The HSE has cut the group’s funding and is also looking to use the rooms in the building they’ve been operating from.
Tag: public health
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Should Pedestrian Crossing Buttons be Automated to Dampen the Spread of Covid-19?
Some cities worldwide – from Los Angeles to Sydney – have switched pedestrian crossing buttons to automatic timers, so people don’t have to touch them to activate.
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Traveller Groups Question Council’s Refusal to Put in Spare Mobile Homes
At Labre Park in Ballyfermot, some are calling for more caravans for those who may need them to self-isolate. But Dublin City Council said that overcrowding meant they planned instead to move people off-site.
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A Local Directory of the Services and Offers in Neighbourhoods Across the City
We thought it might be useful to bring together in one directory the offers of help, support, errands, classes and odd jobs in the city. We’d love your help sharing it, and adding to it.
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A Local Historian Digs Into the Treatment of Tuberculosis In Ireland
Among other things, Alan Carthy’s research uncovered how, in the 1940s, plans for a large-scale treatment facility in Santry fell through, costing the government time and money.
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Across the City, Community Groups Spring Up to Offer What Supports They Can
Tens of groups across the city are offering supports to those who need them, and they’ve learnt a few things already about the best ways to stay safe and be useful.
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Dublin City Council Cancels Meetings So Councillors Can Practise Social Distancing
Councillors will continue with the business they usually conduct in their committee meetings, but they’ll do it over email – rather then at public meetings.
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In Crowded Hostels, Homeless People Are Finding It Hard to Protect Themselves from Covid-19
“It is all well and good the government saying to self-isolate, but you can’t do that if you have nowhere to live,” says Cameron Neilson.
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The City Needs More Public Showers and Toilets, Some Say
“This isn’t just about homelessness,” says Alice Leahy. “This is much broader than that. It is as if we have become so informed that we are forgetting about the basics.”
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Tracking How Much Air Pollution Cyclists Are Breathing In
A collaboration between a Trinity College Dublin researcher and a cycle-tour company is strapping air-quality monitoring gear to cyclists helmets as they explore the city.