# carer - Friday 10 May, 2019
She told gardaí that she stole the money because she needed to pay off a drug debt.
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# carer - Tuesday 19 March, 2019
The victim, now aged 90, said she felt an “immense sense of betrayal”.
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# carer - Friday 23 November, 2018
Brenda O’Connell Barry spoke on tonight’s Late Late Show, after winning the award earlier today.
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# carer - Friday 9 March, 2018
Being an ex carer has left me with an awful void in my life, writes Annie McGuinness.
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# carer - Thursday 28 December, 2017
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.
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# carer - Tuesday 19 December, 2017
A new campaign is highlighting the important role friends and family can have in helping a loved one care for someone with dementia.
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# carer - Wednesday 6 December, 2017
Almost 200,000 people dedicate their lives caring for loved ones in Ireland.
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# carer - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
Paula Robinson cares for her mother who has Alzheimer’s disease and her dad who has bowel cancer.
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# carer - Sunday 8 October, 2017
A new study examined the palliative care needs on the island of Ireland by surveying hundreds of GPs and psychiatrists.
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# carer - Sunday 13 August, 2017
I am functioning through a crisis, writes Emma Hayes.
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# carer - Wednesday 14 June, 2017
It is the largest study undertaken in Ireland to examine the health and wellbeing of people caring for their spouse with dementia.
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# carer - Sunday 19 March, 2017
Visiting friends showed me the life I can never have and it hurts, writes Candi O’Reilly.
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# carer - Sunday 5 March, 2017
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.
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# carer - Friday 23 December, 2016
It’s my choice to care for my husband but the government should support us carers more, writes Annie McGuinness.
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Tara Curran said the family’s spirits were lifted when they received a special gift from hospice staff on Christmas Eve.
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# carer - Monday 7 November, 2016
The pensioner’s two sons had been killed in the past few years and was in ill health when she was robbed.
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# carer - Sunday 9 October, 2016
Over 200,000 family carers in Ireland currently deliver nearly €4 billion worth of care annually.
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# carer - Tuesday 19 July, 2016
Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.
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Laura Pennick pleaded guilty in court yesterday.
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# carer - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
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.
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# carer - Tuesday 9 June, 2015
Nine years ago, Alzheimer’s slowly crept into our lives and nothing has ever been the same again.
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# carer - Monday 8 June, 2015
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.
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# carer - Saturday 7 February, 2015
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.
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# carer - Thursday 25 December, 2014
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.
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# carer - Friday 14 November, 2014
Mayo woman Eleanor Ryder has been looking after her husband 24/7 for the best part of two decades.
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# carer - Wednesday 24 September, 2014
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.
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# carer - Sunday 13 July, 2014
Tom Curran, partner of Marie Fleming, has welcomed the news that Savitex will be available to patients in Ireland.
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# carer - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
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.
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# carer - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Our changing society brings it’s own challenges – with some children in blended families celebrating more than one mother figure, writes Joanna Fortune.
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# carer - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
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.
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# carer - Friday 2 March, 2012
520 of the jobs at Comfort Keepers will be part-time, with 25 full-time roles.
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