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Care Champions Ireland

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A family led volunteer advocacy group who advocates with and for people who use care services. #SafeguardingLaws #CarePartner #PeoplesCovidInquiry

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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A truly unforgettable day at Áras an Uachtaráin #CareChampions #Gratitude #SeenAtLast Uachtarán na hÉireann / President of Ireland Catherine Connolly
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A truly monumental day for Care Champions. We are honoured to attend today’s Garden Party at Áras an Uachtaráin, courtesy of President Catherine Connolly & Mr. Brian McEnery We carry every single person and family failed in care in our hearts today. #CareChampions #ArasAnUachtarain
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 26/05/2026
Dog owners have been urged to keep their pets cool and rethink their walk routines amid the warm weather. Dogs Trust said owners should try to walk dogs early in the day or late at night when temperatures are cooler - or skip walks on hot days. jrnl.ie/7051567
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Dog owners urged to rethink walks and keep pets cool as weather heats up
Dogs Trust said those with dogs should try to walk them earlier in the day or late at night when temperatures are cooler.
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
It’s changing what in the future will be a historic record, it’s not going to be factual. The evaluation will meet approx 100 bereaved relatives Families want their relatives’ records & ask questions & explain how the policies failed #CovidEvaluation www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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'What families need is answers': Advocacy group hits out at covid evaluation sessions
A Care Champions advocacy group said the covid-19 evaluation sessions are "a disservice not just to the people who died, it’s also losing that chance to really learn lessons from the pandemic".
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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Who cares for the Carers? @carechampions.bsky.social
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Sarah Donnelly @sarahmdonnelly1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Important ruling re; Covid 19 and deaths in nursing homes in Ireland. Mr Justice Paul Coffey, in the High Court this week, noted the settlement of the action in relation to the death of Mr Lee with an order for costs against Carechoice Ballynoe Ltd @carechampions.bsky.social
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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horsecrazy4ever.bsky.social @horsecrazy4ever.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Truth: You are never too old for human rights - no matter who you are, what color you are, what faith you embrace - no matter how much money you have or don’t have #AllLivesMatter #Kindness #Compassion #Dignity
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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
“You are never too old for human rights.” #spéirghorm #IrishPol #HumanRights #Older
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Ivana Bacik @ivanabacik.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Touching memorial outside Leinster House this morning from @carechampions.bsky.social — remembering all those who died in care. May they rest in peace. ❤️‍🩹
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Memorial at Leinster House to mark 6 yrs since care facilities first went into lockdown. To honour those affected & advocate for those still in the system. We invite you to join us @ 11:00AM on Kildare st AV Room Briefing: 1:00pm (If interested in joining, please send us a message, spaces limited)
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Memorial at Leinster House to mark 6 yrs since care facilities first went into lockdown. To honour those affected & advocate for those still in the system. We invite you to join us @ 11:00AM on Kildare st AV Room Briefing: 1:00pm (If interested in joining, please send us a message, spaces limited)
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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Gardaí probe whether missing boy has been taken abroad after Tusla unable to locate him
Norma Foley confirmed Tusla could not locate the 10-year-old child before gardaí began inquiries into whether he left Ireland with his father
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Covid pandemic had a huge on so many. We must have full transparency with a statutory inquiry. Maria's experience 👇
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Expressing solidarity with the Wexford family denied access to their mother in her final moments in 2025, Kieran relates his own experience &joins the call for carepartner legalisation #CarePartner #5YearsCampaigning #HumanRightsDoNotGrowOld #CovidInquiry www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Wexford hospital apologises to family of elderly patient
Wexford General Hospital has apologised to the family of an elderly woman who died there earlier this year, saying it was not the level of standard it aims for.
