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June Shannon

@juneshannon

Award winning medical journalist interests: health inequity,women’s health& mental health. Tweets personal. #darttales RT not endorsement. [email protected]

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I am rarely on here anymore it's just not as much fun as it used to be...I am on Bluesky at bsky.app/profile/junesh… if you would like to chat there - thank you :)

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Number availing of free IVF treatment rises by 50% rte.ie/news/ireland/2… via RTÉ I hear some references sometimes that we have free IVF. We don't. We have a tiny percentage of people, we reckon less than 10% are actually able to avail of free IVF," Ms Fitzpatrick said.

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Thank you ⁦Lane Crothers⁩ for sharing your #populism expertise with ⁦Alex Waddan⁩ & me for our Feb #podcast. Much food for thought! ⁦President Donald J. Trump⁩ ⁦Donald J. Trump⁩ 🇺🇸 🤓 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-c…

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"My children are used to me crying" - 324 people: Voices from Ireland's largest family homeless hub rte.ie/news/upfront/2… via RTÉ

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As we know, poverty is bad for your health - new CSO figures show deaths among people aged between 40 and 64 from very disadvantaged areas are more than double the number of deaths of those living in very affluent areas cso.ie/en/releasesand…

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. Council of Europe experts on national minorities have urged Irish authorities to improve the situation of Traveller and Roma communities. It underlines disproportionate unemployment& serious health issues among Travellers in Ireland, including a high rate of suicides &mental health problems

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€3,000 a month for a fancy 2 bed flat above a chinese takeaway - go home Glasthule you are drunk daft.ie/for-rent/prope…

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The global prevalence of obesity in children& adolescents increased by 244·0% between 1990 & 2021…Without immediate action, around a third (746 million) of the world's children&adolescents are expected to be living with overweight or obesity by 2050 ⁦ thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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Lovely to hear Sally Hayden speaking warmly about her experience working with Edna O Brien as part of a panel ‘Remembering Edna O Brien” chaired by the wonderful Rachael English at The Ennis Book Festival

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Laughter really is the best medicine Prof Rose Ann Kenny tells the fab Barbara Scully that laughter therapy can reduce the risk of a second heart attack by up to 40 percent in patients who have had one previous heart attack at the #Ennisbookfestival

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Not sure who needs to hear this but primary school kids are only in school for 12 days in April 😩 if anyone needs me I will be in my blanket fort colouring

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We wish to express our deep sadness today as we learned of the death of disability equality activist, Jacqui Browne . We honour her extraordinary contribution to our Disability Advisory Committee and mourn the loss of a colleague, advisor, and friend. ihrec.ie/statement-by-t…

We wish to express our deep sadness today as we learned of the death of disability equality activist, Jacqui Browne .

We honour her extraordinary contribution to our Disability Advisory Committee and mourn the loss of a colleague, advisor, and friend.
ihrec.ie/statement-by-t…
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I still can’t believe that this wonderful brave woman is gone. I was lucky enough to interview her on numerous occasions and privileged to call her my friend- Irish Thalidomide Association ‘devastated’ by death of Jacqui Browne irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/0…

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Saying goodbye to a dear friend Jacqui Jacqui Browne today a powerful advocate and compassionate seeker of truth and justice. . Rest in power my dear friend #jacquibrowne I am so very sorry. ❤️ #thalidomide #ireland #disability #kindness

Saying goodbye to a dear friend Jacqui <a href="/abrihouse/">Jacqui Browne</a> today a powerful advocate and compassionate seeker of truth and justice. . Rest in power my dear friend #jacquibrowne I am so very sorry. ❤️ #thalidomide #ireland #disability #kindness
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‘A woman of conviction and compassion’: Tributes paid to disability activist Jacqui Browne at funeral Mass irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/0…

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‘Physically there is so much I can’t do’: Thalidomide survivor believes the State is simply waiting for her to die irishtimes.com/health/your-we…