Working Life: While effective treatment is crucial, empathy is equally important
“I have always been fascinated by cancer because of its gravity and the ongoing need to improve treatments…
Working Life: Hepatitis C is now highly curable and treatment is straightforward
“My heart always lay with either teaching or nursing, but nursing won out, and in 1991, I began…
Why you don’t have to stomach abdominal pain
In 2022, Aishling Condon Healy was doing a master’s degree in early childhood studies when she got severe…
Workplace Wellbeing: How to find your footing when life changes
Karena Ryan (www.karenaryanartist.com) tackles difficult subjects in her art. The part-time secondary schoolteacher, from Tuam, uses textiles to explore…
In sickness and in health, and through the menopause years
John’s life was upended in his early 50s. He and his wife, Pauline, had recently become empty nesters,…
Six early signs of PCOS often overlooked
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which affects one in eight women, will now be known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian…
So called superagers have much to teach us about how our brains age
Super-agers have brains that don’t decline as fast cognitively. These people maintain their memory into their 80s and…
Meet the Irish liveaboards choosing houseboats over rising rents
It’s been almost 20 years since Finian Coghlan abandoned his traditional apartment share for a life less ordinary,…
Tired of the job but can’t work out what to do?
Sara Slattery had worked for 17 years in community development when she realised it was no longer for…
Age doesn’t define ability. I have people in their 90s in my classes. They’d surprise you
“I became a wellness coach by default. I originally studied nutritional science and spent 16 years working as…
5,160 sexual transmitted infections recorded in first three months of 2026
More than 5,160 cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were recorded in Ireland in the first 13 weeks…
‘Running will always be part of my routine’
Entrepreneur Aimee Connolly has big dreams. In 10 years’ time, she wants her cosmetics firm, Sculpted by Aimee,…