#Working Life

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Jennifer Horgan: Even The Bible tells us that 'respect your elders' is flawed life advice
Working Life: Nursing is not just what I do - it is part of who I am
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

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Working from home not worth less pay for most European workers, says ECB survey
Hybrid working remains the most popular for the future

Mon, 22 Sep, 2025

Working Life: Every year in Ireland, about 7,000 people experience a stroke
Working Life: Every year in Ireland, about 7,000 people experience a stroke
Recovery after a stroke can be overwhelming, but with the right support, patients can rebuild their independence, confidence, and sense of hope. Being part of that journey is an incredible privilege

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

THIS WORLD ASTHMA DAY, ASTHMA SOCIETY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO MOVE MORE TO BREATHE EASY
Working Life: I’ve experienced the fear of seeing my partner struggling to catch a breath
Eilís Ní Chaithnía, CEO, Asthma Society of Ireland

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Working Life: ‘When I left school at 18, I went straight into a caring role in my local nursing home’
Working Life: ‘When I left school at 18, I went straight into a caring role in my local nursing home’
Michael Cronin, regional patient and service user engagement lead, HSE Mid West

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025

Working Life: ‘There’s been a lot of cancer in my family. It touches everyone’
Working Life: ‘There’s been a lot of cancer in my family. It touches everyone’
Avril Deegan, childhood cancer survivor and researcher

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025

Working Life: Nothing more satisfying than seeing a young person overcome their challenge
Working Life: Nothing more satisfying than seeing a young person overcome their challenge
Professor Bobby Smyth, HSE adolescent addiction psychiatrist, Dublin

Fri, 22 Aug, 2025

Working Life: My interest in gardening isn’t random... my great grandfather was head gardener at a stately home
Working Life: My interest in gardening isn’t random... my great grandfather was head gardener at a stately home
Covid prompted me to re-evaluate my life, when I found myself working a lot from home. I saw that I could be making better use of my time than spending hours commuting every day

Fri, 08 Aug, 2025

Fergal Fox
Working Life: My first-ever audio recording was done with our local parish priest in Mayo
Fergal Fox, head of stakeholder engagement and communications, HSE Health and Wellbeing

Fri, 25 Jul, 2025

Working Life: ‘Before the Flood’ helped me make climate action my life’s work
Working Life: ‘Before the Flood’ helped me make climate action my life’s work
Samuel Awe, HSE Capital & Estates regional sustainability office, HSE Dublin and Midlands

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Working Life: 'The youngest person with dementia we worked with was 45 — that's heartbreaking'
Working Life: 'The youngest person with dementia we worked with was 45 — that's heartbreaking'
Gillian Dullea, senior primary care occupational therapist, Dublin South and Wicklow

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

PROF RONAN COLLINS
Working Life: If you like people, you will like geriatric medicine
Professor Ronan Collins, consultant geriatrician and Age Friendly ambassador for South Dublin Co Council

Fri, 27 Jun, 2025

Workplace Relations Commission criticises bookmaker over unfair dismissal
Workplace Relations Commission criticises bookmaker over unfair dismissal
Rare to encounter a case where there was 'such a complete repertoire of gross breaches of fair procedure and of a worker’s rights'

Sun, 15 Jun, 2025

Working Life: Working to ensure vulnerable people are given the right support
Working Life: Working to ensure vulnerable people are given the right support
Gillian McConnell, social work team leader, HSE Dublin and South-East

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Working Life: 'My mum and teacher sparked my love for science'
Working Life: 'My mum and teacher sparked my love for science'
“Memorable moments in my job include when the email came in to share the news that cases of rotavirus had dropped by over 70% in the first two years since the vaccine was introduced"

Fri, 06 Jun, 2025

Working Life: 'We’re very concerned about the attraction of vapes to young people'
Working Life: 'We’re very concerned about the attraction of vapes to young people'
“We strongly recommend that those selling e-cigarettes and vapes get details from their supplier of the products’ origins and confirm that they are legal"

Fri, 30 May, 2025

Working Life: Radiation oncology is like virtual surgery, where you deliver targeted treatment
Working Life: Radiation oncology is like virtual surgery, where you deliver targeted treatment
"Clinical trials are crucial for examining new treatments and for assessing their safety and efficacy"

Fri, 23 May, 2025

Over half of gen Z and millennial workers live paycheck to paycheck, survey finds
Over half of gen Z and millennial workers live paycheck to paycheck, survey finds
More than 23,000 young workers across 44 countries took part in the survey including 415 from Ireland

