Thank you everyone on the lovely messages you all sent about Bobby. He had a great life .

Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton is expected to announce the expansion of the free period products initiative to all eligible upper primary, post-primary and special schools from the 2027/28 school year rte.ie/news/2026/1105…

We’ve long treated HER2+ breast cancer similarly. Until everything changed.

Within 1 year, T-DXd moved earlier, palbo and tucatinib reshaped maintenance, some chemos are nearly gone, biomarkers guide us.

The right-sizing era for HER2+ BC has begun.

nature.com/articles/s4157… 🧵1/

The Irish National Teachers' Organisation is calling for so-called 'supersized’ classes to be addressed as part of next week’s budget. The INTO also says 1,000 additional primary school teachers are now needed across the country rte.ie/news/education…

If there is one thing that boils my blood, its charlatans peddling nonsense about cancer. Its not harmless, quite the opposite.
Please can you looby against this nonsense @IrishCancerSoc

“Those teachers are always on strike” complains Twitter Educational Expert as first strike in nearly two decades approaches.

“You will forever be a hero to me, Gavin. Such courage is rare. #HumanityMustWin. Thank you.” Stephen Bowen, Executive Director, Amnesty Ireland.

And in 2029 those 16 year olds will be eighteen and voting for the first time in the 2029 general election....

This is FF/FG taking €7m of state money and using it to fund their own re-election.

ICYMI 👉here are the results of the #PATINA trial, recently published in @NEJM.
👉 Palbociclib for Hormone-Receptor-Positive, HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
👉pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41604639/
@Otto_DFCI @shomgoel @evaciruelos @FilipaLynce @DrDebuTripathy @LoiSher @mpgoetz dgeMD #BreastCancer

Feeling sick that someone could do this to anyone, let alone an old lady who had devoted most of her life to public service.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Research is so important for cancer, well done and thanks to all the researchers involved

Shane Rothwell, from Blanchardstown, Co Dublin, contacted several hotels across Ireland in an attempt to book a one‑night break. Not one could provide a ceiling hoist, which he needs to transfer safely from his wheelchair to a bed.

Mr Rothwell, who has cerebral palsy, told the Irish Independent: “I was surprised. I knew it was bad but I didn’t think it was this bad. A €200 stay becomes €1,000 when I have to hire a hoist and pay two support workers.”

The disability activist said the process was “mentally challenging”, adding: “I felt there’s no place for people living with disabilities in this world. Why do we have to go an extra mile when trying to book a hotel?

“I need to book a hoist and if I’m ­using a manual hoist, I need two support workers, which I have to pay for.”

After compiling a list of hotels ­unable to provide hoists, he proceeded to contact several taxi companies and, across different dates, couldn’t secure a wheelchair‑accessible taxi.

Ireland is “behind” in “terms of development”, Mr Rothwell said.

“I want to start seeing changes and the Government to be more invested in accessibility,” he added.

As things stand, we’re not treated equally

If disability access and inclusion were prioritised, he said, disabled people would feel “needed and included in society”.

Equality ‘on paper’ means little without real access

#DisabilityRights #Equality

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Just now… thanks

This is so accurate,being lucky enough to get on the Destiny 12 trial has enabled me to continue to work and do many more activities which contribute to society and most importantly time with my wonderful family on friends, I am living, enjoying life, stable more then 5 years 1/2

2/2 since onset of brain mets thanks to clinical trial for Enhertu, brain mets is no longer a death sentence, thank you to all the researchers

This is a devastating, disturbing read, the poor little boy, how anyone can be so cruel is incomprehensible, they should never be allowed out, pure evil

It’s so positive that this now the conversation, thank you to everyone involved in the development of TDXd

Happy 5th birthday Misneach! Lá breithe shona duit! 🐾

In shock and in tears, two children cry and bleed after an artillery strike that killed their mother. No location or side confirmed — a heartbreaking glimpse of Sudan’s war on civilians.

#KeepEyesOnSudan