Niamh Griffin
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Some really shocking findings about delays in cancer care despite all the progress, from Irish Cancer Society looking at HSE data #speirghorm
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Delays in cancer treatment are 'causing avoidable deaths', Irish Cancer Society warns
It also warned of major disparity in wait times for different regions across the country
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July 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Some really shocking findings about delays in cancer care despite all the progress, from Irish Cancer Society looking at HSE data #speirghorm
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Very interesting day #wctc2025 a big focus on vaping and the push by the tobacco industry to increase e-cigarette use as tobacco use declines - though its not declining in all countries as much as it is here
June 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Very interesting day #wctc2025 a big focus on vaping and the push by the tobacco industry to increase e-cigarette use as tobacco use declines - though its not declining in all countries as much as it is here
We have a few days coverage now of findings from a national survey on women's health, lots to read about - thoughts on childcare, miscarriage supports, fertility, menopause and lots more #womenshealth
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June 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We have a few days coverage now of findings from a national survey on women's health, lots to read about - thoughts on childcare, miscarriage supports, fertility, menopause and lots more #womenshealth
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Some really harrowing experiences shared by members of Care Champions outside the Dail today, lots of questions about the standards of care in many nursing homes #speirghorm
June 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Some really harrowing experiences shared by members of Care Champions outside the Dail today, lots of questions about the standards of care in many nursing homes #speirghorm
🧵 Still no national screening programme for hip dysplasia 8 years after a working group made recommendations?
"The whole thing is in chaos now. It’s probably seen as toxic There is no sense of urgency, no sense of determination to get this done" #SpéirGhorm
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"The whole thing is in chaos now. It’s probably seen as toxic There is no sense of urgency, no sense of determination to get this done" #SpéirGhorm
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Screening to help babies avoid hip dysplasia surgery still not in place, eight years on
The national screening programme proposed by a HSE steering group in 2017 was not set up. Now a consultant says 'we have no idea what the national rate of late diagnosis is' as a result
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June 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🧵 Still no national screening programme for hip dysplasia 8 years after a working group made recommendations?
"The whole thing is in chaos now. It’s probably seen as toxic There is no sense of urgency, no sense of determination to get this done" #SpéirGhorm
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"The whole thing is in chaos now. It’s probably seen as toxic There is no sense of urgency, no sense of determination to get this done" #SpéirGhorm
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"we need to talk about our nursing homes" Prof Ronan Collins writing today in the Examiner , he took part in that devastating RTE expose on #emeis
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We need to talk about our nursing homes
Caring for older people is hard work - physically, emotionally and intellectually - so it needs to be valued and resourced. Prime Time shows that is not happening, writes Professor Rónán Collins
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June 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"we need to talk about our nursing homes" Prof Ronan Collins writing today in the Examiner , he took part in that devastating RTE expose on #emeis
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“You would hear stories of parents coming straight from the hospital to hand over their babies.” Sean Abbott at Horizons/ Cope Foundation on how some things have changed #disabilities #speirgorm Story by Sarah Horgan
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'Parents would come straight from hospital to hand over their babies...'
As Sean Abbott retires from Horizons after 40 years, he reflects on Ireland’s progress — and its ongoing failures
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June 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“You would hear stories of parents coming straight from the hospital to hand over their babies.” Sean Abbott at Horizons/ Cope Foundation on how some things have changed #disabilities #speirgorm Story by Sarah Horgan
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Our joint letter to the Minister for Health & Minister for Justice calling for pre-action protocols to be implemented urgently, in @irishexaminer.bsky.social
14 leading organisations have united on this issue – the message is clear.
@griffinniamh.bsky.social
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14 leading organisations have united on this issue – the message is clear.
@griffinniamh.bsky.social
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Doctors and patient advocates unite to call for reform of medical claims process
The letter to health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and justice minister Jim O’Callaghan calls for several measures including pre-action protocols
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May 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Our joint letter to the Minister for Health & Minister for Justice calling for pre-action protocols to be implemented urgently, in @irishexaminer.bsky.social
14 leading organisations have united on this issue – the message is clear.
@griffinniamh.bsky.social
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14 leading organisations have united on this issue – the message is clear.
@griffinniamh.bsky.social
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The gift of life, and of time with people you love - v moving stories at the launch for organ donor awareness week #speirgorm
May 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The gift of life, and of time with people you love - v moving stories at the launch for organ donor awareness week #speirgorm
There’s growing discourse around the “overdiagnosis” of Autism and ADHD—particularly in adults. Critics say these diagnoses are now being handed out too easily, "its all gone too far", even framing them as trendy. But this view misses something fundamental. 1/24
April 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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If you want to listen to a powerful radio documentary, check out “Can you hear me? Dispatches from the world's forgotten war” by @newstalkfm.bsky.social ‘s Sarah Madden.
It was made during a trip to the Sudan/ South Sudan border last month. ⤵️
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It was made during a trip to the Sudan/ South Sudan border last month. ⤵️
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Can you hear me? Dispatches from the world's forgotten war. | Newstalk
It's two years to the week since fighting broke out in Sudan, instigating what is now the world's...
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April 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you want to listen to a powerful radio documentary, check out “Can you hear me? Dispatches from the world's forgotten war” by @newstalkfm.bsky.social ‘s Sarah Madden.
It was made during a trip to the Sudan/ South Sudan border last month. ⤵️
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It was made during a trip to the Sudan/ South Sudan border last month. ⤵️
bit.ly/42DKOxO
🧵I spoke with @mickcliff.bsky.social on his podcast about meeting Sudanese refugees from civil war there who've fled to South Sudan.
