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Lifeline – Call for extra support for Ireland’s elderly this Christmas.

admin November 19, 2021

Michael Sullivan chats with Deborah Costello | Fundraising & Communications Manager, Friends of the Elderly about combating loneliness and social isolation amongst the elderly. For more information visit: www.friendsoftheelderly.ie

Lifeline – Creating a world where young people can safely benefit from Technology and the Internet.

admin November 5, 2021

Michael Sullivan chats with Joe Kenny, Founder and CEO of Zeeko, about teaching Internet Safety to Children, Parents, Teachers and Corporate Ireland. For more information visit: www.zeeko.ie

Lifeline – Healthcare professionals have a key role in promoting physical activity to older adults.

admin November 5, 2021

Michael Sullivan chats with Professor Roger O’Sullivan, Director of Ageing Research & Development Institute of Public Health about promoting physical activity to older adults. For more information visit: www.publichealth.ie

Lifeline – ‘Hats off to you’ announced as the thank-you theme of Brain Tumour Awareness Week 2021.

admin October 29, 2021

Michael Sullivan chats with Peter Cosgrove, CEO Brain Tumour Ireland about Brain Tumour Awareness Week is taking place from 30th October to 6th November with a special line-up of events, including the annual Wear A Hat Day national fundraiser on 5th November.…

Lifeline – FSAI Calls for Vigilance to Dangers of Jelly Sweets Containing Cannabis in Run up to Halloween.

admin October 29, 2021

Michael Sullivan chats with Dr Pat O’Mahony, Chief Specialist, Food Science & Technology about the dangers of Jelly Sweets containing cannabis in run up to Halloween. For more information visit: www.fsai.ie

Lifeline – MS Ireland hoping to replicate last year’s successful campaign where 10,000 readers and 300 schools took part.

admin October 15, 2021

Michael Sullivan chats with Lorna Cahill, Clontarf, who is living with MS and is an ambassador for the Readathon fundraising campaign. For more information visit: www.ms-society.ie

Lifeline – Emerald Greens using cutting-edge indoor farming technology to grow crops sustainably year-round from their rural base in CoTipperary.

admin October 15, 2021

Brian O’Reilly Emerald Greens co-founder and Managing Director chats with Michael Sullivan about Emerald Greens’ cutting-edge indoor farming technology growing crops sustainably year-round and the new deal to supply Compass Group. Foe more information visit: www.emeraldgreens.ie

Lifeline – To be marking Dyslexia Awareness Month by holding an online briefing session for Oireachtas.

admin October 15, 2021

Dyslexia Association of Ireland (DAI) CEO Rosie Bissett chats with Michael Sullivan about Dyslexia Awareness Month and the findings from two large surveys conducted in September 2021. For more information visit: www.dyslexia.ie

Lifeline – “How to be a People Person: Be Kind, Be Brave, Be Brilliant.” It is a smart and powerful framework for living.

admin October 8, 2021

Lara Cullen chats with Michael Sullivan about her new book “How to be a People Person: Be Kind, Be Brave, Be Brilliant,” to be launched on 28th Oct. For more information visit: www.thepeopleperson.org

Lifeline – Discover the secrets of looking after and unpacking Ireland’s oldest museum.

admin October 8, 2021

Natural History Curator, Museum of Natural History Paolo Viscardi chats with Michael Sullivan about a livestream YouTube event being held by the Museum on the 15th Oct, Open House, a conversation about the “Dead Zoo”. For mre information visit: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/202110/Open-House-Conversations-About-the-Dead-Zoo

Lifeline – On World Sight Day, NCBI is keen to debunk myths and public perceptions around what it is like living with sight loss.

admin October 8, 2021

June Tinsley, NCBI Head of Advocacy and Communications Chats to Michael Sullivan about how World Sight Day is an ideal opportunity to educate, share and engage the public to have a greater understanding of what it is like to be blind or vision…

Lifeline – Eye-care waiting lists unacceptable at 49,000.

admin September 24, 2021

John Weldon President Optometry Ireland chats to Michael Sullivan about how Optometrists can unlock delays in public eye-care. Association of Optometrists Ireland: www.aoi.ie