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Thursday 1 October 2020
There were approximately 270 calls every week to the National 24-Hour Freephone Helpline in 2018.
National Breastfeeding Week was launched yesterday.
More than 2,000 people a year across Ireland are diagnosed with a form of blood cancer.
“Counselling was the most important intervention in my life and that’s not to be dramatic, that’s just being honest.”
Asthma kills one person every week in Ireland but Cat Kennedy hasn’t let the condition slow her down.
Sinn Féin’s Sean Crowe says access to mental health care is ‘missing or thin on the ground’ in his constituency.
Alone, a charity for older people, has launched its Christmas campaign – No one should be alone this Christmas.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
18-year-old Jessica Clohisey is set to host the third annual Sail Against Suicide event in Dublin.
Eamonn Donnelly and his friend Sepp Tieber are currently making their way across England.
Packie Bonner wants more people to recognise the symptoms of bladder cancer.
The symbolic walk into the light is aimed at encouraging people to talk about suicide and mental health issues.
Dawson and Rory Best are teaming up to raise awareness about the condition.
Monday is International Epilepsy Day. Ailbhe Benson (27) reveals her personal journey with the condition that affects over 37,000 people in Ireland.
A conference will be held next month to raise awareness of how to tackle self-harm.
The National Women’s Council has criticised the focus on the domestic violence campaign being on the bystander.
Michelle Ross speaks openly about what she and her family have gone through since her brother died by suicide last year.
Anyone can get dementia, but everyone can help by understanding more.
It is estimated to affect 1 in 20,000 people, but is often misdiagnosed as a migraine, toothache or a joint condition.
Construction Safety Week is trying to get people to be safer in the workplace.
A new campaign is being launched this morning which aims to highlight the issue for Irish AIDS Day.
A new campaign aims to highlight the financial abuse of the elderly.
Naomi Donaldson and her little sister were diagnosed with MS within a year of each other. She describes how they’ve coped with it.
We spoke to two people whose lives changed as a result of their diagnosis.
GAA players Jason Hughes, Emlyn Mulligan, Lee Chin and Killian Clarke are ‘copping a feel’ to raise awareness of testicular cancer.
Judy Fitzgerald said her grief inspired her to help raise awareness of suicide in Ireland.
The initiative is aimed at increasing awareness levels around drugs.
The new service will soon be available in Dublin’s Pantibar.
The sister of a teenager who died after taking a synthetic drug has spoken publicly for the first time.
To date in 2015, 411 new HIV infections have been detected in Ireland – an increase on last year.
“My first instinct was ‘Oh my god, I’m going to die.’”
“The volunteers were so great that I always had it in my head that I wanted to help out, I wanted to put something back.”
Jamie Heaslip and David Wallace will be joining the Munster star in attempting to travel from Aviva Stadium to Thomond Park while in a wheelchair.
She got on very, very well indeed. Kellie, formerly boxing promoter Frank, fully transitioned to being a woman last year.
A study found that activity on ‘SuicideWatch’ changed dramatically in the weeks after celebrity suicides.
18 year old Neil McFerran and Aaron Davidson succumbed to fumes while on a trip at a family member’s apartment in 2010.
One in every 3,500 boys are affected by Caleb’s condition.
Their mother died of breast cancer six weeks after diagnosis, at the age of 44.
The Just A Tampon campaign has sparked an, uh, interesting debate.
It’s for a very good cause.
It’s for a very good cause.
TODAY IS THE first day of the government’s new Stay and Spend Scheme, aimed at encouraging people to spend in hospitality sectors in the coming months.
These sectors have been hit severely by Covid-19, and the scheme will see taxpayers able to avail of up to €125 back in tax credits from spending at pubs, restaurants, hotels, B&Bs and related businesses until the scheme ends on 30 April 2021.
However, to avail of the scheme you must have an income tax or USC liability against which the tax credit can be set. This means that the likes of some pensioners and the unemployed are not eligible.
And the scheme will only apply to businesses that have registered for the scheme (a full list is here).
So, today we’re asking you: Will you make use of the Stay and Spend Scheme?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Professor Kathleen Lynch argues that a class divide is feeding injustice into our education system.
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