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25/10/2026

September 2026 was the worst September on record for hospital overcrowding.

And with winter setting in, it's only going to get worse.

Meanwhile, the Minister for Health is using her speaking time to disparage hospital management staff for a crisis they didn't create.

We asked women in Ireland to tell us about their experience of painful procedures, here’s what they said...We asked the ...
24/10/2026

We asked women in Ireland to tell us about their experience of painful procedures, here’s what they said...

We asked the women who took our survey if they had been offered pain relief for a range of gynaecological procedures.

76% said no.

When women are offered pain relief, it’s often paracetamol or ibuprofen.

Of those who were offered pain relief, just 38% felt it was sufficient.

Only 50% said their comfort was assessed during their procedure.

54% felt their pain was taken seriously.

There is a gender difference in health workers, and whether they assess for pain.

When it was a man’s responsibility to assess for comfort, 27.5% of respondents were assessed.

When it was a woman’s responsibility to assess for comfort, 59% of respondents were assessed.

Of the few positive stories we received, almost all took place in a specialist women’s health setting.

“For years I simply couldn’t have a smear test as the pain would get so bad they couldn’t continue.

My excellent female GP prescibed me pain and anxiety relief and it made a huge difference.

It should be standard for smear tests as well as acknowledging that they can be more than just “uncomfortable” for many women.”

Unbearable. Excruciating. Stabbing.

Just some of the words women used to describe their pain.

Women’s pain is consistently dismissed and minimised in healthcare settings. This is medical misogyny.

In other countries pain relief is routinely offered for all gynaecological procedures, why not here in Ireland?

This needs to change.

23/10/2026

This Bill would require the Minister for Health to introduce regulations covering issues such as age-appropriate portion sizes, the quality and balance of meals, methods of preparation, the food groups that should be provided, vegetarian options, healthy drinks and other dietary requirements.

23/10/2026

Today, hundreds of families grieve the loss of a family member, hundreds of communities grieving a friend lost on Irish roads.

Our roads have become a much more dangerous place to be yet the number of Gardaí traffic core has reduced.

It doesn’t make sense.

Does this Government have any real plans to reduce road deaths?

23/10/2026

Recognising non-binary people on official documents would cost the state nothing.

Yet over the last decade we've seen this reform put on the long finger by Minister after Minister.

Why does it take so long for govt action on such a simple change?

23/10/2026

Flood-prone communities in East Cork and across Ireland are living in fear of the next storm.

Government needs to treat flood relief as the emergency it is.

We need to progress flood relief schemes urgently for the many towns and villages left in limbo.

23/10/2026

Simon Harris and Fine Gael have been in Government for 15 years and appear to have suddenly become animated about addressing the scourge of dereliction with a 'new' derelict property tax.

So what's really going on?

Are they really serious about tackling dereliction?

Unfortunately its more spin rather than substance.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil's derelict property tax is designed to fail.

The Social Democrats have real solutions to tackle dereliction:

• A 10% dereliction tax immediately applied to all derelict buildings.

• Funding new dereliction and vacancy teams in local authorities to identify and tackle dereliction.

• A new fund for local authorities to compulsory purchase derelict property and turn them into affordable homes and community and social use.

• Review and update CPO legislation to make it more effective.

• Legislate for Compulsory Sales Orders, to force sale of long vacant and derelict properties.

Passionate about public services? Nerdy for neutrality? Care about the climate? Joining the Social Democrats is a great ...
23/10/2026

Passionate about public services? Nerdy for neutrality? Care about the climate?

Joining the Social Democrats is a great way to work for change about the things that really matter to you.

Visit social democrats.ie/join

22/10/2026

It’s estimated that 1 in every 7 women in Ireland has endometriosis.

That’s 300,000 women who have to wait an average of 14 years for a diagnosis.

Meanwhile, some women need to travel abroad for life saving treatment.

We desperately need to rethink how our health service treats women.

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan instructing the Dublin R**e Crisis Centre to remove content he disapproves of sets a da...
22/10/2026

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan instructing the Dublin R**e Crisis Centre to remove content he disapproves of sets a dangerous precedent.

“It also appears to me a dangerous precedent that this Minister, and his Department, have instructed the R**e Crisis Centre to remove content that he disapproved of,” said our justice spokesperson, Gary Gannon.

“It should never be controversial to teach children about consent. That should start at a young age, it should begin in the home.”

“Given all of the issues of grave concern in the Justice Department, I find it incredible the speed at which the Minister took to his Twitter account this morning, and the speed at which his officials were sent to moderate the content of the Dublin R**e Crisis Centre.”

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