Fiona Lyons News Today

Public Health Hildegarde Naughton announced today that 10,000 home STI test kits were being ordered from the HSE every month. 

The final performance of ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet at Valleymount Hall went down a storm in front of a full-house.

A Wicklow dance school is set to perform the world famous Christmas ballet The Nutcracker this December, after a seed was planted by a local theatre enthusiast who could not make it to a more international production of the festive hit.

The recent dramatic rise in STIs means we need to be all the more watchful about the symptoms and get tested regularly 

VALLEYMOUNT Hall played host to the ‘Reeling Back the Valleymount and Ballyknockan Years’ exhibition over the weekend.

With a rise in shigella cases, Man2Man has launched a pre-Pride campaign to raise awareness of symptoms and prevention.

Improved access to testing and increased socialising following the Covid-19 pandemic contributed to the spike in cases

Cases of STIs, especially chlamydia and gonorrhoea have soared, compared to pre-pandemic levels.

The HPSC said improvements in access to testing is a factor in increased detection rates

The HPSC said improvements in access to testing is a factor in increased detection rates…