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Sunday 29 November 2020
Marcin Filak cares for his wife Ola and their two children.
She told gardaí that she stole the money because she needed to pay off a drug debt.
The victim, now aged 90, said she felt an “immense sense of betrayal”.
Brenda O’Connell Barry spoke on tonight’s Late Late Show, after winning the award earlier today.
Being an ex carer has left me with an awful void in my life, writes Annie McGuinness.
When it comes to numbers, the number attached to my age isn’t important. There are, however, some numbers that are very important to me, writes Tracy McGinnis.
A new campaign is highlighting the important role friends and family can have in helping a loved one care for someone with dementia.
Almost 200,000 people dedicate their lives caring for loved ones in Ireland.
Paula Robinson cares for her mother who has Alzheimer’s disease and her dad who has bowel cancer.
A new study examined the palliative care needs on the island of Ireland by surveying hundreds of GPs and psychiatrists.
I am functioning through a crisis, writes Emma Hayes.
It is the largest study undertaken in Ireland to examine the health and wellbeing of people caring for their spouse with dementia.
Visiting friends showed me the life I can never have and it hurts, writes Candi O’Reilly.
Throughout the country, women in their sixties (an estimated 66% of unpaid caregivers are female) are bathing and dressing and feeding infant grandchildren and ageing parents, writes author Kate Beaufoy.
It’s my choice to care for my husband but the government should support us carers more, writes Annie McGuinness.
Tara Curran said the family’s spirits were lifted when they received a special gift from hospice staff on Christmas Eve.
The pensioner’s two sons had been killed in the past few years and was in ill health when she was robbed.
Over 200,000 family carers in Ireland currently deliver nearly €4 billion worth of care annually.
Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.
Laura Pennick pleaded guilty in court yesterday.
I care full-time for my son, who has Hunter Syndrome, as well as being a mother to my other two young boys – yet I am often looked down upon by others.
Nine years ago, Alzheimer’s slowly crept into our lives and nothing has ever been the same again.
Caring for a family member can be a positive experience, but it can also be a strain on a young person’s health, development and happiness.
We are a married couple in our mid-late 20s who both work and also care for my father, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2013 and lives with us full-time.
The Irish Cancer Society Night Nursing Service provides palliative care to cancer patients at the end of their cancer journey during the night, so they can stay in the comfort of their home, surrounded by the ones they love.
Mayo woman Eleanor Ryder has been looking after her husband 24/7 for the best part of two decades.
Often when we talk of services for women affected by domestic violence, we talk in terms of able-bodied, English speaking women – but that’s not the full picture.
Tom Curran, partner of Marie Fleming, has welcomed the news that Savitex will be available to patients in Ireland.
Tracey Holsgrove explains the agony of contemplating how to proceed with her pregnancy after learning of her baby’s condition – and why she is a firm pro-choice advocate.
Our changing society brings it’s own challenges – with some children in blended families celebrating more than one mother figure, writes Joanna Fortune.
We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of today’s budget. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.
520 of the jobs at Comfort Keepers will be part-time, with 25 full-time roles.
THE DEATH OF David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader, was announced this morning.
The on-screen character for which he was most famous (voiced by James Earl Jones) is often hailed as the most villainous of all movie bad guys.
But for the day that’s in it, we’re wondering if that’s a fair assessment. Today we’re asking: Who is the greatest movie villain of all time?
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