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HSE recommends that all healthcare workers (HCW) in Irish health services receive the seasonal influenza vaccination each year. The recommended national uptake target is 40%. Compared to adults working in nonhealthcare settings, HCWs are at significantly higher risk of influenza1. Achieving a high uptake of influenza vaccination among HCWs is recognised as a vital infection… | Read on »

Read the full Irish Times article here EPA report: Norton, D., Hynes, S. and Boyd, J. (2018). EPA Research Report No 239: Valuing Ireland’s Coastal, Marine and Estuarine Ecosystem Services, EPA Publications, Wexford. Read the full EPA report here

SFI awards- 2.8m in funding to five leaders in Irish science policy Silicon Republic (Web) (Main), 26/02/2018, Unattributed for both postdoctoral researchers and PhD students, for a period of up to four years. The winners include: Prof Helena Lenihan, University of Limerick Prof John McHale, NUI Galway Prof Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin Dr Alma… | Read on »

NUI Galway was delighted to welcome partners from Ireland, UK, France, Spain and Portugal to NUI Galway this week for the MOSES kick off meeting.  The MOSES project is funded through the EU’s Northern Periphery & Arctic (NPA) Interreg programme. The MOSES project will examine the ‘blue’ growth path for the sustainable development of the… | Read on »

New EPA report by SEMRU researchers launched An EPA report on the economic value of Ireland’s marine and coastal ecosystems has just been published [EPA Research Report No 239:  Valuing Ireland’s Coastal, Marine and Estuarine Ecosystem Services]. The work undertaken by SEMRU researchers, Daniel Norton and Stephen Hynes, and John Boyd from the Galway Mayo… | Read on »

Irish surfing legend Easkey Britton reveals how hitting the waves helps her leave behind everything that stresses her out

Michael Sullivan talks to Dr Christine Domegan, Whitaker Institute, NUI Galway, about the “SHEER” (Socio-economic, Health, Environmental Research) project. To listen to the full interview click here

Project to Road Map Future Direction of Human Health and a Healthy Environment NUI Galway SHEER project to highlight how water quality and access to blue/green spaces can improve our health, wellbeing and socio-economic status in Ireland Friday, 2 February, 2018: Researchers from NUI Galway have launched the ‘SHEER’ (Socio-economic, Health, Environmental Research) project, an… | Read on »

Message in a Bottle: SIPPs in Action An event organised by SUBMON adopting NUI Galway’s SIPP Tools within the Sea Change Project. “Message in a bottle” challenged people to change their relationship with the ocean. This was achieved through the journey of eco-friendly bottles around Spain. The initiative was launched on 8 June 2017, World… | Read on »

An RTÉ Brainstorm article by Dr Niall Ó Dochartaigh—of the Whitaker Institute’s Technology & Governance and Conflict, Humanitarianism & Security research clusters—looks at the secrets behind a peace process. Bogotá celebrations to mark the signing of the historic agreement between the Colombian government and FARC rebels ending 52 years of conflict Opinion: There are many similarities in… | Read on »