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<p>John Herbert, NPIC manager: 'Summer tends to be busier. The kids are off school and getting up to mischief. We get calls from parents of young kids who’ve ingested household cleaning products looking for information and advice.'</p>

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Working Life: A temporary role in the poisons information centre became a 30-year career

'One of the more memorable calls related to an exotic snake. We needed a specific anti-venom and had to source it from the UK'

<p>Dr Sofia Nunes, consultant clinical geneticist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin. </p>

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Working Life: Genetics can help when traditional approaches reach their limits

<p>Sarah Pace, laboratory manager and senior clinical embryologist, SIMS IVF Cork Clinic.</p>

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Working Life: Patients send us photos of the babies born after treatment — that is very rewarding

Figures of male and female people on different piles of money coins, concept of income inequality

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Women in EU losing billions yearly over failure to implement gender pay transparency laws

Working Life: I care for people with young-onset and atypical dementia

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Working Life: I care for people with young-onset and atypical dementia

Working Life: If you’re struggling with chems use, there’s no shame in reaching out

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Working Life: If you’re struggling with chems use, there’s no shame in reaching out

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Stop chasing big goals in love and life — try this 'tiny experiments' method instead

Whether its our careers, health or relationships, we often set the bar too high and end up disappointed. This new way of thinking may just see real results, says Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Tue, 30 Jun, 2026

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Terry Prone: Summer job or a Transition Year internship is a rite of passage with unchanging rules

Now and again you get someone who is clean, punctual, polite, energetic, and a good listener

Mon, 29 Jun, 2026

Working Life: Just 23 people on the island of Ireland live with cystinosis

S Working Life: Just 23 people on the island of Ireland live with cystinosis

Denise Dunne, head of operations, Cystinosis Ireland

Fri, 26 Jun, 2026

Industrial engineers control the automatic arms machine welding robotics in industrial manufacturing factories.

New portal allows public to compare gender pay gap data across employers

Employers will be required to upload gender pay gap reports to the centralised platform from November

Thu, 18 Jun, 2026

Working Life: Seeing advanced specialist pharmacists come together forthe first time was incredibly rewarding

S Working Life: Seeing advanced specialist pharmacists come together forthe first time was incredibly rewarding

Laura Dillon, National Pharmacy Innovation Fellow, HSE Spark Innovation Programme

Fri, 12 Jun, 2026

Working Life: If I hadn’t noticed a lump, the other cancer might have spread

S Working Life: If I hadn’t noticed a lump, the other cancer might have spread

Liz Yeates, CEO Marie Keating Foundation

Fri, 05 Jun, 2026

Working Life: While effective treatment is crucial, empathy is equally important

S Working Life: While effective treatment is crucial, empathy is equally important

Paul Kelly, consultant radiation oncologist and medical director, Bon Secours Radiotherapy Centre and UPMC Hillman Cancer Centre, Whitfield Hospital, Waterford.

Fri, 29 May, 2026

GAIL HAWTHORN

S Working Life: Hepatitis C is now highly curable and treatment is straightforward

Gail Hawthorn is a clinical nurse specialist in hepatitis C liaison

Fri, 22 May, 2026

Working Life: With more clinical trials, Ireland's cancer patients can get tomorrow's treatments today

S Working Life: With more clinical trials, Ireland's cancer patients can get tomorrow's treatments today

Angela Clayton-Lea, CEO of Cancer Trials Ireland

Fri, 15 May, 2026

Working Life: 'An IBD diagnosis can lead to grieving for the life youhad planned'

S Working Life: 'An IBD diagnosis can lead to grieving for the life youhad planned'

Dr Susan Brannick, clinical psychologist with expertise in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and clinical director of mental health charity Aware.

Fri, 08 May, 2026

Working Life: Good Vibrations choir helps patients find a new voice

S Working Life: Good Vibrations choir helps patients find a new voice

Dr Trish Rooney, vocal lecturer at MTU Cork School of Music, vocal rehabilitation specialist and founder of the Good Vibrations Choir

Fri, 01 May, 2026

Working Life: One hour of in-home support makes a massive difference to a family

S Working Life: One hour of in-home support makes a massive difference to a family

Michaella McMahon, fundraising manager, Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation.

