Nicola O'Connell
@noconne
Research Manager in Sexual Health Programme, HSE. Enjoys cheese. Views my own
That's The Hague on the phone to her now
There is a troubling lack of understanding in Ireland about the war that Hamas forced upon Israel and about the nature of modern warfare. The typical narrative in Ireland oversimplifies this complex situation and draws flawed parallels with Irish history and tragedies. The…
The pope’s salary is $32000 a month. Do popes leave wills or do their assets go to the Vatican?
HSE Sexual Health Programme today launch two new reports, published by the ESRI on sexual health and young adults in Ireland. Sexual health, literacy, behaviours, initiation are all explored. Knowledge of the best method for STI prevention is high, knowledge of fertility is much…
The NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office website has been taken down. LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately subjected to violence, discrimination & stigma, affecting their health outcomes. Ignoring these facts endangers us all.
Also pretty dangerous to grossly neglect the health and social care of people with major mental illnesses like severe depression and psychosis.
Such an interesting piece on @joannamoncrieff in last week’s Sunday Times magazine. Have long believed that pathologising sadness was a very real (and dangerous) thing. 👏🏻👏🏻
Alice Munro’s Retreat | Anne Enright | The New York Review of Books nybooks.com/articles/2024/…
Weird to actually feel sympathy for Simeon when everyone knows it’s daddy’s connections that allow devilling
BREAKING: Simeon Burke makes statement outside The Bar of Ireland in Dublin An award-winning barrister, Simeon Burke is now faced with the possibility of being blocked from practising in the courts He appeals to Justice Minister Helen McEntee to intervene as deadline looms
This is the best reply to this tweet. Willingness to be described one drug is correlated with the willingness to be prescribed a second. Or:
Use of hormonal contraception is associated with subsequent use of antidepressants and a first diagnosis of depression. 🧵1/11
Of course a right-wing government didn’t want €3 billion - investment in public services/infrastructure is anathema
1 Thread on #mpox which is in the news again since a returning traveller was diagnosed in Sweden with a new more dangerous strain which reached Europe for the first time. In the 2022-23 global outbreak I was clinical advisor to @WHOEurope Here’s what I think you need to know.
The most important and difficult question that UK mental health services face. In the absence of additional money/staff/beds, what do we have to withdraw from in order to provide safe and sustainable care for those who are most vulnerable and in need of services?
On #r4today, @WesselyS arguing (rightly) that more legal powers not required to protect public safety. What is needed is more care and better quality work by clinicians, which begs the question what do we stop doing if there is no more staff or money?
So Republicans aren’t opposed to menstrual products anymore?
Humans always do something you don’t expect
What in the Celtic Tiger Ireland fever dream is this? irishtimes.com/property/resid…
How microplastics are now found all over the human body. Assistant Professor Janosch Heller @JanoschHeller, Biomedical Sciences @DcuBiotech, appeared on @TodaywithClaire, to discuss this topic. Listen here: launch.dcu.ie/3yGeBuE
We will not be intimidated! Shameful union-busting from @tcddublin @LindaDoyle. Students and staff stand united against university management and their suppression of the student voice protesting for Palestine, as well as fees, rents and postgraduate workers' rights.
College hits students’ union with €214k fine for disruptive protests trinitynews.ie/2024/05/colleg…
Post doc position for large scale @hrb funded project now open for applications to join my team. Using implementation science to support implementation of national mental health policy. Closing date 10th May. Pls RT. @RebeccaMurphyIE @sburx @gastaut @Prof_Jo_Ivers @KarOConnor
Research Fellow Post for the Shared Care fOr Physical and sExual HEALTH in youth with mental illness project (SCOPE for HEALTH project) Public Health and Primary Care. Please visit tcd.ie/medicine/news/…… for further information #ThisIsTrinityMed @CatherineDarker
RTÉ Investigates: Ireland’s Abortion Services. Next Monday April 15th on @RTEOne & @RTEplayer at 9:35pm. #rteinvestigates @lucymkennedy
‘Although 77% of health-care expenditure is paid by the Irish Government, 12% comes from private health insurance…access for those with limited finances can be difficult. Disparities across incomes, according to the OECD are substantial and widening’ thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Why was Olivia Munn’s breast cancer missed on a mammogram?