Giving people with mobility issues a chance to experience the wind in their hairNursing homes and local authorities around Ireland have shown huge interest in trishaw-based initiative Cycling Without AgeTue Feb 07 2023 - 05:01
Developers, architects and builders must incorporate carbon reduction measures into constructionAs energy demands of buildings slowly being reduce with better insulation and more renewable energy, attention now turns to embodied carbonThu Feb 02 2023 - 05:00
Can pharmacists help alleviate overcrowded emergency departments and busy GP surgeries?Skillsets of advice and screening in your local pharmacist can be part of the front line of defence in the health systemTue Jan 24 2023 - 06:00
Flying the empty nest: the joys and variety of grown-up travelSylvia Thompson on travelling as a couple again after years of family holidaysFri Jan 20 2023 - 05:00
Holiday habits: In praise of public transportUsing public transport, walking and cycling when holidaying abroad is good for the planet and your pocket, writes Sylvia ThompsonFri Jan 20 2023 - 05:00
‘Flavour always comes first’: Dublin students reinventing healthy foodTU Dublin students are blanching, braising, fermenting, pickling, curing, baking and stewing their way to gloryMon Jan 16 2023 - 05:01
Indoor air pollution: Why our homes and offices need a health checkNatural or mechanical ventilation is crucial, particularly in airtight spacesThu Jan 12 2023 - 06:00
Education service ‘almost invisible’ despite key role in tackling early school leaving Report finds many Youthreach staff do not have equivalent pay and conditions to colleagues in secondary educationTue Jan 10 2023 - 00:01
‘I was riddled with anxiety’: Finding a way back after dropping out of school Youthreach training programmes are helping many early school leavers get their lives back on trackTue Jan 10 2023 - 00:00
Waterford city building a decarbonisation zone for others to followInvolvement of local communities a catalyst for behavioural changeThu Jan 05 2023 - 07:00
Mask-wearing Q&A: Should we be wearing them? Where? Should they be mandatory?High levels of illness related to respiratory viruses are leading to record overcrowding in Irish hospitalsFri Dec 30 2022 - 12:29
‘The day I had surgery I wasn’t nervous at all. It was, like, get me in there’Deep brain stimulation surgery has proved a life-changer for Ivan O’Regan, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 31Thu Dec 29 2022 - 05:31
‘A lot of our Christmas volunteers have been through really difficult periods and want to pay it forward’Hundreds of people are giving their time over the holiday period to support those in crisis, both in person and on helplinesMon Dec 19 2022 - 05:01
How to look out for our wild birds: clean your feeder, be careful with breadcrumbs, seeds and peanuts are betterThe Irish Garden Bird Survey reveals changing patterns of different bird species in IrelandSat Dec 17 2022 - 05:00
Eco-friendly toys: Wood, recycled, secondhand, rent – what are the sustainable alternatives?More than 90% of toys are made from virgin plastic and shipped to Ireland from ChinaSun Dec 11 2022 - 05:00
HIV stigma: ‘We need to address the myths, misunderstandings and attitudes that continue to fuel it’One Small Change: Further education and training needed for healthcare staff explaining that HIV is a blood-borne virusFri Dec 02 2022 - 06:01
Art as lifesaver: Figuring out Irish identity in mixed hip-hop spaceArt Keeps Me Alive is the theme of a music, singing and spoken word gig at the Axis arts centre in Ballymun. Here six artists talk about creativity and their livesThu Dec 01 2022 - 00:01
New ‘green VAT’ rates would raise more tax, reduce emissions, researchers claimShift to consumption-based emissions model would see VAT increase of 14 per cent and emissions cut of 6 per cent, says ESRISat Nov 26 2022 - 09:45
Ditch the hyper-consumerism of Christmas: a quick guide to gifting experiencesFrom paddle board lessons to making a mosaic, here are some suggestions to cut down on ‘stuff’ by giving a lasting giftThu Nov 24 2022 - 05:00
‘A lot of young people with ADHD feel misunderstood by family and in school’Some studies have found more than one in 10 third-level students with ADHD have attempted to take their own livesMon Nov 21 2022 - 10:08
Why do we try to confuse people who come to an Irish hospital?One Small Change: Hospitals use needlessly complicated language. What’s wrong with plain English? Think how much clearer it would make hospital signsMon Nov 21 2022 - 05:31
100 ways to stay healthy and happy, from switching off devices to performing random acts of kindnessFive experts at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have written a book about the six pillars of lifestyle medicineTue Nov 15 2022 - 05:01
HSE says health services will be carbon neutral by 2050Dr Philip Crowley presents overview of system’s first climate action strategy set to be ready by end of yearWed Nov 09 2022 - 19:00
Can Ireland shake its bad reputation for hospital food?Healthcare budget cuts from 1990s that have not been reversed viewed as a main reason why food remains poor in hospitalsWed Nov 09 2022 - 05:31
How to improve Ireland’s health system: Recognise its staff as advocates for climate actionOne Small Change: We need to ramp up the HSE Green Healthcare Programme and extend it into all areas of clinical practiceMon Nov 07 2022 - 05:01
