Tipperary Ceremony of Reflection and Remembrance
The weekend of the 18th- 20th March was a weekend where communities all across Ireland took the opportunity to pause and reflect, to remember all those who have lost their lives during the pandemic, and to pay tribute to everyone who has contributed to how we have faced and are facing the challenges together. A […]
Global Trend: Women-Owned Businesses Thrive Despite Pandemic Disruption
Women entrepreneurs have shown tremendous resiliency and ingenuity in the face of pandemic-driven market disruptions, according to a new report, Women’s Entrepreneurship 2020/21: Thriving Through Crisis, from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). According to the report, about one in three growth-oriented entrepreneurs active in the world today are female, and slightly more than 30 percent of […]
Complaints about public services remain high despite pandemic
Complaints to Ombudsman Peter Tyndall about public services, such as those provided by government departments, local authorities and the HSE, remained high in 2020 despite the pandemic. The Ombudsman received 3,418 complaints from the public last year, a drop of 6% from the 2019 figures, but the highest number since 2015. Speaking today [9 June] […]
Has your sense of smell or taste changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Researchers from Teagasc and UCD are working with sensory scientists from research institutions across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to understand how COVID-19 has affected people’s ability to smell and taste. The Smell and Taste Evaluation in Ireland (STEVIE) survey was launched today, Tuesday, 7 July, in response to reports that COVID-19 can […]
ALONE release Health and Wellbeing plan to support older people amid the COVID-19 pandemic
ALONE, the organisation which supports older people, has released a Health and Wellbeing plan, addressing key issues which continue to affect the health and wellbeing of older people across the country as we move into the later stages of the COVID-19 Roadmap. The initiative came about as part of ALONE’s response to COVID-19; however it is also […]
ALONE continues to work with Tipperary County Council #covid19
ALONE, the organisation that supports older people, has received more than 20,000 calls to their COVID-19 helpline for older people since it launched in March. ALONE has hugely expanded their services since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ireland to meet the needs of older people nationwide, and is running a national helpline for older people as part […]
Psychology expert gives advice on coping with an ‘anxiety pandemic’
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland’s Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Brian Waldron shares expert advice on coping with COVID-19 and the ‘anxiety pandemic’ that threatens alongside the national health crisis. Last week on St. Patrick’s Day, the nation heard An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar refer to ‘fear as a virus in itself’ and he urged the public to […]