Ireland
Ireland
The Institute of Public Health has launched a new Public Health Matters podcast highlighting key public health issues across Ireland and Northern Ireland.In the first series of the Public Health Matters podcast we look at what lessons…
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland’s Policy Group on Tobacco has published a new report which makes the case for raising the minimum age of sale of tobacco from 18 to 21 years.The Tobacco 21 report, was developed from national and…
The Institute of Public Health (IPH) hosted a ‘Getting Active For Better Ageing’ webinar between 10am – 12 noon on 20 October, focusing on public health and behaviour change and how to encourage and support older people to be more physically active.…
The Institute of Public Health (IPH) today welcomes the publication by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) of a new report on inequalities in mortality rates in Ireland.IPH commissioned the ESRI to examine inequalities in mortality in…
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) recently hosted a webinar to launch a new report on inequalities in mortality rates in Ireland. The report was commissioned by the Institute of Public Health.The report, ‘Unequal Chances?…
The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has launched a free online course to help healthcare professionals to support older people to have more physically active lives.The new ‘Getting Active for Better Ageing’ course is available on IPH’s Public…
The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has launched new gallery of images capturing the lived experiences of older people in Ireland and Northern Ireland.The How We Age gallery of images is the culmination of an all-island photography competition,…
In this blog, Lauren Rodriguez, IPH Public Health Development Officer, shares an overview of the 2022 Ireland North and South Report Card on Physical Activity and also looks at how the findings compare with Scotland and Wales.In August 2022, the…
This week a major all-island conference will highlight the impacts of climate change on population health in Ireland and Northern Ireland and the need to put health at the heart of our response. On Wednesday, 30 November around 1,000 health…
The Institute of Public Health made a submission to the Department of Justice on a Review of Alcohol Licensing in Ireland in January 2022.The submission was made in response to a public consultation on the Sale of Alcohol Bill. Legislation…