In his first day in office, the new Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland has outlined his commitment to tackling financial abuse against older people. Eddie Lynch said: “I
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More than two thirds (68%) of people with palliative care needs have said that ‘planning for the future’ is their biggest worry – in a survey of palliative care experiences
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Evelyn Hoy, Chief Executive of The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, has called on the Health Minister to take action and support the role played by older carers
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A former resident from Kincora Boys’ Home has described being stripped naked and sexually assaulted on his first day at the Belfast facility. The man, given the cipher HIA199/R3, broke
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) is calling on people across Northern Ireland to quite literally take some simple steps to better health. With three out of five adults here overweight
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A controversial lifetime ban on gay men donating blood in Northern Ireland is to be lifted. The decision by Stormont Health Minister Michelle O’Neill comes after a long campaign by
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Vulnerable children were sexually assaulted just weeks after arriving at Kincora Boys’ Home, a public inquiry has heard. Detailed and graphic accounts of a litany of abuse by staff members
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Health Minister Michelle O’Neill has paid tribute to the invaluable work at the Hospice following an extensive £13million refurbishment at their Somerton Road premises. The Minister visited the new facility
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Kincora Boys’ Home closed on October 1, 1980 in the wake of the sex abuse scandal which broke in January of that year and resulted in the suspension of three
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Security chiefs at MI5 and MI6 have told a public inquiry there is no evidence they knew about or covered up child abuse at the former Kincora Boys’ Home. The
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