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Dog breeds with innate poor health continue to be popular. With Crufts last week, and the St Patrick's Day dog show today in Dublin, pedigree dogs are under the spotlight. Read my latest blog post and listen to my short podcast here petethevet.com/breeding-for-…

This tweet and many of the subsequent replies is a crystallisation of what Twitter has become.

We are seeking to recruit a number of healthcare and administrative roles to deliver PEACETIME, a groundbreaking €10 million cross-border project aiming to transform treatment for obesity across the island of Ireland. For information, visit nipc.ie/job-opportunities/ #jobfairy

Dr. John Legge, emergency medicine consultant at St. Vincent’s, writing in today’s @IrishTimes about the flawed policy of mandatory hi-vis for vulnerable road users. “It seems that any measure to improve road safety but which may inconvenience drivers cannot be considered.”

What a wonderful visualisation of people moving about NYC on bikes. More people cycle to work/study every day in Dublin than use the Dart Luas Commuter Rail combined (CSO 2022). A similar visualisation for Dublin would be fascinating to see.

“Bologna in northern Italy saw road accidents fall by 13% and fatalities decline by around 50% in the year after it became the country's first major city to impose a 30 kph speed limit in January 2024.” Lower speed limits save lives. Ireland hesitates, and people die.

RT @SafeCyclingEire: Great to see @CyclingIreland under the excellent presidency of @ciarancannon come out so clearly on road safety issues…

SLIGO HOSPITAL MUSICAL SOCIETY Present their annual Pantomime 🎭 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME With a cast made up of 34 🏥 staff as well as TY students from Mercy College Sligo, we will bring the magic of Paris to Sligo January 20 – January 24, 2026 hawkswell.com

Character defining conditions at the @CyclingIreland National Cylcocross Championships, superbly hosted by Breffni Wheelers CC and @CyclingUlster. #cyclocross

In 2013, Dr. Kate Granger initiated a campaign advocating for healthcare professionals to introduce themselves to patients. While this may appear straightforward, and I've encountered the sentiment that it's an oversimplification or already standard practice, my personal experience suggests otherwise. Approximately one year ago, I was admitted to a local hospital due to acute cholecystitis. During my hospitalization, I observed the same phenomenon that Dr. Kate Granger highlighted. The patient experience in a hospital setting can be quite distinct from that of a healthcare provider. Many healthcare professionals were diligently performing their duties, and doing so effectively, yet often omitted introductions or explanations of their actions. Therefore, the message conveyed in the campaign initiated by Dr. Kate Granger should be reinforced. hellomynameis.org.uk/

It will be interesting to see the outcome of this policy. I imagine @roinnslainte has sight of the relevant metrics, and will make all data available in due course. This is a system where ~48% of adults have private healthcare insurance (consultants and hospitals are paid per item of care delivered, and insurance companies specify what they will pay for) and 100% of adults have access to the public healthcare system. My predictions: 1. The public sector HSE/Voluntary hospitals will lose a large income stream. The only income stream that was performance based in real time. 2. Private hospitals will develop more capacity for “profitable healthcare interventions” eg elective surgery, elective interventional radiology, elective imaging, elective endoscopy etc. These services will be promptly available privately. 3. This additional private capacity will have no meaningful impact on public waiting lists in the face of rising demand. 4. Non-profitable healthcare provision will remain in the public sector eg most out of hours care, complex medical/surgical care, any condition requiring a long inpatient admission. 5. The cost of private healthcare insurance in Ireland will rise; fewer will be in a position to afford it. Time will tell…

