
Pandemic’s Impact on Homelessness in Ireland 2020
Due to the fast-approaching pandemic, from late March 2020 the Government implemented actions to decrease the risk of homelessness. Such included a rent freeze and […]
Due to the fast-approaching pandemic, from late March 2020 the Government implemented actions to decrease the risk of homelessness. Such included a rent freeze and […]
In 2020, ALONE, the group that supports senior people, had seen a rise in the number of callers expressing depressive thoughts, with even more people registering feelings of social isolation. ALONE also identified a spike in a wide variety of mental health effects, while acknowledging that the COVID-19 protocols are in effect to deter the transmission of COVID-19. Data included by ALONE and The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) in July 2020 in the Loneliness and Social Isolation in the COVID-19 Pandemic among the over 70s report found that one-third of those aged 50 and older feel lonely at least some of the time. The analysis also found that among over-75s and those living alone, isolation is more prevalent. The ALONE Support and Telephone Befriending service continued remotely with volunteers following the spread of the virus, but more support for over 70s feeling lonely is needed.
When schools, colleges, businesses, and just about every other part of life as we know it shuttered doors, beginning on the 12th of March, for […]
After the six-week lockdown, Taoiseach Micheal Martin last week announced that the country could transition to level 3 on December 1st. Stores, gyms and hairdressers […]
Over the past years – especially 2019 with the Fridays for future protests – climate change has moved into the focus our society. Now, with […]
The president of Nigeria said in his last briefing that there would be a relaxation of the nationwide Corona Virus lock down. This comment led […]
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