“Unpaid care without support is just suffering by another name — a life lived in fear of breaking down, of no one stepping in, of being forced to choose between your own health and the person you love. That’s not care — it’s quiet, relentless harm” #Unpaidcarers 🪡

Irish Independent Are we going to follow the UK again? The majority of absences are due to ILLNESS. Blaming children for being sick is.... sick. x.com/1goodtern/stat…

It's not possible to tackle the 'alarming' rates of school absentism if the government continues to ignore the reality of #LongCovid in children & young people; a major factor UK CLOCK study showed a prevalence rate of 7.6% in children (Dec 24) Helen McEntee TD irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

SAL Connacht Michael HSE Ireland Just got a call from a Vax guy at HSE. Novavax was approved for winter yesterday and they are definitely putting in an order for it. There are no non mRNA vaccines available though for now.

Many of us warned that the Assisted Decision Making Capacity Act wouldn’t work for those with the highest support needs and their carers, but our voices were ignored, as usual

Kranky Karer They ask for input, but then go ahead and implement policies that ignore the lived realities of those with the highest needs. It makes you wonder why they bother consulting at all if they’re not willing to listen or adapt. Once again, families are left to pick up the pieces...

Online support meeting for spouses/partners & parents is this coming Sunday 25th May at 7pm. Those on our mailing list will receive the link or you can email us to request the link. #LongCovid #pwLC

1️⃣ The fact remains that COVID-19 is a significant public health threat – over 47,000 Americans died from COVID-19 last year. That’s one death every 11 minutes, more than car accidents or breast cancer.🤯

Attending Hospital can be stressful, but nature is healing. So why are the nation’s sick children going to be stuck in a busy built up city centre location? Pic shows the tree lined walkway into Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital

The MAHA crew is focusing on diet & exercise because they want to offload blame to individuals (it's your fault you got sick!) while slashing biomedical research, ignoring pandemics & letting powerful corporations pollute our planet with impunity

Over 60 people are sleeping out overnight in the hope that they can buy new homes that go on sale at Seven Mills in Dublin tomorrow morning. The three beds are priced at €480k, €490k and €500k. Some people have been queuing since 3pm this afternoon.

Gold for Gidey! 🥇☘️ Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) has won gold for Ireland at the European 10,000m Cup 💥 The 24-year-old clocks a time of 27:40.47 to make history, becoming the first Irish athlete to ever win this event 👏 #IrishAthletics | 123.ie Insurance

Sorry if this is antisemitic but I think it’s wrong to burn children alive.

My eye lids feel like they’re weighted down with lead blocks today Thanks #LongCovid!!

Of course the housing minister wants to extend planning permissions by another 3 yrs (to 8 yrs) to make it even easier for his property hoarding buddies to speculate while the rest of us live with the consequences of #DerelictIreland For many that means living without a home

“Power can change the definition of the words we use to describe reality” Perhaps we should be more afraid of the changes in America right now

Not good enough. A re-infection can worsen the health of a person with Long Covid for weeks/months or, in some cases, permanently #LongCovid #COVID19

I wonder how many people will leave this event infected with some virus that might significantly worsen their lung health?

Okaaay, looks hopefully at the honeysuckle in the garden: would eating the (edible) flowers help, I wonder?