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Ministers and CMO Advise Older People How to Reconnect with their Communities

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Health, Wellbeing and National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, and the Chief Medical Officer Professor Breda Smyth are encouraging older people to reconnect with their communities to avoid loneliness and isolation. They are inviting people to say “Hello Again World”, supported by a multi-media
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Safe Sales of Paracetamol in Pharmacy and Non-Pharmacy Retail Settings Campaign Launched

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler has launched a new information campaign to promote safe sales of paracetamol by staff working in pharmacy and non-pharmacy retail settings. The campaign will promote new information packs that will be available nationally for staff working in pharmacy, and non-pharmacy retail settings. The objective of the […]
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Ministers for Health Bring Into Law World’s First Comprehensive Health Labelling of Alcohol Products

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has signed into law the Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023 and the remaining provisions of Section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act. Section 12 and the Labelling Regulations together introduce comprehensive health labelling of alcohol products sold in Ireland and provide that similar health information will be
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Government Agrees to Further Regulation of E-Cigarettes

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and the Minister for Public Health, Frank Feighan, received government approval to introduce additional regulation on the sale and advertising of nicotine inhaling products such as e-cigarettes. Under the new proposals, the sale of e-cigarettes (and related nicotine inhaling products) will be prohibited from self-service vending
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Menopause Awareness Campaign Launched

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has launched a government awareness campaign for menopause. The campaign is a direct response to the demand from Irish women for greater knowledge and understanding of menopause as well as better access to accurate information and supports so that they can proactively manage their experience. It will increase awareness […]
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Sláintecare Support for Positive Ageing Week

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, and Sláintecare have welcomed and shown support Positive Ageing Week 2021. This year’s theme is focused on Reconnecting Communities by Reframing Ageing. Sláintecare is shifting narratives around ageing, and one of the main objectives of Sláintecare is to enable people to age well at home or in their […]
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EPA survey shows 84 percent of people say access to nature was important for mental health in 2020

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of environmentalpillar.ie The EPA today published its EPA 2020 Year in Review report which highlights key activities throughout the year. This was accompanied by results of an EPA/Red C poll to measure attitudes toward the environment. This survey found that 89 per cent of adults agree that the environment is a valuable asset for the […]
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Minister for Health to assist patients with access to prescribed medical cannabis products

By Jack Mullen
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has today announced that patients who are prescribed medical cannabis products will no longer need to travel to the Netherlands to collect their medication. Prior to Covid-19 pandemic, patients or their family members travelled to the Netherlands to collect their medical cannabis prescriptions. Authorities in the Netherlands have