News
In this section you can read latest news and press releases related to IPH work and work with its partners.
IPH welcomes the launch (26 January 2016) of Northern Ireland's Active Ageing Strategy 2016-2021.The Strategy outlines the NI government’s commitment to support older people to live actively to their fullest potential; stressing their rights and valuable contribution to society and challenges all…
IPH welcomes the launch of ROI’s Health Research Board’s new Strategy 2016-2020 (19 January). The strategy pledges to embed research at the core of the Irish health system and commits €250 million to drive greater innovation in clinical practice, health service design and delivery.
IPH welcomes…
IPH welcomes the publication of ROI’s first National Physical Activity Plan ( 14 January 2016) which aims to get at least half a million more Irish people taking regular exercise within ten years. €5.5 million has been ring fenced to implement the plan.
The key target is to increase the number…
IPH welcomes a comprehensive package of new measures to improve road safety has been passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The new Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill will see tougher drink driving laws, tougher police powers for breath tests, night restrictions on young drivers carrying…
Education is an important social determinant of health, as evidenced in the IPH report, ‘Health Impacts of Education: A review’ which states that ‘improved understanding of the relationship between education and health will help to identify where intervention is most appropriate and effective in…
“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” Martin Luther King's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo…
IPH welcomes the enactment of ROI legislation to ban smoking in cars where children are present which came into force on 1 January 2016. It is now an offence for anyone to smoke a tobacco product in a vehicle where a child is present, or to allow someone else to smoke in the vehicle. The offence…
The IPH Community Profiles Tool provides access to health-related data that have been compiled for every local authority area in the Republic of Ireland and every local government district in Northern Ireland. The redeveloped IPH Community Profiles Tool (CPT) has a new attractive interface…
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has launched a national survey of school children’s health behaviour.
The Health Behaviours in School Children (HBSC) survey 2014 shows that overall health levels are good. There are encouraging findings on consumption of fruit and vegetables, teeth cleaning…
A new report estimates that 16% (11,200) of 3 year-olds in the Republic of Ireland have had an accident or injury requiring hospital treatment or admission. The report released today (Wednesday 09 December 2015) by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) shows the prevalence of injuries…
