HIQA recommends childhood chickenpox vaccine
HIQA, the Health Information and Quality Authority, has recommended adding the chickenpox vaccine to the routine childhood immunisation programme. It published its assessment last...
European heatwave: what’s causing it and is climate change to blame?
Emma Hill, Coventry University and Ben Vivian, Coventry University
Europe is currently in the midst of a heatwave. Italy, in particular, is expected to face...
Have you Limerick’s most beautiful front garden?
Green fingers? Applications are now being sought from the public in the Limerick ‘Going for Gold - the Most Beautiful Front Garden Competition’.
To qualify,...
Rights of seasonal & part-time workers
This week, Ciara O'Gorman, Development Manager with South Munster Citizens Information Service outlines some of the rights and entitlements of seasonal and part-time workers.
A...
Pat Smullen Chair in Pancreatic Cancer announced for UCD
Cancer Trials Ireland, the national organisation dedicated to advancing cancer clinical trials, has this week announced the creation of the Pat Smullen Chair in...
Hospital’s cancer trial a ‘game changer’ in battle against disease
Cancer doctors are hoping a lifesaving trial at a Cork hospital which is reducing patients’ wait for genetic testing from two years to just...
People with Parkinson’s may benefit from cardio, weight training and yoga...
Aideen Sullivan, University College Cork and Lucy Collins-Stack, University College Cork
Many people associate Parkinson’s disease with the physical symptoms it causes – such as...
Moving to Drogheda: everything you need to know
Moving to a new place can be exciting and overwhelming, especially if you're unfamiliar with the area. If you're considering moving to Drogheda, there are a...
Success for Maternity Hospital project at Innovation Summit
A pilot study on measuring blood loss during child birth developed by a team at Cork University Maternity Hospital is one of 12 projects recognised at the HSE...
Summer Sculpture Exhibition at The Montenotte Hotel until late August
Continuing its mission to embrace the arts, The Montenotte in Cork has launched its annual Sculpture Exhibition in association with The Kildare Gallery.
Centred upon...
