Category: Health
Ireland's Ageing Population and the Challenge for Health and Social Care
Clodagh Lynch 02/07/2025
By 2057, Ireland will have over one million people aged 65 and older. This is not just any statistic, but it represents a shift that will shape how care is delivered to the most vulnerable people in our society. This demographic shift is happening, so the question is if Ireland is prepared for its impact? The Demographic Reality The demographic …
TASC leads with intersectionality on inequality, isolation and loneliness
Maisie Greener 30/06/2025
TASC’s flagship annual report, The State We Are In: Inequality in Ireland 2025, highlights inequality as a central issue for both economic research …
The spread of health disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lauren Cotter 28/04/2025
When Ireland entered its first national COVID-19 lockdown on March 27th, 2020, people turned to social media for updates and health information. …
Rethinking Irish and Global Healthcare
Lauren Cotter 05/03/2025
The IGHNx: Global Health Reimagined event was held by the Irish Global Health Network, co-hosted by the HSE Global Health Programme, on the 13th of …
Navigating Digital Healthcare: Equity, Access, and the HSE Health App
Adeelia Goffe, Molly Newell, Maria (Marysia) Pachowicz 04/03/2025
The 2024 EU Digital Decade report reaffirmed what many HSE beneficiaries already suspected: The state of Ireland’s e-health systems is woefully …
New Partnership between Citizens and the State is Good News for Hard Pressed Parents
Colm O'Doherty 09/06/2022
At a time when the Government is embroiled in a damaging row over the planned move of the National Maternity Hospital its new National Model of …
Gender Impacts of Covid-19
Mary Murphy 14/07/2020
The C-19 pandemic has tracked existing social and economic fault lines. It thrives and lays bare existing inequalities and has been …
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