Funding structures for independent nursing homes require a systemic overhaul, as market forces threaten their survival.
People are spending far more than they were this time last year, but the cost-of-living crisis has not stopped them having fun or giving to charity.
Shane O’Reilly is a playwright and actor. He has featured in ‘One Good Turn’ at the Abbey Theatre, starred as Nick Carraway — the narrator of ‘The Great Gatsby’ – in an immersive production at the Gate Theatre, and appeared alongside Ruth Negga in the Gate’s ‘Hamlet’.