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Irish farmer social initiative goes stateside

The initiative was developed to help protect older farmers’ sense of purpose and social connectedness within the farming community in later life.

8 February 2025 NEWS

Track your health stats with a click of a button

Smartphone apps are giving us the insights and tools to live healthier and more mindful lives in just one click or swipe of a button, writes Rosalind Skillen.

5 February 2025 HEALTH

The future is now – robotic spinal surgery blazing a trail

Faster and more precise automation is helping to dramatically improve the safety and accuracy of numerous medical procedures , writes Rosalind Skillen.

29 January 2025 HEALTH

Kate Durrant: ‘we are bonded by the unconditional love we call friendship'

Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another - What! You too? writes Kate Durrant.

22 January 2025 L2
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Health special: big gulf between hospital parking income and costs

In 2023, hospitals took in nearly €16m in car parking fees. In part two of our series, we look into how that money was spent, writes Margaret Hawkins.

22 January 2025 HEALTH

Health Special: are hospital car park charges a tax on ill health?

In part one of our two-week series, figures show hospitals took almost €16m in parking fees in 2023, in what many perceive as a tax on being sick, writes Margaret Hawkins.

15 January 2025 HEALTH

Research shows money is ‘overriding stress factor’ with farmers

The research team collected data online through semi-structured interviews with 17 farmers and three focus groups with 11 farming stakeholders.

15 January 2025 NEWS

Electronic veterinary prescription database launched

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue made the announcement on Monday, which will see the new electronic national database begin to collect all veterinary prescriptions in Ireland.

13 January 2025 NEWS

Last-minute housing prep ahead of calving

Ahead of the busy calving period, there are some final quick checks that can be done to allow for smooth sailing this spring.

11 January 2025 BUILDINGS