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Who cares about the carers?
There are an estimated 200,000 carers in the Republic working around the clock to nurse family members with health problems, according to new research. They have often given up jobs, have no social life and little support from the health services. p
Deirdre's story: 'I have no help at all'
On the day I talk to Deirdre Mulvey, her husband, Eddie, has just been taken off to Beaumont by ambulance from their home in Baldoyle, Co Dublin, after having what appeared to be an epileptic fit while asleep at 7 a.m. Deirdre is scared: p
Lillian's story: Staff too busy to give help
What makes Lillian Poole, a Tallaght resident, most angry is when the health services make her difficult job even harder. p
Emma's story
Emma Rice (24) who lives in Blanchardstown, Co Dublin, would like to be in the workforce. But for the past five years she has been the full-time carer of her mother, Olive, who was devastated by a stroke at the age of 47. p
Other Stories
Hounding down causes of mental distress
With male suicide rates at alarming levels, an innovative website aims to offer help, writes Iva Pocock. pBeauty and the Botox
The Republic is not immune to a possible bioterrorist attack, the US Secretary for Health, Tommy Thompson, stressed in Dublin recently. He was launching a telemedicine initiative between the National Cancer Institute in the US and St Luke's Hospital, Dublin. There are half a dozen biological agents which are regarded as high priority, both in terms of their potential public health impact and their ease of dissemination and transmission. One of these is Clostridium Botulinum toxin, which causes a disease. pLifelines
A brief round-up of this week's other news. p