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Noeleen Eustace’s son Kelvin Brennan, aged 26, died by suicide in May after repeated failures by Ireland’s mental-health services. #MentalHealthMatters #IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews @carechampions.bsky.social
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Watch back this brave and insightful interview with Noeleen Eustace, who's son Kelvin Brennan died by suicide in May after repeated failures by Ireland’s mental-health services. #IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews @carechampions.bsky.social @keefow.bsky.social
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Majella Beattie of Care Champions Ireland on the brave actions of Antoinette Burke who confronted the Taoiseach last week over her daughter's delayed hip surgery. @Majellabeattie1 @CareChampions2 #ireland #irish #news #podcast #care #healthcare
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
How can a care home operator get kicked out of France and still be allowed to operate in Ireland? #carehomes #news #ireland #irish #caresector @thesparklyshell.bsky.social @carechampions.bsky.social @keithwalsh69.bsky.social
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Shell @thesparklyshell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Orpea, kicked out of France, rebranded as Emeis, (rhymes with fleece, as in the verb To Fleece), landed in Ireland, leading to the shocking nursing home scenes televised on RTE. @carechampions.bsky.social @mothnews.bsky.social @rte.ie
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Who decided that it was the end for Kieran's father? #carehomes #CareChampions #ireland #irish #news #podcast #podcastclips @carechampions.bsky.social @keefow.bsky.social
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The family of a 67 year old woman with a rare disease living in a Cork nursing home have been told to remove her because of their “troubling conduct” after they raised serious concerns about her care. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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Family says mother could be evicted from care home - with nowhere to go | Newstalk
The family of a 67 year old woman with a rare disease living in a Cork nursing home have been tol...
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Make no mistake, decisions were made about our elderly during COVID. Catch up on the episode now. #covid #carehome #CareChampions #ireland @carechampions.bsky.social @keefow.bsky.social
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Kieran Brady candidly shares his story of institutional COVID failure and his father's death. Watch the episode this Friday at 11am. #ireland #irish #covid #hse #healthcare #carehomes @carechampions.bsky.social @keefow.bsky.social
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Is the care sector failing our loved ones? Catch this interview with Kieran Brady tomorrow at 11am. #ireland #caresystem #covid #carehomes @carechampions.bsky.social @keefow.bsky.social
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Draft: Here’s the report Children’s Health won’t publish Children’s Health Ireland respects legal advice. The Ditch respects the public interest. Will publish shortly.
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🎙️ MOTH NEWS Live - Today at 3PM Today’s broadcast shines a light on stories demanding justice and change: Tune in at 3PM for powerful testimony & courage. #MOTHNews #Accountability #Justice #IrishNews #SurvivorVoices
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Allison McCarthy, whose mother, Alice Donovan, died alone in hospital during Ireland’s COVID-19 lockdown in January 2021. @carechampions.bsky.social #carechampions #hse #ireland #caresector
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Report published on 29th April for The Residence Portlaoise, which is included in RTE investigates tonight. How often is neglect & abuse dressed up as poor quality care? Where is the safeguarding Leglislation? We are highlighting this for over five years. www.hiqa.ie/system/files...
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The Residence Portlaoise and Beneavin Manor in Glasnevin in north Dublin - uncovered multiple examples of care failings and neglect of vulnerable older residents www.rte.ie/news/investi...
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Serious care concerns found at leading private nursing home group
Staff shortages, unsafe care and undignified treatment has been uncovered in homes run by State's leading private care provider Emeis Ireland
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Care Champions is here to support families affected by the appalling failures in nursing homes, following the documentary airing this Wed Carechampionsireland@gmail.com or send a WhatsApp message directly from our Facebook page #Safeguarding #humanrightsdonotgrowold #RTEINVESTIGATES #NursingHomes
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Stories of loss, silence, and the fight for truth from those whose lives have been torn apart by the deeply broken Irish Healthcare System. Watch back across these difficult but important interviews now. #IrishHealthcare #healthserviceexecutive #carehomes #irishcare @carechampions.bsky.social
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
We're live at 3PM: Keith Walsh speaks to Dervilla Ruttledge, who lost her father, Des, in a HSE-run nursing home during the first wave of COVID-19. @carechampions.bsky.social #MOTHNews #CovidInCare #HSEFailings #CareHomeCrisis #TruthForFamilies #CareChampions #IrishHealth
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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Watch back as Keith is joined by Majella Beattie, founder of Care Champions, an organisation that has supported 10,000+ families seeking justice after harm occurred in nursing and care homes. #ireland #CareHomes #mothnews #journalism #irishnews @keefow.bsky.social @carechampions.bsky.social
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Silkway Airlines illegally transported missile launchers for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) F-35 fighter jets through Irish territory – just weeks after The Ditch told government the airline was using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Tel Aviv. www.ontheditch.com/idf-missile-...
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IDF missile launchers illegally transported over Ireland
Weeks after The Ditch told government the airline was using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Tel Aviv.
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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"...the weight of losing you was too much for my heart to endure..." ❤️
A poem that reads:
When my heart cracked i swear i heard it break a sound that no one else could hear but, i did and now i walk around with it rattling around inside my rib cage a constant reminder that loving you, and the weight of losing you, was too much for my heart to endure A red cracked stained glass heart
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Margaret Kennedy highlights the tireless work of women in the pursuit of justice, particularly in the face of entrenched societal issues. It also highlights the immense challenge in achieving justice, esp when victims are among the most vulnerable in society www.independent.ie/opinion/marg...
