The excellent Sarah Byrne is facilitating an online writing course on illness in her Autumn programme. Details of 'Translating Illness' below. I'll be along as guest tutor in week 4 #illnesspoetry #medicalhumanities #criticalhumanities sarahbyrnewrite.com/168-2/

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Inspirational session today from Kathryn Mannix - encouraging everyone to think ‘tender’ conversations rather than ‘difficult’ conversations. #learnwithstrathcarron

The burqa is neither our hijab nor a part of our culture. It is a means by which the Taliban seek to exclude women from society and deprive them of their opportunities and rights.

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Jewish German Michael Barenboim, Head of Chamber Music at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, categorically rejects what Israel stands for: "Israel tries to present itself as the only representation of Jews, I don't want to be represented by Israel, quite the contrary"

We are delighted to reveal our banner for our new home Poetry Ireland House / Áras Éigse Éireann at No.11 Parnell Square which we will be sharing with our partners Irish Heritage Trust.   Sign up to our mailing list for updates on this + news & opps: poetryireland.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1b…

These cuts will make the call for #PhysicianAssistedSuicide only louder as people will be afraid of dying in pain, lack of symptom management and the lack of care services for those who need them.

Staffordshire: Doctor issues warning over anaesthetist training Patient safety needs to be a core priority in healthcare. Anaesthetics / anaesthesiology is highly complex, extremely skilled work. Wondering - did this happen? bbc.com/news/articles/…

A clip from an English-language Israeli podcast showing hosts Naor Meningher and Eytan Weinstein discussing the idea of eradicating all Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza has gone viral online middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-p…

Ba mhaith linn cuireadh ó chroí a thabhairt duitse agus do do theaghlach le bheith linn ar Lá Náisiúnta Súgartha 2024 in Áras Chill Dara ar an Satharn 14 Meán Fómhair, 12-5 i.n. Tá na himeachtaí ar fad saor in aisce. Lá teaghlaigh spraoiúil agus uilechuimsitheach a bheidh ann!

Bad deaths are not an excuse for assisted dying. They are an alarm call for more specialist palliative care

The processes of barriers to #PalliativeCare: Denial; Palliphobia; Pallilallia but goal is PALLIACTIVE!! Eduardo Bruera giving plenary session #ANZSPM2024 in Adelaide ANZSPM

Dylan Wells Evan Hill WCMU News Israel-Palestine war There sorted it for you. Israel are targeting & killing Palestinian civilians, clinicans & humanitarian workers not just Hamas. Destroying a people & a culture. Free the hostages. Stop Hamas & stop Israel. European Parliament Simon Harris TD Bernie Sanders

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏♥️ To make it worth sharing, here are 2 Kingfishers arguing over a prime perch! 😁 Thank you very much! 🥰🐦😊

The RSF looting Sudan's cultural heritage and then selling it eBay feels like an apt metaphor for this war, the profiteering coming from it and the banality of our collective benign neglect. The country's identity isn't just being stolen, its been sold for cents on the dollar.

My dreams for my daughter were of watching her live a fabulously big life. She planned to backpack Morocco. Dive several oceans. Visit Galapagos. Study in Amsterdam (she’s half Dutch). See her fall in love, with people and the world. Build wisdom. She wants to be a doctor. She

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 17-year-old Alice O’Keefe, who is reported missing from her home in Julianstown, Co. Meath, since Monday evening. Alice is described as being 5'7, with a slim build, brown hair and green eyes.