CO-CREATING THE FUTURE OF PERSONALISED MEDICINE IN IRELAND
The right treatment for the right person at the right time. This is the promise of personalised medicine, a paradigm shift in healthcare with transformative potential for patients, practitioners and the public. Stakeholders from across the health ecosystem explored...
NATIONAL RESCUE CHALLENGE GETS SET FOR NEWBRIDGE
This year’s National Rescue Challenge returns on Saturday 22 April, and will be hosted by Rescue Organisation Ireland in partnership with Kildare Fire Service at Newbridge Fire Station. It follows last year’s successful event which was held at Newcastle Aerodrome in...
ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ORDERS – WHAT’S THE NEXT STEP?
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders have yielded more than their fair share of controversy since they were first introduced in this country on 1 January 2007 as part of the Criminal Justice Act of 2006. A good deal of this mainly centred around how little ASBOs were used in...
HUGS@HOME PROJECT TO ‘SUPPORT THE SUPPORTERS’
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is calling on all family members and close friends of firefighters and paramedics in Ireland to take part in the 'HUGS@Home' project which will provide training in the elements of Hearing, Understanding, Guiding and...
NEW POLICING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY AUTHORITY TO HIT THE ROAD
Forthcoming legislation is set to address the recommendations made by Commission on the Future of Policing and will also provide for a new Policing and Community Safety Authority. It is critcially important that the new Authority will have the right level of resources...
INAUGURAL DARA FITZPATRICK AWARD – NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
The Irish Paramedicine Education and Research Network (IPERN) has launched the inaugural Dara Fitzpatrick Award to honour the memory of one of Ireland’s first female search and rescue pilots. Nominations are now open to all women who work within Ireland's...