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Get Ireland Walking Strategy Launched

By Ryan Harmon 20 September 2023

The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, and the Minister for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne, have launched the Get Ireland Walking strategy 2023-2027 and announced Healthy Ireland funding of €1.46 million to Sport Ireland for 2023. Get Ireland Walking was established in 2013 with the support of […]

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A Working Holiday in Donegal Has Never Been More Rewarding!

By Ryan Harmon 20 June 2023

The 2023 Working Holiday campaign launched in gteic@ CarraigAirt, by Donegal County Council in collaboration with the wide network of world-class digital remote working hubs located across the county and Healthy Ireland. This campaign will run until the end of October and will aim to provide opportunities for people to enjoy everything that Donegal has […]

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National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 Launched

By Ryan Harmon 23 March 2023

The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, launched the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026. Skin cancer is the most commonly-diagnosed cancer in Ireland, with around 13,000 new cases every year. This number is projected to double by 2045. However, the majority of cases can be prevented by following […]

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Sport Ireland Launch ‘It’s My Time’ Campaign Encouraging Women Over 40 To Increase Physical Activity Levels

By Ryan Harmon 28 November 2022

Sport Ireland, in partnership with Healthy Ireland, launched ‘It’s My Time’, a new campaign that aims to encourage women over 40 to increase activity levels through exercise and sport. Repeated studies, including Sport Ireland’s Irish Sport Monitor, have shown that women over 40, particularly those from disadvantaged communities, are amongst the least likely to

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Launch of the Healthy Ireland Cork County Strategy

By Ryan Harmon 7 March 2022

The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan has launched Cork County Council’s Healthy Ireland County Strategy in the presence of Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing & the National Drugs Strategy Frank Feighan TD at Cork County Hall.   The Healthy Ireland Cork County Strategy follows the Healthy Ireland Framework with a focus […]

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Campaign to Get Ireland Reading is Back for February

By Ryan Harmon 4 February 2022

Ireland Reads is aiming to get the whole country reading this month in the lead up to a national day of reading on Friday, February 25th. Irish libraries have teamed up with publishers, booksellers, authors and others for the campaign, which is part of the government’s Healthy Ireland programme and aims to celebrate reading and all […]

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The Healthy Ireland Survey 2021

By Ryan Harmon 8 December 2021

The Healthy Ireland Survey 2021 has been published by the Department of Health, showing the general landscape of Irish people’s health across a range of categories. Smoking 18% of the population are current smokers, a decline of 5 percentage points since the first wave of this survey in 2015 and roughly equivalent to smoking levels […]

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Launch of We’re Breastfeeding Friendly Mayo

By Ryan Harmon 5 October 2021

Mayo CYPSC, in partnership with Healthy Mayo, Mayo County Council and Mayo Chambers are launching “We’re Breastfeeding Friendly Mayo”, a breastfeeding initiative set up to improve the health and wellbeing of breastfeeding mothers, babies and their families through the development and promotion of breastfeeding friendly businesses, organisations and communities. The