- New report finds that government response to climate crisis is worsening inequalities for women and marginalised people.
- Energy poverty, housing poverty, food poverty, mobility and spatial injustices risk being exacerbated by the climate crisis and policy responses.
- The report was led by UCC researchers for Feminist Communities for Climate Justice, a joint project between the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Community Work Ireland.
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Ireland’s climate policy is failing women and marginalised communities – new report
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Findings of first ever audit of Parkinson’s disease care in Ireland published
11 Apr 2024- Significant delays between patient referral and their first clinic visit.
- Insufficient communication and information-sharing was evident.
- PD nurse specialists post are lacking nationwide.
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UCC professor features in female reboot of Raphael’s famous ‘School of Athens’ fresco
06 Apr 2024A new photographic portrait of 50 women leaders in Ireland, featuring University College Cork palaeontologist Professor Maria McNamara, has been unveiled at Trinity College Dublin.
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Public facing “silent crisis” of vitamins and minerals deficiency, experts warn
26 Mar 2024Europe is facing a nutrient deficiency that will impact children’s development and curtail healthy aging among older adults, experts have warned.
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UCC’s new riverside walkway named The Cavanagh Way
25 Mar 2024UCC is pleased to announce that its new riverside walkway has been named The Cavanagh Way.
At a recent event on campus, members of the Cavanagh family officially opened The Cavanagh Way in memory of the late Tom and Marie Cavanagh. The naming recognises the Cavanagh’s generous philanthropy to the university, which has had a transformative effect on the campus, staff and students.
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Tánaiste launches new €11.6 million Cerebral Palsy research programme at University College Cork
22 Mar 2024The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, today launched a new €11.6 million research programme focused on Cerebral Palsy at University College Cork (UCC).
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Home care co-operatives can play a large role for older people care in Ireland, new report finds.
22 Mar 2024- UCC study assessed the potential of care co-operatives in Ireland.
- The care co-operative model provides an alternative option to supporting older people to age well at home.
- In Ireland, most older people prefer to remain in their own homes, or, at least, in their own communities rather than in institutional settings, as they age.
- Study recommends the development of state-supported pilot actions to trial the development of care co-operatives.
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Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media wins top open access award
13 Mar 2024- UCC Journal recognised for its original and impactful contribution to film and screen media by the Irish Open Access Publishers.
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McCann FitzGerald LLP invests in legal studies at UCC
12 Mar 2024Leading Irish law firm McCann FitzGerald LLP and University College Cork (UCC) today announce the introduction of a new sustainability focused curriculum for students at UCC’s School of Law.
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UCC early-stage researchers awarded prestigious Marie Curie funding
07 Mar 2024- Four UCC researchers receiving a combined €890,000 funding in the Marie Skłodowska -Curie Actions (MCSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship awards 2023.
- Dr Lorena Morales García to investigate the changes in brain development due to altered early life microbiota in newborns who have undergone a C-section birth.