During the last lockdown Gardaí all over the country liaised with a variety of other statutory bodies to identify any gaps in services and find ways of overcoming them. The aim was to give assistance to anyone who needed it, in particular to those most vulnerable in the community. Bandon […]
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The Wellbeing Network, West Cork and 49 North Street Skibbereen have launched details of The West Cork Feel Good Festival, taking place in early October to coincide with World Mental Health day on October 10. The Feel Good Festival, which has been running for a number of years, promotes […]
Clonakilty GP Dr Laurence O’Cleary was also the doctor at the County Home in Clonakilty when, while the Great War still raged, the Spanish flu broke out in 1918. Dr O’Cleary did his medical training at Queen’s College Cork. After graduating, he went to London where he worked as a […]
This year marks the 30th anniversary of International Day of Older Persons. As we celebrate it this week on Thursday, October 1, let us remember how difficult a year 2020 has been for the older persons in our society. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented fear and anxiety, as well […]
The promise of extra beds and staff in the HSE’s Winter Plan is welcome, however as numbers of Covid-19 cases rise rapidly around the country, ICUs are bracing for what is to come. With Dublin and Donegal now under Level 3 restrictions and more counties at risk, including Cork, Dr […]
Ireland has reinvented itself in the twenty first century. It has emerged from the shadows and secrets of the 1900s. We have dismantled draconian laws against gay people. We have allowed literature and the arts to flourish when censorship forced some of our greatest writers to flee our shores like […]