13 October 2023 By Mary Bemingham mary@TheCork.ie Buy tickets and find more details on National Menopause Summit Cork (supported by M&S) at www.nationalmenopausesummit.com With this October marking World Menopause Awareness Month, the country’s leading experts in menopause care and women’s health alongside industry wide professionals advocating for menopause friendly workplace environments will speak at the…
Martin Gillick has been treated for skin cancer twice in recent years, following long days spent working outdoors with the Defence Forces. He now applies sunscreen daily, even on cloudy days
Mental Health First Aid Ireland provides training to 10,000th person
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Ireland has now provided mental health first aid training to 10,000 people nationwide, giving them the signs to recognise when someone is in mental health distress.
The MHFA programme is designed to help members of the public, people in workplaces and communities to provide mental health first aid to people in need until appropriate professional help arrives or the crisis is resolved.
A first aider does not make a diagnosis of mental illness or provide therapy but helps someone who may bee developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis following a similar approach that has been successful with conventional first aid.
Glowing tributes paid to much loved Offaly teacher retiring after 38-years
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9 Apr 2021
Deputy Principal Scoil Mhuire National School Marie Conway pictured with some of her pupils on the occasion of her retirement (Picture, Ger Rogers Photography) );
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GLOWING tributes have been paid to Marie Conway on her retirement from Scoil Mhuire in Tullamore after 38 years.
Brendan Naughton, Principal at the primary school, praised Ms Conway for her dedication over the years and wished her all the best for the future.
“The old adage find a job you enjoy doing and you will never work a day in your life , is familiar to most of us. Our wonderful outgoing Deputy Principal, Marie Conway, bears witness to this truism. Marie was feted this week by the Scoil Mhuire family as she retires after 38 years loyal service to the school,” said Mr Naughton.“Marie commenced teaching in Scoil Mhuire in 1983 and it quickly became apparent that in addition to her talents as an ed