Thu, 22 May, 2025

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Mick Clifford: The price of peace and pyjamas — is remote work a cultural ticking time bomb?
Remote work has transformed lives, but the loss of in-person interaction may carry unseen long-term costs, especially for Gen Z

Sun, 18 May, 2025

Working Life: I wouldn’t advise people to turn away from stress. I’d say, ‘Turn to meaning’
Working Life: I wouldn’t advise people to turn away from stress. I’d say, ‘Turn to meaning’
“Most healthy people can get on with their lives and believe in the myth that we are in control of our bodies. Those with IBD have to manage it, but they can’t control it and that’s the sting in the tail"

Fri, 16 May, 2025

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Kevin Callinan: Working from home is a real political issue
Remote work can be an economic and social good that revives small towns and helps cut carbon emissions

Tue, 13 May, 2025

Working Life: Biologics have been a game-changer for some patients with asthma
Working Life: Biologics have been a game-changer for some patients with asthma
People have gone from not being able to work or exercise, or participate in life, to being able to do all those things

Fri, 09 May, 2025

Working Life: It’s a real privilege to work with people who place their trust in you
Working Life: It’s a real privilege to work with people who place their trust in you
Dr Niamh Clarke, HSE principal psychologist and co-chair of the Heads of Psychology Services, Ireland

Fri, 02 May, 2025

Working Life: 'You might be the only person the patient talks to today'
Working Life: 'You might be the only person the patient talks to today'
“We’re a small team of just 100 people in the NTPF, but we’re making great progress"

Fri, 18 Apr, 2025

Working life: 'We've helped patients doing Leaving Cert exams in hospital'
Working life: 'We've helped patients doing Leaving Cert exams in hospital'
Dr Naomi Algeo, clinical specialist occupational therapist and postdoctoral researcher, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 

Fri, 11 Apr, 2025

Working Life: You don’t know whose work you are buying, but it could be a real prize
Working Life: You don’t know whose work you are buying, but it could be a real prize
Lucinda Hall, incognito art curator at the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation

Fri, 04 Apr, 2025

Cork hospital caterer Martina Murphy: 'Good outcomes are like winning the Lotto'
Cork hospital caterer Martina Murphy: 'Good outcomes are like winning the Lotto'
Martina Murphy is nearing retirement after more than 40 years working as a caterer at the Mercy University Hospital in Cork. She shares her experience working on St Bernadette’s ward - where oncology and haematology patients come for treatment

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

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Job churn rate slows with staff 'more cautious about switching roles'
Data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows that the job churn between October and December stood at 377,572 — down 5.7% when compared to the same period in 2023

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

LOUISE CASEY
Working Life: I find resilience in the face of suffering remarkable
Louise Casey, principal medical social worker, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services (OLH & CS), Harold’s Cross, Dublin.

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

Working Life: This is a safe space for new mothers to talk 
Working Life: This is a safe space for new mothers to talk 
Karen Prunty, paediatric nurse in neo-nates and founder of Little Roo

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

Working Life: I treat children I first met as babies
Working Life: I treat children I first met as babies
Prof Damien Kenny, consultant cardiologist, Children’s Health Ireland (CHI)

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Working Life: I avoided sport because it made me breathless, but I didn’t know I had asthma
Working Life: I avoided sport because it made me breathless, but I didn’t know I had asthma
Dr Maitiú Ó Faoláin, GP and member of the Asthma Society’s Medical Advisory Group

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

Working Life: A congenital heart disease diagnosis is traumatising for the whole family
Working Life: A congenital heart disease diagnosis is traumatising for the whole family
Sheila Campbell, CEO of Heart Children

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025

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Irish-headquartered Accenture drops diversity targets citing Trump's DEI orders
In December, Accenture Ireland said it was aiming towards a 50/50 gender-balanced workforce in Ireland.

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025

Working Life: Patients want vision correction so they can see without wearing glasses
Working Life: Patients want vision correction so they can see without wearing glasses
Brendan Cummings, ophthalmic surgeon, Wellington Eye Clinic, Dublin

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025

Working Life: ‘While I take patients’ bloods, I put them at ease and have a chat’
Working Life: ‘While I take patients’ bloods, I put them at ease and have a chat’
Aoife Commins, staff nurse, Infectious Diseases Clinic, Galway University Hospital

Fri, 24 Jan, 2025

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