1. Get vaccinated when it’s your turn. Mike explains why 👇in this video clip. 2. Help World Health Organization (WHO) and partners get vaccines to health workers, older people and others in lower income countries who still haven’t had access to primary doses. Thank you.

👇 Key message as Ireland removes self-isolation for boosted household contacts - most likely exposed to Omicron. Attack rate = unvaccinated exposed to Delta. CMO letter makes no reference to 🇮🇪 surveillance data to justify the decision as >10% of population infected since Nov.

Great to see 🇿🇦 surveillance data. Omicron sample younger, healthier and more vaccinated (38% fully; 5% partial). 1-in-22 in 🏥. 1-in-250 in ICU. Severe 🏥 rate ⬇️72% <14days v Delta if vaccinated. No/uncertain protection from prior infection. “Letting it rip” isn’t an option.

"The hoodie has become a fundamental piece of my wardrobe since the killing of Trayvon, even more during the COVID-19 pandemic, and most definitely since the murder of George Floyd" writes Emil Wilbekin thecut.io/3Gk9bU2

Top notch operation being ran by HSE Ireland and An Post. Five tests delivered within 24 hours. Thanks to everyone involved!

Friday 11th February is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We asked 10 of our inspirational female researchers to tell us about their research and offer any advice to other women and girls considering a career in science. See ucd.ie/phpss/newsande… #WomenInScience

Random sampling is a strategy we should have been using since Feb 2020. Brilliant idea that will be resisted for one reason: it’s simple. Crazy to think this would form a ‘new’ part to our COVID response but it could make a massive difference.

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Great look at some of the many moving parts ⁩for big games ⁦Croke Park⁩. independent.ie/videos/behind-…

MUST WATCH! There are other forums in which decisions are made in dark rooms, where nothing happen transparently. But everything World Health Organization (WHO) does is on the table. Everything we do is out there for criticism. We serve. That's how we build trust. Mike Ryan World Health Summit #WHS2022

'There's no real warning': the when, how and why of GAA injuries. Aoife Ryan-Christensen on what the data tells us about GAA injuries, from the most common to the risk of reoccurrence - with insights from Mark Roe University College Dublin rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Great to chat with Aoife Ryan-Christensen about our research with The GAA’s National Injury Surveillance Database. Catherine Blake University College Dublin UCD Physiotherapy

Excellent article about #GAA injuries⬇️The UCD GAA National Injury Surveillance Database, set up by Catherine Blake of UCD Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science, has been tracking GAA injuries since 2007. Mark Roe explains the data & shows how the system is beneficial in better managing player welfare.University College Dublin

Delighted to see our qualitative research exploring injuries and injury prevention in elite-level women's football in Ireland published in Sports Medicine. Eamonn Delahunt Dr Seamus Kelly Catherine Blake Martin Hägglund Mark Roe We are now Research Ireland 🇮🇪⚽️ doi.org/10.1186/s40798…

Delighted to see our research exploring contextual factors affecting injury prevention and management in the Irish women's national league in British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM). Eamonn Delahunt Dr Seamus Kelly Catherine Blake Martin Hägglund Mark Roe University College Dublin Munster Technological University We are now Research Ireland ⚽️🇮🇪 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37945325/