The first rheumatology telemedicine outpatient clinic attended by four patients was held in Roscommon on Friday, October 7, and involved them linking up via computer with Consultant Rheumatologist Dr Robert Coughlan in Merlin Park.
The website is a useful resource for everyone interested in becoming more active, regardless of age or ability level, as well as those interested in promoting physical activity in Ireland. It is designed to encourage people to become more active by: creating awareness of the range of activities and opportunities for physical activity that exist locally, regionally and nationally; and providing advice on how to get started, as well as tips and motivation to keep them going.
A new identity card to tackle social welfare fraud is to be rolled out on a phased basis, beginning this week.
4,000 people of working age will be issued with cards by the end of the year.
The card is the same size as a credit card, and it incorporates a biometric photo and signature, and electronically coded information.
Limerick Community Connect - which exists to bring communities together - is one of only 20 non-profit groups in Ireland selected by Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte to get funding to tackle the ‘digital divide’.
Under the scheme, senior citizens, those with disabilities and the unemployed will be prioritised for computer courses in November
Read more: IE: Limerick: IT training scheme to tackle digital divide
If there is anyone who is expert on the realities of rolling out fibre infrastructure and future wireless technologies, it is former BT Ireland CEO Graham Sutherland.