As I write this, we are on the verge of entering potentially more lockdowns due to the spread of the Omicron variant. As the cute…

No doubt it has been a frantic July for you as 18-to-34 year-olds have been given the opportunity to avail of Covid-19 vaccines in their…

As Fintan Moore touched on in his column of this issue, soccer star Ronaldo made a spontaneous and unexpected gesture at a press conference during…

Covid has, as we all know, been ‘the only game in town’ over the past bizarre and challenging year. But as we also know, the…

Some readers have had to reorganise their pharmacies dramatically since the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, with the reduced footfall hitting many pharmacies hard. Many of you…

It’s a welcome development that medication for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) is now approved for OTC sale in Ireland. It is another recognition…

At time of writing — I’m honestly sick of using that phrase — we’re heading into (at least) another five weeks of lockdown. I have…

So that was January. A bit of a roller-coaster ride in terms of Covid statistics — a rapid rise after Christmas, followed by what appears…

I hope you have had the chance over the holiday season to recharge your batteries and reconnect with friends and loved ones. It was amusing…

I’m having trouble remembering a year more bizarre than the one we are about to exit. One shouldn’t generalise; perhaps there are some of you…

By the time you are reading this, we will be well into our second lockdown. Among others more qualified to comment on such matters, I…

At time of writing, the upward slide in the number of Covid-19 cases has prompted Government to tighten its grip on movement, particularly in and…

Have you had to field a few difficult questions regarding the guidelines being issued to try to halt the spread of Covid-19? The fact that…

Have you downloaded the Covid-19 tracker app yet, or have you encouraged your employees, patients/customers or friends and family to do so? In principle, it’s…

Will you be leaving the screens up in your pharmacy when Covid-19 has become a thing of the past?  It may be a leap in…

Well, it took long enough but finally, pharmacists have ‘arrived’ on the world stage. Never mind prescribing powers or the reversal of FEMPI — pharmacists…

It’s difficult to write anything about the Covid-19 pandemic that hasn’t already been said. At time of writing, there are tentative conversations about when we…

So… how was your month?! As with all the other things life throws at us, it’s important to think about the learning we can take…

Y our columnists Fintan Moore and Dr Des Corrigan have both touched in this issue on the apparent resurgence in use of the so-called ‘party…

By the time you read this, you may be interrupted by a knock on the door from a local TD pitching for your vote. Like…

January 2020 At the National Pharmacy Conference last May, it was with guarded optimism that I listened to the Minister for Health paint a picture…

December 2019 The ink is finally dry on the millions of column inches that were dedicated to Gay Byrne following his passing. Personal anecdotes and…

November 2019 The 9th All-Ireland Pharmacy Healthcare conference took place last month, bringing together pharmacy colleagues from both sides of the border to share ideas…

October 2019 A mid the world of death and disease that is inhabited by pharmacists, doctors, nurses and to a far lesser extent medical journalists,…

September 2019 The phrase ‘treat the person, not the disease’ has become a bit of a cliché in recent years. It rolls off the tongue…