Mr Seán Canney TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development today (Wednesday, May 13) welcomed the opening of a new ‘Innovate Together Fund’, a partnership between Government, Social Innovation Fund Ireland and the philanthropic community. Following on from the announcement last week for a support package for the […]
Covid-19 is having a huge impact on children and young people’s sleep, as time on technology goes into overdrive and bedtimes creep later, according to a new national sleep survey. Three organisations – The Sleep Charity, The Sleep Council and Sleepstation – joined forces to ask the nation about their […]
For most of us our homes are currently the central location for our business or, a secondary work-area, classroom, and creche, all-in-one space. Prior to Covid-19, home office space would generally not have been seen as an essential ergonomically planned space in our home. So, like many others right now, […]
With silage cutting season underway, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) are making a joint appeal to drivers of farming machinery and vulnerable road users to share the road safely. The IFA has already urged farm families to be very vigilant about safety around the […]
President Higgins has issued the following statement, to mark International Nurses’ Day, 12 May 2020: “Today, on International Nurses’ Day, all over the world we are celebrating the irreplaceable contribution that nurses make to the world’s health and wellbeing, and as we commemorate the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder […]
With people adhering to government advice and staying at home since mid-March in response to the Covid-19 crisis, Irish Water has confirmed that there has been a significant increase in household water usage. New domestic metering data has revealed that households are using an additional 24 litres of water per […]