Prof Pierce Grace takes a look at the long history of the Hospices de Beaune wine auction, the proceeds of which go to charity For the last 149 years, a remarkable charity wine auction has been held annually in the city of Beaune in Burgundy on the third Sunday of November. In 2008, Christies sold [...]
Become a motorcycle god while making money for Temple Street Children’s Hospital, or just simply donate some money to a good cause – that’s the message from the “Irish 66ers” – a motorcycle good-stuff gang who journeys down the mother of all roads every two years. They’ve raised €1.5 million euro on our four previous [...]
Though is is difficult to get 100% compliance, it is possible to get higher levels of adherence to medication regimens with the right approach and teamwork. No matter how good the level of care provided by GPs or hospital staff, it can all come to nothing as soon as the patient leaves the GP surgery [...]
Though is is difficult to get 100% compliance, it is possible to get higher levels of adherence to medication regimens with the right approach and teamwork. No matter how good the level of care provided by GPs or hospital staff, it can all come to nothing as soon as the patient leaves the GP surgery [...]
A Cork-born Galway pharmacist has just completed a 245-kilometre marathon in the Sahahra desert in punishing heat that reached up to 50 degrees centigrade. Diana Hogan-Murphy – who is the daughter of Cork psychiatrist Dr Mary Hogan and orthopaedic surgeon Dr Kevin Murphy (deceased) – completed the gruelling event last month. Of the 801 competitors [...]
Dear Editor, The latter half of the twentieth century has been characterised by more striking changes than ever before. The world’s population has doubled from three to six billion. Economic disparities have widened dramatically with billions of people now living under dehumanising conditions of poverty and squalor. New patterns of war and ethnic conflict have [...]
Dear Editor, The ‘Circle of Life’ 10K Christmas Fun Run will be held in Marley Park, at 10am on Sunday 16 December. Barnardos and Friends of the Elderly have got together to hold the Fun Run and encourage companies to sign up for the event. We believe that the time is right to offer an [...]
Dear Editor, For most Irish doctors and nurses, the daily battle to save lives doesn’t begin until they reach their workplace. In the southern Iraqi city of Basra however– about 600km south of the capital Baghdad– it’s a battle just to get to work safely through the dusty, rubbish-strewn and war-torn streets without being kidnapped [...]
A consultant radiologist in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown and five other Irish doctors are taking part in massive humanitarian effort to build homes in South African townships. Dr Peter Kavanagh and the team of doctors are providing medical care for 1,350 Irish volunteers to take part in the a house building project organised through the Niall [...]
Stigma against people with HIV or AIDS is a problem in both Ireland and South Africa but when James O’Connor spent two-and-a-half months in the latter country he heard some dramatic stories. Mr O’Connor, who is living with HIV, said the stigma he saw in the African state was worse than he expected. One man, [...]
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