Last week Cork Senator Tim Lombard was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Agriculture panel along with 2 of his Fine Gael colleagues. Speaking of the result Senator Lombard said: “I am honoured to be re-elected to Seanad Éireann and would like to thank all those who supported me, including […]
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University College Cork has made a premises available to the HSE to facilitate treatment for vulnerable cancer patients during the COVID-19 crisis. Ordinarily the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC uses its simulation centre to facilitate and support student learning. However over the last few weeks UCC and the HSE […]
Education and Training Boards across Ireland are implementing important measures to meet the challenges arising from Covid-19 and to ensure continuity of education and training for approximately 450,000 students and learners across the state. The ETB sector acknowledges the challenges associated with this pandemic, and the impact felt by students, […]
HIQA has today opened an Infection Prevention and Control Hub to provide advice and support to social care services as they tackle COVID-19. The Hub is available to providers and staff of nursing homes, residential centres for people with a disability, special care units and Tusla children’s residential settings. The […]
Social isolation or distancing is not a workable solution for thousands of health and social care workers facing the coronavirus. For example, at the Anne Sullivan Centre for Deafblind, care staff can’t wear gloves. For deafblind people most communication is tactile, hand over hand and touch is everything. “Many of […]
