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# dignity - Saturday 9 March, 2019
'It's about creating a system that's kind': HSE piloting scheme for homeless patients in hospitals
It comes as new stats show over 2,000 cases where a homeless person has been discharged from hospital in the past seven years.
# dignity - Sunday 18 March, 2018
Cork three-year-old waiting for wheelchair forced to spend time on the ground on all fours
His parents say that his dignity and safety are compromised daily.
# dignity - Thursday 18 January, 2018
Ward of court system is 'inadequate, archaic and has no place in the 21st Century'
A new report published today says there is “confusion and lack of understanding” around the whole system.
# dignity - Saturday 25 June, 2016
11 memories all Waterford people have of Dignity
(Insert “losing dignity” joke here.)
# dignity - Monday 28 December, 2015
Japan apologises to women forced to be sex slaves for WWII soldiers
The Korean women were forced into military-run brothels.
# dignity - Friday 20 November, 2015
'He was traumatised': Beaumont Hospital apologises over care provided to Gerry Feeney
His family are calling for a hospital ombudsman be set up.
# dignity - Monday 2 November, 2015
Court hears how sex worker killed by ex-soldier was a 'loving carer' to her mother
Jimmy Devaney is set to be sentenced in two week’s time.
# dignity - Tuesday 20 October, 2015
Woman gives birth on board migrant boat in the Mediterranean
The 25-year-old mother was making her way to Europe from Cameroon.
# dignity - Thursday 4 June, 2015
Complaints of 'failing to treat patients with dignity' against doctors have doubled
The number of complaints against qualified doctors is down in general however.
# dignity - Sunday 10 August, 2014
Opinion: Planning for loss of mental capacity should be as automatic as making a will
Making an advanced healthcare directive is good sense – serious illness, brain injury, accident or stroke could render any one of us incapacitated.
# dignity - Saturday 26 July, 2014
Here's how this bus could change homeless people's lives
There are over 3,500 people living on the streets in San Francisco.
# dignity - Tuesday 4 March, 2014
Column: Economic rights are just as vital to a democracy as civil rights
We must rail against the insidious notion that moral norms are not rights at all but, rather, privileges bestowed upon us by our kindly masters, writes Dr Tom Hickey.
# dignity - Wednesday 13 November, 2013
Byrne: Help people in Irish hospitals die with dignity
The Hollywood star was speaking at the launch of the Irish Hospice Foundation’s Design and Dignity Fund in the USA.
# dignity - Thursday 26 September, 2013
Poll: Do you think the law should be changed to allow for assisted suicide?
A man in Canada recorded a video eight days before he died asking for the laws on assisted suicide to be changed – what’s your view?
# dignity - Monday 15 April, 2013
Column: I cried when I heard about the mobility allowance cut - I can't take any more
The mobility grant gave me and my husband the chance to lead independent lives, with dignity, writes Miriam Murphy, who says this government are chipping away at the help for people with disabilities.
# dignity - Sunday 23 October, 2011
'Unwanted' Indian girls change their names in special ceremony
Almost 300 girls who were called Nakusa (or Unwanted) at birth have changed their names in India.
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Poll: Do you use a reusable face covering?
FROM TODAY, FACE coverings are mandatory on public transport.
Masks or face coverings were already recommended on public transport, shopping centres or other places where social distancing may be difficult.
Cloth face coverings can be made at home and reused if they are washed regularly, but do you use a reusable one?
Poll: Do you use a reusable face covering?
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