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 […]
Minister for Health Simon Harris TD has announced an initiative for patients who avail of a Ministerial licence for medicinal cannabis products to have the products delivered. Speaking today, Minister Harris said: “I am aware that the limited number of patients who avail of a Ministerial licence for medicinal cannabis […]
With restrictions on gatherings likely to remain for the foreseeable future due to Covid-19, West Cork Music has cancelled this year’s 25th West Cork Chamber Music Festival, which was due to take place from June 26 – July 5. West Cork Music said that the safety of artists, audiences and […]
The Leoni family moved from Clonakilty, West Cork to Gran Canaria last September. Mattia, Elena and their two sons Michele (12) and Sam (10) are now living under Europe’s hardest lockdown in a 600sqft apartment. You’ve been following the news and the stats, so there’s no need to tell you […]
written by Amer Owaida, ESET We Live Security The scam machine shows no signs of slowing down, as fraudsters dispense bogus health advice, peddle fake testing kits and issue malware-laced purchase orders. With the COVID-19 pandemic surging outside, people are hunkering down inside their houses. Companies are shifting to remote work and […]
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 […]