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Fiona Evans

@fi_evans
 Waterford, Ireland
Joined February 2014
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What a moment! The @RefugeesOlympic Team proudly floated in at the #Paris2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony with Cindy Ngamba and Yahya Al-Ghotany as flag-bearers. 37 athletes. One goal: representing refugees from all over the world at the highest level of sports. #CheerForRefugees
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If you want to watch the #olympics2024 - avoid @rte They seem to be stuck on a reel from @Allianz all night.
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Having considered the Assisted Decision-making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022, the President has signed the Bill and it has accordingly become law.
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🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉to Niall Tallon from Carlow for being the Beat and @IrishHomeCare Unsung Hero!!! 🦸‍♂️ Niall takes home €1000 for the amazing work he does as a carer
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Shocking disaster with traffic management @WaterfordCounci @GardaTraffic @Winterval_WAT Irrate drivers everywhere 🤬
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Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers fails to address recruitment crisis in the short term hcci.ie/?p=3459
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South-East has highest number of elderly waiting for homecare

South-East has highest number of elderly waiting for homecare

North Dublin has smallest waiting list as analysis shows almost all care in region offered by private or voluntary providers

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Plans to disregard historic convictions of gay men have raised 'range of complex issues' thejournal.ie/plans-disregar…

Plans to disregard historic convictions of gay men have raised 'range of complex issues'

A working group examining the issue has said it has proven difficult to estimate how many people might be eligible to have their past offences disregarded.

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I have pure admiration for the courage it must have taken for the victims to speak out in the Jimmy Saville Documentary @netflix I feel partly responsible as a child of that era to have been so blind & ignorant. I hope you can find some solace in life now we know the truth.
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The truth in black and white. waterford-news.ie/2022/03/27…
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State to pay €1 for every €3 a worker puts into new auto-enrolment pension scheme irishexaminer.com/news/arid-…
State to pay €1 for every €3 a worker puts into new auto-enrolment pension scheme

State to pay €1 for every €3 a worker puts into new auto-enrolment pension scheme

About 750,000 workers who do not currently have a pension will be enrolled in a new workplace pension scheme from January 2024

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Huge congratulations @CMOIreland Ireland’s chief medical officer to step down to take position at Trinity College f7td5.app.goo.gl/JRTXsq
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Article: HSE spends €17m on medical staff from agencies outside the pool of permitted suppliers HSE spends €17m on medical staff from agencies outside the pool of permitted suppliers f7td5.app.goo.gl/bfcPdt Sent via @updayIE

HSE spends €17m on medical staff from agencies outside the pool of permitted suppliers

The HSE had to spend over €17m on hiring agency medical staff outside permitted suppliers in 2020 because of the inability of approved agencies to provide the necessary manpower, an audit has...

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100% of the population! Symptoms of the New Variant May Include | The New Yorker newyorker.com/humor/daily-sh…
Symptoms of the New Variant May Include

Symptoms of the New Variant May Include

Sweating the small stuff, the feeling that you’ve just gotta dance, and other humorous complaints.

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TheJournal.ie - Unvaccinated ambulance service staff redeployed away from frontline duties thejournal.ie/ambulance-pers…
Best wishes to a new Irish small initiative. Great to see creativity in hard times. rainyday.ie/
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Ireland ranked best in the world for dealing with Covid

Ireland ranked best in the world for dealing with Covid

Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking is a monthly look at how pandemic is handled

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Why overly kind and moral people can rub you up the wrong way bbc.com/worklife/article/202… via @BBC_Worklife

Why overly kind and moral people can rub you up the wrong way

‘Do-gooders’ are often judged harshly. Why do we resent their acts of altruism or question their motives?

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Mandatory Covid-19 vaccination of healthcare workers considered by Nphet irishtimes.com/news/health/m…
Mandatory Covid-19 vaccination of healthcare workers considered by Nphet

Mandatory Covid-19 vaccination of healthcare workers considered by Nphet

Countries including France have introduced mandatory vaccination for health staff

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