Person: Maureen Gaffney

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<p>Maureen Gaffney: There are always private crises but Covid-19 was on a mass scale</p>

health and wellbeing

Maureen Gaffney: 'Our national psyche has been traumatised'

The top psychologist says we need to recognise the enormous impact the pandemic has had on our lives, with the pendulum swinging from severely restricted choices on who to see and where to go to seemingly unlimited options about work and life

<p>Dr Maureen Gaffney. Picture: Brian Lougheed</p>

advice

Maureen Gaffney: How parents and teens can survive adolescence

sport

Sarah Kelleher: ‘There are inherent biases in place which need to be challenged’

news

Humble Marty says he's ‘not worthy’ of UCC honour

columnists

Time to grow up over issue of ageing and the workplace

general

Life hacks: Anna Geary on deciding to be more decisive

What to watch on TV this week

Check out the best of this week’s TV.

Sat, 06 Feb, 2016

Diageo is more concerned with its image than its social responsibility

Last week I attended the Diageo-funded meeting here in Galway as part of their campaign to curb binge drinking. 

Wed, 18 Mar, 2015

70% of people experienced act of kindness in past week

Ireland exudes the milk of human kindness with seven out of 10 people saying they experienced a kind act in the last week.

Fri, 23 Nov, 2012

Novelist Dwyer Hickey takes top prize at festival

Novelist Christine Dwyer Hickey won the top prize of €15,000 for her latest work, The Cold Eye of Heaven, at the 41st Listowel Writers’ Week, last night.

Thu, 31 May, 2012

No excuses for media not to hear women’s voices

As author of the Listening to Voices survey in 2010 and co-author of the updated survey earlier this year, I would like to respond to Matt Cooper’s article in the Irish Examiner (Apr 13).

Wed, 18 Apr, 2012

Yes, we do try to strike a balance for women’s voices in broadcasting

RECENTLY the National Women’s Council of Ireland made a submission to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland about what it claimed to be an exclusion of women from the airwaves.

Fri, 13 Apr, 2012

Bestsellers

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Sat, 26 Nov, 2011

Author suffering from ‘crippling depression’

MARIAN KEYES, one of the world’s best loved popular writers, is suffering from “crippling depression” that has made her life a living hell.

Thu, 07 Jan, 2010

Concern over lack of support for poorer students

ANOTHER state advisory body has pointed to the absence of support for poorer students in schools which are outside the Government’s programme to tackle educational disadvantage.

Thu, 12 Nov, 2009

€120m home care scheme suffering from flaws: report

A €120 million state home care packages scheme — which provides food and care to 8,000 elderly people who would otherwise be placed in long-term care — is riddled with problems and unable to function because of chronic failures in the system.

Wed, 28 Oct, 2009

Women can benefit farms, meeting told

IRISH farms could be more productive, competitive and profitable if women were considered as senior partners in the family enterprise.

Wed, 21 Oct, 2009

Call for review of child literacy policies

WORK to improve literacy among children in the poorest communities must be constantly reviewed if the €1 billion government spend on educational disadvantage is put to best use, according to the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF).

Wed, 17 Jun, 2009

Admitting mental health problems bad for career

ONE in six employees who admitted having experienced mental ill-health in the past two years may be jeopardising their career prospects, research shows.

Fri, 18 May, 2007

Government under fire for arts promotion failure

THE National Economic and Social Forum has criticised the Government for failing to promote the arts to all sections of the community.

Fri, 23 Mar, 2007

Childcare subsidy must benefit working and stay-at-home parents

IMAGINE, for a moment, the following scenario. The Government announces that it will subsidise families where one parent stays at home to mind young children.

Wed, 21 Sep, 2005

'Halve childcare costs' Government urged

The Government must halve childcare costs for parents over the next five years, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) will say today.

Wed, 14 Sep, 2005

Long-term target to provide cheaper childcare

The Government will adopt a long-term plan to help parents access cheaper childcare, Minister for Children Brian Lenihan said tonight.

Tue, 06 Sep, 2005

Parties ready to fire first volleys of next election

THE countdown to the next general election begins in earnest today with Fianna Fáil meeting to discuss strategy and Fine Gael and Labour launching their first shared policy document.

Mon, 05 Sep, 2005

FF signals second image change

FIANNA FÁIL’S annual think-in next week will grapple with new ‘quality of life’ issues like childcare, long commuting times and the disintegration of community spirit that contributed to its two by-election losses this year as well as the Government’s falling support levels in opinion polls.

Mon, 29 Aug, 2005