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Should we have a Minister for Loneliness?

'The World Health Organisation says Covid is over, but in the US there’s an epidemic of isolation creating havoc with people’s health – and we should be worried too,' so says Mary McCarthy, columnist with the Irish Independent who joined Sean to discuss the loneliness facing people nowadays and why we need a Minister for Social Connection and Community...

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10.35 10 May 2023


Should we have a Minister for Loneliness?


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10.35 10 May 2023


'The World Health Organisation says Covid is over, but in the US there’s an epidemic of isolation creating havoc with people’s health – and we should be worried too,' so says Mary McCarthy, columnist with the Irish Independent who joined Sean to discuss the loneliness facing people nowadays and why we need a Minister for Social Connection and Community...


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