Nurses slam decision to remove facemasks in healthcare settings
“Absolutely the wrong move right now”. The decision to remove the facemask requirement in healthcare settings in Ireland has been slammed by nurses. The measure, which was introduced in early 2020 due to the Covid 19 pandemic, made masks mandatory in all healthcare settings to help stop the spread of the disease amongst the population’s […]
3 years ago
Processing of cervical check samples suspended at the Coombe Hospital
The processing of cervical check samples has been suspended at the Coombe Hospital lab. The state’s only certified laboratory has had its accreditation suspended, resulting in the cessation of processing cervical check samples. Based at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin’s south inner city, the closure of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory has led to the outsourcing […]
3 years ago
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has become a landlord for the first time
The Taoiseach is on the move. Taoiseach and Fine Gael party leader Leo Varadkar has registered as a landlord for the first time in the most recent Register of Interests for TD’s. Members of the House of the Oireachtas are required to make an annual statement of any registrable interests. According to the official Oircheatas […]
3 years ago
British MP told she cannot sit in Commons with baby son
She said the current situation doesn’t serve “anyone who isn’t a man of a certain age from a certain background”. A British MP has been told she cannot take her seat in Chamber whilst accompanied by her three-month-old son. Labour’s Stella Creasy said it “has to be possible for politics and parenting to mix” after […]
5 years ago
Biden Administration replaces ‘mother’ with ‘birthing person’ in budget proposal
The change was made in a section that references race and ethnicity-based disparities in maternity care. US President Joe Biden’s Administration has replaced the word ‘mother’ with the term ‘birthing person’ in a recent proposal for its 2022 Health and Human Services budget. The budget includes a section which references maternal healthcare, with particular emphasis on […]
5 years ago
Four members of single family die of Covid-19 in UK after Christmas rules relaxation
Prior to the relaxation of rules at Christmas, the family had been shielding since March. Four members of the same family have died in England after they stopped shielding over Christmas to meet up, following UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to relax coronavirus guidelines for one day. Tracy Latham, whose partner Darren, his parents […]
6 years ago