News and Views
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Adverse health impacts faced by people bereaved by suicide
17 May 2018
Health professionals must prioritise assessing the mental and physical health problems among those bereaved by suicide, according to the Chief Scientist at the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF).
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Home truths: Book series imagines a new Ireland
16 May 2018
A thought-provoking new book series, with a UCC editorial team at the helm, will force readers to reimagine Ireland, from the law to interpersonal relationships.
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National recognition for UCC Careers Office
15 May 2018
Staff from UCC Career Services have been highly commended at the Association of Higher Education Careers Services Awards for Excellence – Employability Award in Dublin recently.
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Long read: Space for ideas to breathe
15 May 2018
By Graham Clifford
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UCC worth €2.3 million daily to Ireland’s economy
14 May 2018
University College Cork (UCC) generates €2.3 million per day for the Irish economy, according to a new report to be launched today (May 14).
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'An bothán', a symbol of famine misery
08 May 2018
A replica of the mud hut, an bothán, in which the poorest of the poor lived and died during the famine has been recreated by UCC near the Quad.
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UCC hosts National Famine Commemoration 2018
09 May 2018
An online project that will allow people to see how the famine affected their locality will be launched at the Annual National Famine Commemoration in Cork this Saturday, May 12.
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The Challenge of Achieving “Zero Hunger For All”
09 May 2018
Famines are extreme events where people’s access to food is denied. The world had until recently almost abolished famines.
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Famine: Never Again
08 May 2018
On the pavement outside my great-grandparents’ home in Vienna is the line, in twelve languages, “what happens when we forget to remember?”
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The famine in Cork
08 May 2018
The Great Famine, which occurred between 1845 and 1852, was neither the first nor the last of Ireland's famine experiences, but it was the most profound, and probably the most catastrophic event in modern Irish history.
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