We were there just a few weeks ago hearing from people who've lived through 2 years of war now - www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... @irishexaminer.bsky.social
We were there just a few weeks ago hearing from people who've lived through 2 years of war now - www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... @irishexaminer.bsky.social
The Mick Clifford Podcast: The forgotten war that is far from international focus
The Irish Examiner’s Niamh Griffin recently visited one of the refugee camps in South Sudan and reported on the forgotten war
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April 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🧵I spoke with @mickcliff.bsky.social on his podcast about meeting Sudanese refugees from civil war there who've fled to South Sudan.
We were there just a few weeks ago hearing from people who've lived through 2 years of war now - www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... @irishexaminer.bsky.social
We were there just a few weeks ago hearing from people who've lived through 2 years of war now - www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... @irishexaminer.bsky.social
"We seem to be making the same mistakes again" an interesting interview about merging cultures for the new children's hospital with Dr Paul Davis @dublincityuni.bsky.social
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Children's hospital is almost ready — but questions remain about managing the transition
Incorporating Crumlin, Temple Street, and Tallaght children's hospitals into the NCH may be a bigger challenge than the eye-watering cost
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April 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"We seem to be making the same mistakes again" an interesting interview about merging cultures for the new children's hospital with Dr Paul Davis @dublincityuni.bsky.social
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Our colleagues in DCU SC&A found these delicate Victorian easter cards laying amid the pages of one of our early printed books as if they'd been bought just yesterday!
Produced by Joseph Mansell they're hand drawn & coloured with a metallic finish on embossed lace paper.
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Produced by Joseph Mansell they're hand drawn & coloured with a metallic finish on embossed lace paper.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Our colleagues in DCU SC&A found these delicate Victorian easter cards laying amid the pages of one of our early printed books as if they'd been bought just yesterday!
Produced by Joseph Mansell they're hand drawn & coloured with a metallic finish on embossed lace paper.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Produced by Joseph Mansell they're hand drawn & coloured with a metallic finish on embossed lace paper.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Mothers affected by the spinal surgery crisis at CHI spoke out again this week, calling really for an end to the problems #scoliosis #spinabifida
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April 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Mothers affected by the spinal surgery crisis at CHI spoke out again this week, calling really for an end to the problems #scoliosis #spinabifida
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Lots of people sounding the alarm about the v low uptake of bowel screening in Ireland - just 41% last year, way off the 65% target #bowelcancer
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Ireland again misses target for bowel cancer screening as numbers taking lifesaving test drop
The HSE Bowelscreen can detect bowel cancer before signs or symptoms are even present
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April 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Lots of people sounding the alarm about the v low uptake of bowel screening in Ireland - just 41% last year, way off the 65% target #bowelcancer
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WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
It's been months since the Health Committee met, meanwhile Hiqa + Mental Health Commission finding more and more problems in residential centres
This woman is afraid for her mum in an acute mental health unit #Cork
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This woman is afraid for her mum in an acute mental health unit #Cork
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'If this is happening to my mother, it is everyone': Fears for patient safety at mental health unit
Mental Health Commission have inspectors downgraded the compliance rating of the centre to just 61% from 79% in 2020
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March 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It's been months since the Health Committee met, meanwhile Hiqa + Mental Health Commission finding more and more problems in residential centres
This woman is afraid for her mum in an acute mental health unit #Cork
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This woman is afraid for her mum in an acute mental health unit #Cork
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Social media poses "the biggest risk" for women in #menopause , fascinating talk from Dr Cathy Casey HSE midwest
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Social media myths 'pose biggest risk to women in menopause'
Consultant Cathy Casey cites dangerous misinformation such as debunked myth linking HRT with higher cancer risks
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March 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Social media poses "the biggest risk" for women in #menopause , fascinating talk from Dr Cathy Casey HSE midwest
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I'm working at the border between Sudan and South Sudan this week.
The war in Sudan and spreading cholera outbreaks are putting pressures on locals in South Sudan - but they say they will not turn anyone away
Many women described horrific sexual abuse while on the road #SouthSudan
The war in Sudan and spreading cholera outbreaks are putting pressures on locals in South Sudan - but they say they will not turn anyone away
Many women described horrific sexual abuse while on the road #SouthSudan
March 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I'm working at the border between Sudan and South Sudan this week.
The war in Sudan and spreading cholera outbreaks are putting pressures on locals in South Sudan - but they say they will not turn anyone away
Many women described horrific sexual abuse while on the road #SouthSudan
The war in Sudan and spreading cholera outbreaks are putting pressures on locals in South Sudan - but they say they will not turn anyone away
Many women described horrific sexual abuse while on the road #SouthSudan
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📢 Access to birth control in Ireland & challenges faced by women & men in navigating religious doctrine & the law vs social justice & health care on @newstalkfm.bsky.social panel made up of
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @jenniferredmond.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social & me. @whaireland.bsky.social
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @jenniferredmond.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social & me. @whaireland.bsky.social
40 Years On: Contraceptives Legalised In Ireland | Newstalk
We're marking the 40th anniversary of the legalisation of the sale of contraceptives in Ireland i...
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February 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📢 Access to birth control in Ireland & challenges faced by women & men in navigating religious doctrine & the law vs social justice & health care on @newstalkfm.bsky.social panel made up of
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @jenniferredmond.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social & me. @whaireland.bsky.social
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @jenniferredmond.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social & me. @whaireland.bsky.social
Another fascinating piece from Sarah Horgan - on the Irish people supporting canonisation of a young Italian gamer in @irishexaminer.bsky.social
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Parishes across Ireland to mark canonisation of 'the patron saint of PlayStation' in April
Carlo Acutis was known for his good deeds as well as his avid interest in video games which he used to create a website documenting eucharistic miracles
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February 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Another fascinating piece from Sarah Horgan - on the Irish people supporting canonisation of a young Italian gamer in @irishexaminer.bsky.social
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