Easter 2020: Lessons in a Pandemic – Dr John Allman

May 14, 2020 | Blog

‘All changed, changed utterly: A terribly beauty is born.’  WB Yeats In mid-February we felt a comfortable indifference to the impending crisis posed by COVID-19. This ‘Chinese’ virus, as President Trump inappropriately labels it, seemed to be a problem limited mainly...

TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HEPATITIS C

Feb 25, 2020 | Blog

A major conference in Dublin this weekend (Saturday 29th February) will hear that community and GP services are vital in the elimination of the Hepatitis C Virus infection which affects up to 30,000 people living in Ireland. Hepatitis C expert and GP, Dr Des Crowley,...

2020: The Year of The Squirrel? – Dr Sean Owens

Jan 22, 2020 | Blog

As a new decade begins there is an argument that we are now entering a new age of enlightenment. As wildfires consume Australia, we cannot say that as a civilization we were not informed about the effect modern living is having upon the environment nor what difficult...

What is planetary health and why is it important to Irish General Practice? – Dr Sean Owens

Dec 3, 2019 | Advocacy, Blog

Planetary Health refers to “the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends”. As family doctors are on the front lines of protecting health, it is important that we are aware and act upon the interplay between the...

Planetary Health in Irish General Practice: An Exercise Of Mass Mindfulness? – Dr Sean Owens

Nov 15, 2019 | Advocacy, Blog, College News

The meaning and modern relevance of the 2005 graduation speech “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace, an American writer and university professor in the disciplines of English and creative writing, continues to drive debate and derive solace well beyond the scope of...

#GPdiary Dr Eamonn Shanahan, Farranfore, Kerry

May 18, 2019 | Advocacy, Blog

The third generation of Shanahan GPs provide a modern patient-centred practice in a scenic area of the south east of Ireland. NAME OF PRACTICE  Farranfore Medical Centre ESTABLISHED The predecessor to the practice was my grandfather’s practice (established in 1921)...