
Niamh Griffin
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Joined January 2011
And Patrik Jonsson, head of international for Lily on their future plans in Cork -
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Mounjaro, which is currently being assessed for public funding in Ireland, is one of Eli Lilly's key revenue-raising drugs
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Main story here, it's such a complex issue as well as being this firm being a huge employer in #cork
https://t.co/295FeaLOhx
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Eli Lillyâs Kinsale plant produces tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Mounjaro, making Cork central to the global weight-loss revolution
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đ§”How do you feel about skinny jabs? I visited the factory near Kinsale making a key ingredient in #Mounjaro - really interesting and brought up a lot of questions for me around how we view/deal with obesity
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The lived experience for âïž patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer & the importance of financial & mental health supports @SiobhanGaynor @annmcbrien_ led @IrishCancerSoc funded @cancertrials_ie @BMJOpenQuality @TheBreastOnline study đ https://t.co/4s1sU4Veud
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Ninety per cent of patients in the North and 86% in the Republic suffering mental stress
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When parents like Ciara say "they fight for everything" it's only when they start breaking down the list of the outrageous things they do, you realise how true that is #disabilities #equalcare
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It's not only delays in surgery affecting kids with disabilities ... Ciara Dunne on taking their son, 16, to a veterinary hospital to get weighed. Why? because many CDNTs don't have the right scales and there's a shortage of PHNs now also https://t.co/jfrhfMcVZL
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Very interesting piece in today from Dr Colin Doherty @gastaut on concussion risks in team sports https://t.co/FlCSUnjxpC
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The problems caused by contact sports are real â we need to make rugby and American Football saferÂ
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HSE apology - https://t.co/4JNUP5IPgc More from the health committee on this -
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Serious care issues uncovered in North Kerryâs CAMHS review have prompted open disclosure meetings and delayed final reporting
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The review of Camhs cases in north Kerry continues - 2 years after it was set up #mentalhealth Minister Mary Butler said "red flags" were raised early in the process with open disclosure meetings taking place with families already (links in tweet below)
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Very interesting day @WCTC_official a big focus on vaping and the push by the tobacco industry to increase e-cigarette use as tobacco use declines - tho its not declining in all countries as much as it is here
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Lots more in the @irishexaminer today on women's health, including sadly focus on gaps in miscarriage supports https://t.co/9XSzFQSEGe
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Womens Health Survey 2025 - Irish Examiner: A comprehensive series of articles on this topic
LISTEN BACK A Third Of Women Canât Afford A Baby â The Hidden Crisis @irishexaminer @griffinniamh tells @pjcoogan about their survey in today's paper which uncovered some hard truths about womenâs health today https://t.co/zbbsuAFgtD
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More delays to the review into ED services across the Midwest - September now if not later for the Hiqa report #limerick
https://t.co/N6vpfLwKmk
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Hiqa says it is waiting for the ESRI to finish an analysis of emergency care demand up to 2030 by region
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So the health committee sat for the first time today, looking at how the proposed Mental Health Bill could work. Lots of talk of how staffing gaps could undermine the plans - as is the situation in Cork and Kerry unfortunately - https://t.co/q4wpdclwKn
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Across the two counties, 407 children have waited longer than a year to access treatment
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Backdrop to all this the audit on hip surgeries in Temple St and Cappagh - which said double surgeries are rare elsewhere, not here - what does that mean for families here? #chi
https://t.co/eVUWTT5sFG
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Ciaran Tansey, a partner with Damien Tansey Solicitors LLP, said parents are worried about how long this might take in reality
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Problems with diagnosis, no register, no audit - we don't even know how many children have hip dysplasia here every year https://t.co/pHU3y8cLnv
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'Worrying' gaps in care for children with hip dysplasia raised in 2017 and again in 2024 have still not been addressedÂ
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đ§”Still no national screening programme for hip dysplasia 8 years after a working group made recommendations? "The whole thing is in chaos now. Itâs probably seen as toxic There is no sense of urgency, no sense of determination to get this done" https://t.co/7Hg0ajh91A
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The national screening programme proposed by a HSE steering group in 2017 was not set up. Now a consultant says 'we have no idea what the national rate of late diagnosis is' as a resultÂ
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We demand safeguarding legislation now & reform all care provisions! Join us at Leinster House this Thursday, June 12th. We refuse to let documentaries be the only catalyst for change. The same care failures have plagued us from before the pandemic until now, creating new victims
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"We need to talk about our nursing homes" @ronancollins7 who took part in that devastating RTE doc last night #emeis
https://t.co/68z2gvR6KC
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Caring for older people is hard work - physically, emotionally and intellectually - so it needs to be valued and resourced. Prime Time shows that is not happening, writes Professor RĂłnĂĄn Collins
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IHREC is seeking to appoint at least 9 new members to its Disability Advisory Committee and is inviting expressions of interest for appointment to the Committee. Closing date: Thursday 19th June 2025 at 1pm https://t.co/48XbUHACA2
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Nearly 40% of brain tumour patients are diagnosed through A&E. This #InternationalNursesDay, weâre shining a light on the vital role nurses play in the lives of brain tumour patients, & thanking them for all their support đ©ș #BrainTumourResearch #NHS #TogetherWeWillFindACure
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