THE FULL results from last year’s census have been made public and among headline shifts in Irish society include the worrying decline in people declaring themselves Catholic with figures dropping from 79% of the population in 2016 to 69% in 2022. Obviously, experts have struggled to find reasons why this could be the case but… Read more » …

AFTER AN all-hands-on-deck meeting emergency measures have been implemented across Ireland’s beleaguered A&E departments, with much needed help coming in the form of spare managers agreeing to be converted into temporary beds. “Unlike nurses and doctors who are all doing the work of five people, we have five managers doing the work of one person… Read more » …