Health and care services
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Promoting a positive response
Meadhbh Monahan discusses music therapy with two passionate therapists. Combining music and psychology, the alternative therapy shows positive results. “I…
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The potential benefits
Studies suggest that telecare can result in better health all round but more detailed research is needed. Greater use of…
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A ‘long and painstaking’ process
Meadhbh Monahan examines Ireland’s adoption procedure which has been beset with delay, controversy and a decreasing number of foreign countries…
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Newstalk’s Chris Donoghue
Formerly a runner for TV companies in London and New York, Chris Donoghue studied journalism in Griffith College before covering…
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Nessa Childers: responsible role
Nessa Childers MEP meets Meadhbh Monahan in the European Parliament to discuss her wide remit in Brussels and how decisions…
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Primary care
The HSE remain optimistic about its primary care initiative despite progress being “slower than initially hoped.” A “modern, patient centred…
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Government savings: Aileen Murphy
Aileen Murphy suggests how the health care system can fairly implement the McCarthy report’s recommendations that people contribute more to…
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Party policy summary
The Programme for Government and the Budget made moderate changes to the health care system. Given the chance, opposition parties…
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Caring at the end of life
While the Health Research Board has found that many terminally ill patients would prefer to die in a hospice than…
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Health and Children
The huge facade of Hawkin’s House in Dublin, the headquarters of the Department of Health and Children, reflects the wide…
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