Fri, 24 Apr, 2026

Working Life: Age doesn’t define ability. I have people in their 90s in my classes. They’d surprise you

S Working Life: Age doesn’t define ability. I have people in their 90s in my classes. They’d surprise you

Lorna O’Regan, nutritionist and wellness coach, Clonakilty, West Cork

Fri, 17 Apr, 2026

Working Life: I carry out lifesaving colonoscopies for those with positive BowelScreen tests

Working Life: I carry out lifesaving colonoscopies for those with positive BowelScreen tests

Maura O’Connor, advanced nurse practitioner, St John’s Hospital, Limerick

Fri, 03 Apr, 2026

Working Life: I encourage Roma people to take up screening

S Working Life: I encourage Roma people to take up screening

Deborah Whelan is a community Roma health worker

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Entering the twilight zone... meet the workers on the nightshift

Entering the twilight zone... meet the workers on the nightshift

A house alarm agent, a council road worker, and a radio presenter tell Jonathan deBurca Butler what it's like earning their crust while most of us are asleep

Mon, 23 Mar, 2026

Working Life: 'Good public health relies on the collective efforts of society'

S Working Life: 'Good public health relies on the collective efforts of society'

Dr Claire Neill is a consultant in public health medicine

Fri, 20 Mar, 2026

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Welfare benefits cut for 11,000 people who failed to engage with jobseekers services

Social protection minister Dara Calleary confirmed the crackdown, stating that there are 'rights and responsibilities' to jobseekers' eligibility

Sun, 08 Mar, 2026

Working Life: Endometriosis adds another layer to your fertility journey

S Working Life: Endometriosis adds another layer to your fertility journey

Alison Glennon, clinical midwife specialist in endometriosis, The Coombe Hospital, Dublin

Fri, 06 Mar, 2026

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Remote working: Unions accuse Government of trying to 'fob off' workers with review

The Labour Party also said: 'There is no credible evidence that forcing people back into offices improves performance.'

Thu, 05 Mar, 2026

Working Life: I was born a nurse and, even in retirement, I’m delighted to still work as one

S Working Life: I was born a nurse and, even in retirement, I’m delighted to still work as one

Mary Llewellyn, respiratory nurse, asthma advice line, Asthma Society of Ireland

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026

Working Life: I would like to see urinary incontinence treated as a vital public health issue

S Working Life: I would like to see urinary incontinence treated as a vital public health issue

Dr Breffini Anglim O’Regan, consultant obstetrician, gynaecologist and urogynaecologist, The Coombe Hospital

Fri, 20 Feb, 2026

Scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse at schools

Government to introduce new pay equality laws for employers

It is likely the new evaluations will become mandatory in 2027

Mon, 16 Feb, 2026

Working Life: Babies are striving to be seen as more than their diagnosis

S Working Life: Babies are striving to be seen as more than their diagnosis

Catherine Matthews, principal clinical psychologist on the cardiac team, CHI at Crumlin

Fri, 13 Feb, 2026

Irish Economy As Latest Retail Figures Released

Migration needed to sustain Ireland's workforce, report warns

Research showed that certain sectors of the Irish economy were 'heavily reliant' on non-Irish citizens

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026

Working Life: Client-centered approach to caring for the elderly

S Working Life: Client-centered approach to caring for the elderly

Natali Kocijan, professional carer, The Great Care Co-Op (TGCC) “I came across The Great Care Co-Op when I saw an advert looking for carers in a supermarket in Dalkey during covid.

