# Dignity

Last year

2022

# Delays

Over 110 complaints made to ambulance service last year, with almost half in Munster

A spokeswoman said the National Ambulance Service receives over 365,000 emergency calls a year.

7.8k

Jul 12th 2022, 2:59 PM

All time

# Dignity

'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.

10.3k

Mar 9th 2019, 11:00 AM

# killeagh

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.

30.5k

Mar 18th 2018, 12:05 AM

# Dignity

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.

13.4k

Jan 18th 2018, 4:00 PM

# Dignity

11 memories all Waterford people have of Dignity

(Insert “losing dignity” joke here.)

5.0k

Jun 25th 2016, 1:00 PM

# comfort women

Japan apologises to women forced to be sex slaves for WWII soldiers

The Korean women were forced into military-run brothels.

16.3k

Dec 28th 2015, 2:30 PM

# Dignity

'He was traumatised': Beaumont Hospital apologises over care provided to Gerry Feeney

His family are calling for a hospital ombudsman be set up.

23.3k

Nov 20th 2015, 11:49 AM

# Marie Greene

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.

20.5k

Nov 2nd 2015, 4:36 PM

# migrant crisis

Woman gives birth on board migrant boat in the Mediterranean

The 25-year-old mother was making her way to Europe from Cameroon.

14.3k

116

Oct 20th 2015, 4:19 PM

# bad medicine

Complaints of 'failing to treat patients with dignity' against doctors have doubled

The number of complaints against qualified doctors is down in general however.

9.4k

Jun 4th 2015, 1:08 PM

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.

196

Aug 10th 2014, 8:30 AM

# lava mae

Here's how this bus could change homeless people's lives

There are over 3,500 people living on the streets in San Francisco.

13.6k

Jul 26th 2014, 10:15 AM

Voices

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.

107

Mar 4th 2014, 1:00 PM

# dignity fund

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.

6.8k

Nov 13th 2013, 8:00 AM

# Poll

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?

12.8k

174

Sep 26th 2013, 9:23 AM

Voices

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.

209

Apr 15th 2013, 7:00 PM

# Wanted

'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.

3.5k

Oct 23rd 2011, 10:11 AM