Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Today with Sean O’Rourke”
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Spending so much time at home isn’t easy for anyone, but it poses particular challenges for those experiencing domestic abuse. That’s according to two experts speaking to Seán O’Rourke today; Caitríona O’Neill, a social worker with Cork’s Cuanlee refuge for women and children affected by domestic violence and Family Law solicitor Catherine Ghent. Pandemic conditions have introduced significant changes in …
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The news from Italy is stark: the country is now the world’s epicentre for Covid-19 infections and deaths. The northern part of the country has been hardest hit and that’s where Irishwoman Jacintha McCarthy has lived for the past 17 years. Bergamo, where Jacintha lives, has been under strict lockdown for several weeks. By contrast, Sweden has imposed the fewest …
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In the ongoing crisis, everything has to be measured through the viral lense of COVID-19 and charities are no exception. Thousands of older people across the country rely on the services of meals on wheels to provide them with lunches and dinners. But the current Coronavirus restrictions mean that their services are more important than ever. Today with Seán O’Rourke …
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The spread of the coronavirus has made life difficult for most people: everybody’s had to change the way they spend their day and some people have lost their jobs or their businesses. Today with Seán O’Rourke reporter Brian O’Connell told Seán about the remarkable scenes at Cork Penny Dinners, as restaurant owners, forced to close their premises, arrived at the …
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With over five and a half thousand people in direct provision, there are growing concerns among the residents at some centres about the limited possibilities for self-isolation, should it prove necessary. That’s according to a report by Brian O’Connell, who spoke to Seán O’Rourke today about conversations he had on his visit to two direct provision centres. Brian spoke to …
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One of the – many – shocking statistics that author Christina Lamb reveals in her new book is that the Soviet army raped as many as two million German women when they were ‘liberating’ Germany at the end of the Second World War. Christina spoke to Seán O’Rourke about the book, Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War does to Women, …
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The charity Féileacáin, which supports parents who’ve lost a child around the time of birth, will host a very special football match in May. The players involved are all fathers who have lost a child through miscarriage or stillbirth. Evelyn O’Rourke went to one of the team’s training sessions, as she told Seán O’Rourke this morning. The Féileacáin dads’ team …
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We could all benefit from a sharp dose of perspective from time to time. Listeners to Today with Seán O’Rourke got that in spades when reporter Brian O’Connell spoke to three cancer patients being treated by staff at Marymount Hospice in Cork. The hospice is marking its 150th anniversary this year and as you might expect there have been significant …
