Bernadette Phillips

Social Scientist, Columnist. MA Gender, Culture and Society. Writing about Health and Growing Older in Ireland. Former Lecturer Disability Studies.

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

Wow!! Thank you much to everyone for the wonderful response from everyone about @StanPhillips20 and my piece tonight on @RTENationwide 💗💗💗#rtenationwide

[RTÉ Nationwide @RTENationwide]

On this St. Valentine's Day we have Love & Romance on the menu as we meet #Waterford couple Stan and Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter @StanPhillips on #RTENationwide Monday 14th February @RTEOne 7pm & RTE+1 8pm @wlrfm @WaterfordHour @VisitWaterford @hilitetv @rte❤️RT

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

Huge vacancies in the public health system yet HSE not asking the questions to the people leaving or to those who are not taking up the posts. While nearly 1million people are on waiting lists. #askwhy #carecantwait

[Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar]

Hse not routinely carrying out exit interviews or clarifying why people are not accepting posts. If we want to recruit & retain, try asking the people leaving & refusing posts what the problem is and what they recommend to fix it.

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@RichardGeogheg9 😊

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@RichardGeogheg9 Welcome to the #oddsocks brigade Richard 😊

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Absolutely scandalous! That is not a service. Regular dental care is crucial to health and yet this is what children are experiencing. Unless parents can afford to pay children's teeth will go unchecked. This needs to be urgently addressed Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD

[Irish Independent @Independent_ie]

Children in parts of the country are waiting almost 10 years for care under the HSE’s school dental screening service, according to dentists https://t.co/4cSaTZ8pTi

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

So for this new digital stamp from An Phost we have to pay 75cent more than an ordinary stamp because we get a notification about it on our phone? #rtenews @rtenews

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@Luighseach So heartbreaking 💔

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@DearestFrankie Absolutely heartbreaking Frankie 😥

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A candle for the people of #Creeslough, Co Donegal and all the emergency services.
Thoughts, love and solidarity ❤️

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

@ciaranmullooly Absolutely heartbreaking Ciaran. Thoughts and solidarity with the people of #Creeslough and all the emergency services there.

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

@thesilvervoice Yes 💔

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Thoughts and solidarity with the people of the village of Creeslough in Co Donegal following that dreadful explosion at the Apple Green petrol station.

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@Fergusodowd Absolutely Fergus, an Inquiry here is urgently needed. Individuals and families need and deserve answers.

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@Sineadmcgar @DonnellyStephen @Fergusodowd An Inquiry is urgently needed, individuals and families need answers.

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

@walls2 @ULHospitals Speedy recovery to you John ❤️

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

@Luighseach Oh indeed more than likely. However, it should not stop us naming it and asking for it. After all they cannot explain why we have been paying it all these years, so we want it back

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@Luighseach It is scandalous Lucy ! They imposed that on us when people were struggling in the years of austerity. What happened to the regulator? This was brought in by Eamon Ryan when he was in a previous government. However, we didn't know about it. This money needs to be paid back to us.

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

#homelessness figures are reaching 11,000 and 3,700 are children.
However, this does not come close to the true figure because there is so much #hiddenhomelessness with people sleeping on friends and families sofas.
The result of successive governments housing policies.

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

@RoryHearne It is absolutely scandalous. That rent a room scheme needs to be urgently regulated. Government telling people they can earn up to €14,000 a year tax free so there are going to be some people that exploit that.

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

Amazing story. What inspirational men James and Timmy are. Totally turned their lives around. What an inspiration they are 👋👋👋 ❤️ #rtenationwide @2NorriesPodcast

[RTÉ Nationwide @RTENationwide]

The extraordinary story of two Cork podcast stars - hear about their journey from drug addiction, crime & homelessness to recovery & turning their lives around @2NorriesPodcast on #RTENationwide Wednesday 28th Sept @RTEOne 7pm @JamesLeonard85 @DoireannGarrihy @the2johnnies RT

[Bernadette Phillips @BPhillipsWriter]

So Minister McGrath doesn't think €40,000 is very high. So in that case what does he think someone on a state pension, carer, person on disability payments have to live on? #TonightVMTV