Our blankets wrap people up in love : caring for Cork cancer patients in lockdown
Cork Cancer Care Centre has made the best of the lockdown circumstances it can, but its Blankets of Hope programme continues to provide comfort in trying times
Linda Goggin-James: Cork Cancer Care CEO is proud of Blankets of Hope s over 25,000 blankets made for cancer patients the world over
Mon, 25 Jan, 2021 - 14:27
Linda Goggin-James
As CEO at Cork Cancer Care Centre, I am used to the building bustling with chat. I think that this lockdown has been the hardest of them all - on everybody.
Cork Cancer Care remained open throughout this time. Our holistic therapies had to stop because they are touch therapies, but we do counselling and psychotherapy by phone and online and a huge percentage of ours are face to face. It s very hard to talk about how you are feeling on a Zoom call.
Dr Naomi Lavelle: Is there (or could there be) life on Mars?
Could humans ever leave Earth to make a life for themselves on another planet?
EMBARGOED TO 1600 MONDAY MAY 18 Undated handout file photo issued by Nasa of a Hubble Space Telscope image of Mars. Mud flows exposed to the low atmospheric pressures and temperatures on Mars behave in a similar way to lava flows in Hawaii, study suggests.
Mon, 11 Jan, 2021 - 15:15
Dr Naomi Lavelle If we look to the skies on a clear night we get a glimpse of the expanse of space and the planets beyond our own. It may make you wonder, could humans ever live somewhere other than Earth?
Working Life: Patient made a remarkable recovery from broken-heart syndrome
Professor Robert Byrne, director of cardiology, Mater Private Hospital, Dublin
Professor Robert Byrne, director of cardiology, Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, and chair of cardiovascular research at the Royal College of Surgeons.
Mon, 11 Jan, 2021 - 06:00
6am
We’ve an early start as both my wife Róisín and I are consultant cardiologists in the Mater Private and we need to get ourselves, along with our little girl Saorla, organised. Fortunately, our childminder, her aunt Annie, collects Saorla and looks after her at her own house.
Most mornings I cycle the 5km to work from our home near the Phoenix Park. As a cardiologist, I’m very aware of the importance of exercise.
Secret Teacher: Let 2021 be the year we binned the Leaving Cert I’d still like to point out before the festive season is truly over that our Department of Education has been a Bad Santa this year.
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Secret Teacher
I don’t want a lot for Christmas. Sincerely, there’s just one thing I need. Department of Education make my wish come true – bin the Leaving and stop making hasty decisions for my school.
The next Irish chart-topper? I think not. Nonetheless, I’d like to register a few complaints before this festive season is officially over. Yes, this is me having a strop in my Christmas pyjamas, full of turkey sandwiches and smelly cheese.