Posted on 03. May, 2006 in Faith and Justice, Health, HIV/Aids
This June Bank Holiday will see Sisters of Mercy with their friends and family running in the Mini Marathon to help raise money for HIV programmes. Miriam Gormally asked Bairbre Ryan, the Mission and Development co-ordinator for the Sisters of Mercy, when she originally decided on this particular project and how she was going to […]
Posted on 11. Jan, 2006 in Health
A recent survey on ageing from the university of Cambridge in England concluded that a human’s lifespan could eventually reach 150, if, of course, we all stay healthy! But, given today’s attitudes to older people, would we want to stay around until the ripe old (very old!) ages of 150? Age Action is an organisation […]
Posted on 30. Nov, 2005 in Education, HIV/Aids
Sister Mary Owens, co founder of Nyumbani Village – Kenya’s first and largest facility for HIV Orphans, talks to Miriam Gormally about putting her faith in God and the celebrating Christmas in Kenya. Miriam asks about the challenges of teaching sexual education to these children and if they are promoting the use of condoms.
Posted on 02. Nov, 2005 in Faith and Justice, Health, HIV/Aids
Sr. Mary Baron shares her experiences of working with AIDS and HIV sufferers in Tanzania with Miriam Gormally She talks about the challenges she has faced there, her desire to go back and looking to Oscar Romaro for faith and hope in tough times. Miriam asks if she finds it difficult to come home and […]
Posted on 22. Jun, 2005 in Health, Mental Health, Music
Music can have both a physiological and psychological affect upon us as human beings and plays a very important role in indigenous tribes all over the world. Martin McElroy talks about the music academy he runs as an educational and holistic centre for children and why the drum is such an important instrument in musical […]
Posted on 25. May, 2005 in Chronic illness, Health
MRSA is a deadly superbug that breeds and thrives in hospital environments. With Ireland ranking number 3 in the MRSA league in Europe, Dearbhail McDonald speaks to Miriam Gormally about her recent report on the matter and the risk to Irish patients. She explains that a lack of basic hospital hygiene can cause the high […]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Charity, Death, Health, HIV/Aids, Humanitarian Aid
As many children die in Ethiopia every six months as were said to have died in the Asian tsunami, according to Archbishop Berhaneyesus of Addis Ababa. Speaking with Miriam Gormally about the importance of the Trocaire Lenten Campaign, he reminded us that a million people will die in Africa this year from malaria. A further […]