HSE Health and Wellbeing
Our latest episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast explores the challenges young people face when it comes to alcohol in Ireland today. Martina Byrne, Manager of Crosscare, Ronanstown Youth Service, and Sive Brennan, a Leaving Cert student and Junior Youth Worker, join us for an insightful discussion on peer pressure, societal attitudes, […]
Traveller Wellbeing Through Creativity The HSE, the Arts Council with the support of Pavee Point and Creative Ireland co-hosted a Traveller creative arts showcase event at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in November. The event served as a platform for Travellers to reflect, share their creative initiatives and discuss with stakeholders how creativity can […]
The HSE Health and Wellbeing Alcohol Programme hosted a Webinar ‘Alcohol and Cancer – Reducing the Risk’, to support Mouth Cancer Awareness Day (MCAD) in conjunction with Mouth Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Ireland (MHNCAI). The webinar can be viewed here. The serious impact of cancer on the lives of thousands of people in Ireland […]
As we, as a society, continue to live with the realities of COVID, concerning trends are continuing to emerge about the use of alcohol. References to alcohol circulating on social media are often framed in a light hearted way seeing alcohol as a coping mechanism during quarantine and as a natural accompaniment to a ‘virtual’ […]