My name’s Daniel, I’m 45, and two weeks ago I learned something about my mother that I’m still ashamed I didn’t see sooner. She’s 80, lives alone in the little tan house she’s been in for half a century. The one with the peeling shutters and the mailbox she still refuses to replace because “it works just fine.” Last Wednesday, she called and said: “Danny… I need help with my grocery list. Can you come? I think I’m forgetting things.” My first instinct? Annoyance. I had deadlines. Kids’ activities. Bills on my desk. A hundred things pulling me in every direction. So I said, “Just tell me what you want. I’ll order it all online.” But she was quiet for a long moment before whispering: “I’d rather you come.” So I did. When I walked into her kitchen, three grocery bags were already sitting neatly on the counter. “Mom… you already shopped,” I said, confused. She waved her hand. “Those are just basics. I still need a few things.” She opened her notebook — the same spiral-bound one she’s used for years — and handed it to me. The list said: • grapes • paper towels • coffee creamer • company And suddenly everything inside me went still. She looked embarrassed, like a kid caught doing something wrong. “I just… didn’t know how else to ask you to come,” she whispered. “You’re always so busy, and I didn’t want to bother you.” That sentence — those ten quiet words — hit harder than anything I’ve felt in years. My mom, the woman who worked two jobs and still made every school concert… the woman who saved every drawing I ever made… the woman who put herself last for decades… felt she had to pretend she needed groceries just to feel worthy of a visit from her own son. I hugged her so tightly she laughed and said, “Oh goodness, you’ll break me.” We never went to the store. Instead, we sat at the tiny kitchen table covered in little sunflower placemats she’s had since the ’90s. We talked about the neighbor’s new dog. About her tomato plant that refuses to grow. About my dad, and how she still forgets he’s not coming through the door sometimes. I stayed longer than I planned. Drank terrible instant coffee. Listened — really listened — the way she used to listen to me. Before I left, she walked me to the door and held my hand for a moment longer than usual. “You made my week, sweetheart,” she said softly. Driving home, I couldn’t shake one thought: How many times did she wait by the window, hoping my car would turn into the driveway? How many afternoons did she tell herself, “He’ll come when he has time,” while the house echoed with loneliness I didn’t notice? I realized that somewhere along the road of adulthood — work, kids, obligations, noise — I started treating her like an errand. Someone to “fit in” when life allowed it. But to her? I was never an errand. I was her world. And all she wanted was an hour with her son in the home where she raised him. 💛 THE LESSON Your parents won’t always tell you they’re lonely. They won’t always say they miss you. They won’t always ask directly. Sometimes they’ll hide it behind a grocery list. Behind a broken lamp. Behind a request that doesn’t really need doing. Go anyway. Sit at their table. Drink the bad coffee. Let them tell you stories you’ve heard a thousand times. Because one day the chair will be empty. The notebook will be closed. The porch light will be off. And you’ll wish you had treated an ordinary Wednesday like the priceless moment it truly was.

I was dressed exactly like this when I was run over in Moycullen in broad daylight. The factors that most strongly influence cyclist safety are driver speed, enforcement levels, road layout, and safe cycling infrastructure, not what we are wearing. A 🧵

With World Champion Lara Gillespie at the sod turning for Ireland’s indoor velodrome, a fantastic day for the development of cycling in Ireland, giving us a real opportunity to nurture more world champions in the future. Thanks to the inspirational Lara for being there.

UHG is currently in the advanced stages of planning a new hospital at the Newcastle Road campus. This build would solve the obvious and longstanding infrastructure capacity problem in cancer services for a generation. It is urgently required. I understand one of the final challenges to resolve before site preparation can begin, is identifying a new location for the helipad. One suggestion that I heard mentioned is to relocate the helipad off site. This would be an astonishing decision that in my opinion would certainly cost lives in situations where air transfer both into and out of UHG was deemed necessary. I hope the people of Galway and all of the relevant decision makers can find a way to do the right thing here, and keep the helipad onsite. It would be a spectacular failure of common sense and policy to do anything else. Let’s do this properly, if not for us, at least for our children! @HSELive @HSE_West_NWest @uniofgalway @GalwayCoCo @GalwayCityCo @Galway_GAA @Galway_Races @cancercarewest

You know the drill. I have 2 free tickets to giveaway for this Thursdays WCQ at @AVIVAStadium featuring @IrelandFootball and @selecaoportugal. Cristiano Ronaldo’s last game on Irish soil won’t be one to miss. Like, retweet and follow to be in with a chance of winning! Keith.

Do these "commentators" do any research. It's a Research Ireland programme for MSc or PhD researchers. The money is a stipend for full-time early researchers. Research drives scientific knowledge and innovation. The scheme is open to Irish applicants.

📚 Minister @lawlessj officially breaks ground on the new Library, IT and Education Building at @atu_ie Letterkenny campus. 🏗️ This 5,100m² development will expand student capacity by approximately 600.