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Working Life: Your health can change quickly, and you can never take it for granted

S Working Life: Your health can change quickly, and you can never take it for granted

Janette Boran, Healthy Ireland coordinator, Kilkenny County Council

Fri, 30 Jan, 2026

Working Life: 'Women aged 50 and over have the lowest uptake of cervical screening nationally'

S Working Life: 'Women aged 50 and over have the lowest uptake of cervical screening nationally'

Rachael Comer, education and training manager, screening training unit, HSE CervicalCheck

Fri, 23 Jan, 2026

Working Life: ‘We are very focused on maintaining the dignity of our residents’

S Working Life: ‘We are very focused on maintaining the dignity of our residents’

Diana Rose, director of care at Orwell Healthcare, Orwell Road, Rathgar

Fri, 16 Jan, 2026

Working Life: Christmas can be important for patients with a life-limiting illness and their families

S Working Life: Christmas can be important for patients with a life-limiting illness and their families

Noreen O’Shea, consultant in palliative medicine, Kerry Specialist Palliative Care Service, University Hospital Kerry

Fri, 09 Jan, 2026

Working Life: Advising people to stop smoking isn’t just a job, it’s a commitment to improving lives

S Working Life: Advising people to stop smoking isn’t just a job, it’s a commitment to improving lives

Beverley Lutge, HSE quit smoking adviser, based in Co Wexford

Fri, 02 Jan, 2026

Working Life: We're urging young people to consider donating blood

S Working Life: We're urging young people to consider donating blood

Orla O’Brien, CEO, Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS)

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

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Jennifer Horgan: Even The Bible tells us that 'respect your elders' is flawed life advice

The views of older men on working from home are not worth listening to if you're a mother who has made the juggle work

Fri, 28 Nov, 2025

Working Life: I was interested in finding ways to prevent chronic disease through healthy gut microbiomes

Working Life: I was interested in finding ways to prevent chronic disease through healthy gut microbiomes

In 2008, I sent a random email to a research centre in Papua New Guinea, asking if they could send me some poo samples. Amazingly, they said they would

Fri, 28 Nov, 2025

Meta-Sandberg-Resignation

Nothing changes for women when we are constantly told balance is 'unattainable'

The notion of women 'having it all' has never really been peddled, in fact it's the opposite, writes Ingrid Seim

Thu, 27 Nov, 2025

Working Life: Nursing is not just what I do - it is part of who I am

S Working Life: Nursing is not just what I do - it is part of who I am

Geraldine Mullen is an acute haematology oncology specialist and clinical nurse specialist at Letterkenny University Hospital

Sun, 23 Nov, 2025

Working Life: Vaping is like putting your mouth around an exhaust pipe

Working Life: Vaping is like putting your mouth around an exhaust pipe

Professor Marcus Kennedy, consultant respiratory physician, Cork University Hospital, and president of the Irish Thoracic Society

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

Working Life: I found my corner in sexual health because it’s hopeful, pragmatic, and real

Working Life: I found my corner in sexual health because it’s hopeful, pragmatic, and real

David Field, clinical nurse specialist — sexual health advisor, HSE

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025

Working Life: Enjoy Halloween celebrations — while keeping health and safety in mind

Working Life: Enjoy Halloween celebrations — while keeping health and safety in mind

Dr Katharine Harkin, consultant in public health medicine, Child Health Public Health, HSE

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Working Life: I'm a community midwife — I love the variety of the job

Working Life: I'm a community midwife — I love the variety of the job

Fiona Walsh, clinical nurse manager and longest-serving community midwife

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

DR JANE PEARS

Working Life: Around 80% of children who get cancer are now long-term survivors

Jane Pears, consultant paediatric oncologist, CHI Crumlin

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025

Working Life: I know what it’s like to suffer with IBD, but I’ve turned a negative into a positive

Working Life: I know what it’s like to suffer with IBD, but I’ve turned a negative into a positive

Victoria Spillane, chief operations officer with Crohn’s and Colitis Ireland (CCI)

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

Working Life: Many queries arrive in the small hours, when parents are awake and worried

Working Life: Many queries arrive in the small hours, when parents are awake and worried

Amanda Glynn, lactation consultant at HSE’s online Ask Our Breastfeeding Expert

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025

Mature businesswoman and female colleague discussing over report at office desk

Generational pile-ons come around like clockwork

Too many millennials are joining the refrain against Gen Zers, conveniently forgetting that we were all there once

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025