44 h. ago Opinion: After Leas Cross and Aras Attracta, how are we still failing people in nursing homes?

There are many urgent lessons to be learned from RTÉ’s nursing home care exposé, writes Amanda Phelan.

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4 d. ago Prof Des O'Neill: I wrote the Leas Cross report. Two decades on, has anything changed in Irish nursing homes?

RTÉ documentary made clear that Hiqa cannot assure the public of appropriate and dignified care standards in nursing homes

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1 week ago RTÉ to air undercover programme showing poor care of people in nursing homes owned by chain

The footage shows a carer telling a man to pee in his pad when he requested to go to the toilet.

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1 week ago Opinion: More 'sober sometimes' than 'sober curious', at least now I watch how I drink alcohol

Gwen Loughman says finding the balance between alcohol use and well-being is a constant challenge.

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3 w. ago Dublin classmate's message wrecked me. We learned from same cruel teacher. | Opinion

Dublin classmate's message wrecked me. We learned from same cruel teacher. | Opinion  The Columbus Dispatch

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4 w. ago Opinion: To learn the lessons of Ireland's institutional past, we must teach it in schools

Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley and Elaine Feeney welcome plans to teach the history, legacy and literature of Ireland’s dark past at Junior Cert level.

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4 w. ago Denis Staunton: Donald Trump sounds more like a Chinese leader as he rejects the liberal world order

China’s view, echoed by Trump, is that states should govern themselves as they choose and other countries should mind their own business. This leaves the EU with a problem

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