June Shannon

Watch: Your memories of the day lockdown was declared Five years ago, on Thursday 12 March 2020, the then taoiseach Leo Varadkar gave a landmark address to the nation from Washington DC.

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Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 Both overweight and obesity increased substantially in every world region between 1990 and 2021, suggesting that current approaches to curbing increases in overweight and obesity have failed a generat...

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... The global prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents increased by 244·0% between 1990 and 2021. ..Without immediate action, around a third (746 million) of the world's children and adolescents are expected to be living with overweight or obesity by 2050.

32 Glasthule Road, Glasthule, Co. Dublin is for rent on Daft.ie 32 Glasthule Road, Glasthule, Co. Dublin a 2 Bed Apartment is now for rent by Ger O'Callaghan on Daft.ie with an asking price of €3,000 per month

€3,000 a month for a fancy flat above a Chinese take-away - in fairness, the Chinese is really good it was our local when we lived in Dalkey- but go home Dublin you are drunk www.daft.ie/for-rent/pro...

Students are the occupational group at highest risk of being raped. @unioflimerick.bsky.social

Absolutely devastating but powerful talk @unioflimerick.bsky.social story of Emily Drouet by her v brave mother Fiona Drouet - Emily took her own life due to gender based violence in Scotland university.

This is an ophthalmic retractor. These retractors are used in eye surgery operations to pull the eyelid up and away from the eyeball. They can be used in a broad range of surgeries, such as lid surgery, Weiss’s procedure and scleral buckle procedure.

#TriviaTuesday

Ahh #PancakeTuesday or as I like to call it “scraping bits of hard pancake batter off the kitchen worktops for the next 3 weeks day”

Homelessness hits new high as 100 more children enter emergency shelter Figures come as Minister rows back on Government commitment to end homelessness by 2030

Homelessness hits new high as 100 more children enter emergency shelter

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I love the name Jack yes my granddad was John but called Jack

Jack retains top spot as the most popular boys' name in Ireland in 2024 while Sophie replaces Grace for girls CSO Ireland

A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

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. @coe.int experts on national minorities have urged Irish authorities to improve the situation of Traveller and Roma communities. It underlines disproportionate unemployment and serious health issues among Travellers in Ireland, including a high rate of suicides and mental health problems

Amazing! I'm really enjoying your updates on the tour of NZ and Oz. I was just wondering when you are coming home. Is there a protocol for a deputy Queen of Ireland while you are away? Ireland needs its Queen

As we know, poverty is bad for your health - new CSO figures show deaths among people aged between 40 and 64 from very disadvantaged areas are more than double the number of deaths of those living in very affluent areas in Ireland #speirgorm www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...

Yes it’s just so heartbreaking

When the diagnosis is homelessness, what is the cure? The Lynn Clinic offers a holistic care package for children at risk of social exclusion

A piece I wrote a while ago unfortunately still relevant today -#Homelessness is an adverse childhood experience. Research has shown that cumulative adverse events in childhood have a direct impact on life expectancy and physical health outcomes into adulthood.

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324 people: Voices from Ireland's largest family homeless hub Houben House is Ireland's largest homeless hub specifically for families. Located in Dublin's Harold's Cross, and run by The Salvation Army, it is home to more than 60 families currently.

“My children are used to me crying “ www.rte.ie/news/upfront...

How Ireland’s housing crisis is being impacted by gifts from parents Gifts from the bank of mum and dad are pushing up property prices and widening the social divide

I’m not sure if gifts from parents are pushing up prices or if without them nobody could afford to buy a house in the first place? How Ireland’s housing crisis is being impacted by gifts from parents

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Greater caution around use of sleeping pills recommended A new report has recommended greater caution and strict monitoring of the prescribing of benzodiazepines and other drugs.

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Investigation after man's body found at Cork apartment An investigation is under way into the death of a man whose body was found at a property in Midleton, Co Cork.

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Man arrested, guns seized after stand-off over repossession of Wicklow home Garda backup requested after man ‘barricaded himself’ into Delgany property

Man arrested, guns seized after stand-off over repossession of Wicklow home

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Rents continue to rise as availablity of properties worsens again, Daft says Open-market rents across the country are now 43 per cent higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic

Rents continue to rise as availablity of properties worsens again, Daft says

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Rare genetic disorder treated in womb for the first time The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease.

www.nature.com/articles/d41... The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease. @nature.com amazing advance

Irish price inflation almost doubles in 2024, says CSO Median residential property price at the end of 2024 was €355,000

Irish price inflation almost doubles in 2024, says CSO

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FIRST CASE OF COVID-19 IN IRELAND

Around this time five years ago the first case of Covid19 was diagnosed in Ireland and just a few short weeks later life was about to dramatically change for everyone pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

This is just wonderful news congratulations 🥳

It’s gorgeous

Yes that’s a huge worry

Yep, rents have gotten out of complete control it’s the same everywhere some of the rental prices I have seen here in Limerick are astronomical impossible to save for a deposit trapping people into renting for life

Yes we have been in that hopeless situation for quite some time now