‘Most women think they’re going to die from breast cancer - they are six times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease’Woman who survived heart attack stresses importance of getting blood pressure and cholesterol checkedWed Nov 02 2022 - 05:31
‘There is an epidemic of short-sightedness’The Covid-19 pandemic forced innovation for eye care in Ireland, consultant ophthalmologist Dr Emma Duigan saysTue Nov 01 2022 - 05:01
Paying the price for the hidden costs of cheap foodEnglish farmer and best-selling author James Rebanks says farming has become reduced to a financial and engineering challenge rather than a biological activitySat Oct 29 2022 - 05:00
Flexible but not forgotten There must be a level playing field for everyone working, especially as many people still choose to do their jobs remotelyWed Oct 26 2022 - 00:00
Halloween events: 20 things for culture vultures to do over the midtermAn indoor ‘scream park’, atmospheric musical performances, scary movies and a chilling bus tourMon Oct 24 2022 - 05:00
Multi-layered art-science collaboration explores the experience of epilepsyProject brings together an artist, a composer and a neurophysiologist to evoke and explain the inner workings of a seizureFri Oct 21 2022 - 09:15
Surgery waiting lists: ‘Emergency department patients will always win over elective patients’Surgeons Deborah McNamara and Kevin Barry offer insight into how hospitals can deal with backlogs in surgery in the context of Covid and why Ireland needs more surgeonsFri Oct 21 2022 - 06:01
Respiratory physiologists ‘need more hygiene equipment and facilities’ in Irish hospitals to do their jobs properlyOne Small Change: Increased infection measures and patchy availability of equipment are leading to longer waiting listsFri Oct 21 2022 - 05:31
What are the prospects of addressing Ireland’s catastrophic decline in species and habitats?Environmental campaigners disillusioned by prospect of yet another biodiversity plan lacking teethThu Oct 20 2022 - 06:00
Enough vacant buildings to solve Ireland’s homeless crisis, conference toldDublin event highlights potential of repurposing old buildings to provide housingSat Oct 15 2022 - 12:05
Planning a ‘good death’ in Ireland: ‘We have made our wills and told our children our wishes’The Irish Hospice Foundation has launched its revised advance care planning toolkit Think AheadTue Oct 04 2022 - 06:01
‘Development checks by public health nurses should be continued for all babies’One Small Change: Proposed removal of routine checks in parts of the State in favour of a prioritisation system must not happenMon Sept 26 2022 - 06:01
Nature Diary: Falling FruitVoluntary organisation Falling Fruit has organised teams of volunteers to harvest unwanted fruit nationwideSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:00
‘We need to think more about how walking can help us overcome violence’A conference in Dublin this week celebrated the nation’s new favourite hobby and looked at ways of dethroning the carSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:00
Cork, Chapman, crutches, cartoon, culture night and how ‘Chronic Pain is NOT Make Believe’A fall down the stairs left the artist with chronic sciatica. She uses large-format graphics to understand and come to terms with agonyWed Sept 21 2022 - 05:31
Majority of women can’t name any sign or symptom of common cancerSurvey finds low awareness of symptoms of uterine cancersMon Sept 19 2022 - 19:01
Climate action: ‘People have to feel part of the solution, not the cause of the problem’Five climate activists on why changing hearts and minds is the way to meet Ireland’s 2030 emissions targets and become a net-zero society by 2050Mon Sept 19 2022 - 05:00
‘My husband was invited in with me to get the results, so I knew it must be bad news’A home-test kit detected Niamh Ferry’s bowel cancer. She wants to break down any stigma attached to such potentially life-saving screeningTue Sept 13 2022 - 05:01
Hospital colleagues talk of burnout and a lack of camaraderie. I know how we can begin to change thatOne Small Change: Irish healthcare staff need to embrace a “support one another” attitudeMon Sept 12 2022 - 03:16
Nature diary: Brittas Bay biodiversityRaising awareness of this Special Area of Conservation remains key to its survivalSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Doing the school run in the saddle: Swapping the car for the cargo bikeAn Taisce’s new Safe Routes to School campaign focuses on the many health benefits of switching from the car to the bikeMon Sept 05 2022 - 06:00
How to get more people cycling? It needs to be ‘fun’Expert indicates potential positive outcome for Dublin to look at developing low-stress cycling networkMon Sept 05 2022 - 04:45
Nature diary: Protecting our hedgrerows Escaped hedges, also known as linear woodland trees, should only be trimmed at the side and never toppedSat Sept 03 2022 - 05:00
Trinity researchers give new hope for sufferers of age-related macular degeneration Study is the first evidence that shows improvement of visual function in dry AMDSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
90% of people believe level of anxiety in Irish society is worryingSix out of 10 are afraid of experiencing mental health difficulties in the future, survey findsThu Aug 25 2022 - 00:01