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Margaret Kennedy: Let’s amplify the voices of women, like Catherine Corless and Marie Collins, who are fighting for silenced victims
I am convinced that all women have a justice gene. We make it, we call for it, we fight for it — we want justice in this world. We are also peacemakers and healers. If you’re in it for the long haul, ...
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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Today we had the sad task of updating the number of covid dead in the UK. They will never be forgotten. ❤️
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
An enquiry is to be carried out into the death of a resident at Droimnin nursing home in Laois. Laois Gardaí have confirmed that they were called to the Nursing Home in Stradbally on St Patrick's Day following an incident involving a woman who was a resident www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/local-n...
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Enquiry into unexpected death at Laois nursing home
Elderly woman died on St Patrick's Day
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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
During our #DayOfReflection ceremony at the wall yesterday, we lit this candle in memory of our beloved lost. We know many of you at home joined us. ❤️
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Man (30s) arrested over ‘serious assault’ of elderly woman in her home This is an absolutely horrendous case and the injured party has suffered huge trauma,” www.independent.ie/irish-news/m...
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Man (30s) arrested over ‘serious assault’ of elderly woman in her home
A man in his 30s has been arrested following the alleged “serious assault” of an elderly woman in her home in Co Longford yesterday evening..
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Hiqa report highlights practices that could amount to "institutional abuse" & neglect in Sunbeam House disability care homes. Vulnerable residents left unsafe, with basic needs unmet. This demands accountability and immediate action to protect those in care. www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
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Residents in Wicklow disability care homes at risk of ‘institutional abuse’
Health services watchdog report criticises Sunbeam House’s failure to keep residents with intellectual disabilities safe
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We are very grateful to MaryLou Mcdonald, David Cullinane & Natasha Drennan, for meeting with us again today. Your consistent commitment to meet with us & support for our key asks for safeguarding legislation & #publicInquiry into Covid is appreciated. #humanrightsdonotgrowold
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Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry @covid19inquiry.scot · 18/02/2025
Day one of the Inquiry's justice impact hearings begins today at 1pm. We will hear opening statements from Counsel to the Inquiry, and evidence from @copfs.bsky.social. More information and a broadcast is available on the Inquiry's website:
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Impact Hearing | Justice | Day 1 | Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry
Day 1 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's justice impact hearings.Date: 18 February 2024Time: 1pm
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Builders of new children’s hospital want extra €853m www.independent.ie/irish-news/b...
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Builders of new children’s hospital want extra €853m
Builders of the new National Children’s Hospital are now demanding an extra €853m in construction costs, amid ­concerns the final bill of €2.24bn is again at risk of being breached.
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Ann Marie Ryan, a registered psychiatric nurse, Milford, Co Donegal, is also alleged to have ordered two nurses on duty not to write an incident report about the matter. Ms Ryan said to a colleague: “What is the big deal? It was an accidental death.” www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
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Nurse refused to call 999 for female patient with dementia who drank cleaning fluid and later died
A clinical nurse manager repeatedly refused to call an ambulance for a dementia patient who drank ­cleaning fluid and subsequently died, a fitness-to-practise inquiry has heard.
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Surgical hubs aimed at relieving trolley chaos and slashing public hospital waiting lists are now facing delays www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
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Surgical hubs aimed at relieving trolley chaos and slashing public hospital waiting lists are now facing delays
Surgical hubs aimed at cutting waiting lists and relieving the trolley crisis are facing delays, and some will not be ready until next year.
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Seeking family carers of nursing home residents with dementia to share their thoughts on participating in research Your experiences can directly influence future research priorities. A 30-40 min interview could make a difference. Contact JP at connelj1@tcd.ie or WhatsApp 0862034477 to participate
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Care Champions Ireland @carechampions.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
A 5 year retrospective on the pandemic's impact that excludes the immense loss of life & the ongoing suffering of bereaved & harmed families is shocking. How can we discuss this period without addressing their need for answers, transparency & a full COVID inquiry? m.independent.ie/irish-news/w...
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‘We could have done more to change stuff after Covid and we haven’t’ – Five years on, experts assess the impact of the pandemic on health, work, property and hospitality
The fifth anniversary of Ireland’s Covid-19 response passed by unremarkably at the start of this month — perhaps because the pandemic is a time many wish to forget.
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