Opinion
Misinformation in Healthcare – a long-standing issue
A chartered physiotherapist’s view By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist. The Oxford Dictionary describes misinformation as “the dissemination of false information, either knowing it to be false (see disinformation), or unknowingly.” The EU and other bodies are scrambling to reduce its harmful effects via social media and messaging platforms. While many of us are aware of this issue in relation to our society …
Threats by malware and fraudsters on the rise
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Ever hear of Industroyer? – one of the biggest malware threats to critical infrastructure of countries, or Stuxnet, a computer worm, discovered in June 2010, that was specifically written to take over certain programmable industrial control systems? Neither had I until I was doing some research and read a press …
The Ten Commandments for us seniors
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I received the following ‘Ten Commandments for Seniors’ on my phone last week. Not sure I want to be receiving notifications like this but I guess ‘if the cap fits, wear it’. Also I’m not so sure they’re ‘commandments’ per se but, for what it’s worth, here they are: Talk …
Homeless: Should charity begin with the Church?
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Who would have thought a couple of years ago that our reputation as a friendly nation would be torched not on a bonfire of the vanities but on one of xenophobia and racism? The burning of the former Torchlight pub in Ringsend and the disused Ross Lakehouse Hotel, Co. …
It can take an age to now plan anything
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS My eldest child, my only daughter, has the uncanny knack of second-guessing me. She recently asked me could I pick her up and drop her to the train station for the city. Her youngest girl would be napping at said time, under the watchful eye of her …
veganuary 2024
BY CLAIR WHITTY I can’t believe that we are half way through January already. Have you any plans for changes this year? I know that reducing meat consumption in January has become a popular thing to do. This can be for ethical reasons or simply because you are feeling stodgy after all the festive eating. …
Old Time Fun and Games
Part One BY JOHN FITZGERALD In the opening decades of the twentieth century, Callan people, young and old, had to make their own sports and amusements. In an age devoid of TV, radio, computers, and all the other mod cons we now take for granted, open-air fun was all the rage. That was in the …
UK trans guidelines would vindicate Enoch Burke
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON We don’t know what gifts Enoch Burke received in his now familiar surroundings of Mountjoy prison but one metaphorical present arrived in Christmas week. It was news about the UK’s advice to schools on how to handle pupils questioning their gender identity. The document, described as calm and moderate …
So, what’s another hundred years?
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran What’s another hundred years going to bring? Who the hell knows but at the rate we’re waging incessant, callous and cruel wars I wouldn’t be surprised if we weren’t around (all it takes is a few trigger-happy lunatics to nuke us into oblivion). Or perhaps AI will rule the roost and …
Natural health tips from head to toe
BY CLAIR WHITTY I get asked a lot about dry and itchy scalp. There are a couple of reasons why your scalp is itchy. It could be the hair colour product that you use. Try switching them around and using something different. Brands like Naturatint and Naturigin are worth trying if you think this is …
