses strike: What you need to know

Nearly 40,000 nurses and midwives across the country will take to the picket lines today, Wednesday, January 30 to…

By Jennifer McShane