HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing
Listen to the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast with interviews and insights on the work underway by HSE Health and Wellbeing and their partners to deliver on the Healthy Ireland ambition of supporting, protecting and empowering individuals, families and their communities to achieve their full health potential.
Episodes
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast, host Noreen Turley speaks with Mandy Daly, co-founder of the Irish Neonatal Health Alliance (INHA), about the power of equal, meaningful patient partnership in shaping healthcare, research and policy within our HSE. Drawing on her personal journey as the parent of a premature baby, Mandy shares how lived experience can drive systemic change, from neonatal ambulance se...
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing podcast, we are joined by Dr. Denis O'Keeffe, National Clinical Lead for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), National Nurse Lead for VTE, Sarah Garvey and Alma de Bruijn, who bravely shares her experience of developing a serious blood clot during early pregnancy. Together, they explore the risks, symptoms, and treatment of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), w...
Recorded live, at the National Ploughing Championships in County Offaly, this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing podcast brings together voices of health professionals across a number of topics as well as members of the public. We also speak briefly with Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drug...
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing podcast, we are joined by Professor Bobby Smyth and Senior Counsellor, Emer Loughrey, to discuss the updated HSE Alcohol and Drugs: A Parent's Guide. They explore how parents can approach conversations about substance use with their children, covering current trends among young people in Ireland, the risks of adolescent substance use, and the importance of setting clear bounda...
In this podcast Ailish O’Neill (National Education and Training Manager with the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention) and Declan O’Shea (a Lived Experience Contributor) discuss the new, free online suicide prevention training programme from the HSE, ‘Let’s Talk About Suicide’.
'Let’s Talk about Suicide' is an introductory suicide prevention programme, that helps participants to identify o...
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast, we speak with HSE CEO Anne O'Connor about the importance of prevention and community-based care in Ireland's health service. Anne shares her vision for keeping people well at home through health promotion initiatives delivered by the health service and by our community partners, like Making Every Contact Count, Social Prescribing, and mental health programmes. They al...
In this episode, we discuss Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids and much more.
With school routines starting again and parents getting to grips with what to put into those lunchboxes and what to avoid. Marian McBride, Dietetic Lead, HSE Health & Wellbeing discusses the importance of a balanced diet to ensure children develop a healthy relationship with food.
With tips on how to introduce healthier foods into children’s daily diet...
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing podcast, host Fergal Fox is joined by Dr. Abigail Collins to help families navigate starting primary school and the back-to-school transition. Dr. Collins shares practical advice covering everything from managing children's anxiety and separation worries to practical preparations like uniforms, school bags, and lunchboxes. The conversation also touches on important health topi...
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast, we're taken inside the 30th Annual Health Promotion Conference at the University of Galway, where experts from across Ireland and beyond gathered to explore health equity and reflect on 40 years since the Ottawa Charter. Keynote speakers, researchers, and practitioners shared insights on tackling structural inequalities, empowering communities, and building cross-sect...
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Well-Being podcast, we speak with Selene Daly Tarpey, Nurse Tutor HSE Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education Sligo Leitrim West Cavan, about the serious health risks of sunbed use and the importance of skin cancer prevention. Selene draws on her dermatology experience to debunk common tanning myths, including the idea that sunbeds boost vitamin D or provide a "safe base tan". S...
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing podcast, we are joined by pharmacists Greg Cleary and Tom Murray to explore men's health in the pharmacy setting. The conversation covers a range of important topics, including blood pressure monitoring, smoking cessation, erectile dysfunction, sexual health, cardiovascular health, vaccinations, and mental wellbeing. The pharmacists highlight how pharmacies serve as ...
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing podcast, we welcome award-winning writer, poet, and mental health advocate, Daragh Fleming, for an open and thoughtful conversation about men's mental health and healthy masculinity. Daragh shares his personal journey through depression, grief, and unhealthy coping mechanisms, exploring how poetry helped him reconnect with his emotions. He challenges rigid ideas of masculinity...
In this episode of HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing, host Noreen Turley is joined by Louise Carolan, Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Dermatology at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, to explain what eczema is, why it flares, and what really helps. Living with eczema can feel overwhelming, but there are lots of practical ways to get it under control and improve day‑to‑day life. Louise explains the difference between e...
In this podcast episode, Specialist in Public Health Dr. Breeda Neville and skin cancer prevention advocate Bernie Rice join us to discuss the SunSmart campaign and the critical importance of skin protection to prevent skin cancer in Ireland. They are working tirelessly to increase awareness of the steps you and your family can take to protect your skin from the sun and reduce your risk of skin cancer. Dr. Neville details the SunSm...
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing podcast, host Noreen Turley speaks with Kathleen King, HSE National Endometriosis Education Lead, and Cate O’Connor, HSE National Endometriosis Education Officer, who have developed an educational programme educating young people in school and clubs about periods, pelvic pain and the impact of endometriosis and adenomyosis. They explore how severe menstrual symptoms can ...
In this episode of HSE Talk and Health and Wellbeing, host Noreen speaks with Dr. Paul Kavanagh, a public health consultant and adviser to HSE Tobacco Free Ireland. Drawing on personal experience and expert knowledge, Dr. Kavanagh explores Ireland's tobacco endgame - the goal of eliminating tobacco harm entirely by 2035. He discusses the ongoing impact of smoking on Irish society, the tobacco industry's influence on policy, and bol...
In this HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing episode, host Noreen Turley talks to neonatal speech and language therapist and SPARK HSCP National Innovation Fellow, Deirdre Bradley, about how reading, talking and singing to babies from day one can shape their brains, support bonding and boost long‑term language and literacy. Drawing on powerful research and her 20 years’ experience in neonatal care, De...
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