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Excess Mortality Blog #9 Despite the challenges of limiting social interaction during the darker winter days, we have persevered. We are deep into another lockdown and the impacts are starting to be visible in the data, there has been a big drop the …

Excess Mortality Excess mortality blog post #1 Every time you turn on the news or open a newspaper these days, there is talk about excess mortality in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. At this stage, most people are aware that excess mortality …

Excess Mortality - Gender & COVID-19 Excess Mortality - blog post #2 In this post, we ask ourselves whether there is any evidence of gender bias in the COVID-19 deaths in Ireland as has been reported in other jurisdictions. We have built on our work and …

Excess Mortality - Analysis Review Excess mortality blog post #3 Life in Ireland has changed rapidly throughout 2020 as COVID-19 has spread throughout our island. The pace of change makes it essential that we keep reviewing our analysis of the situation. …

Excess Mortality - July Analysis Excess mortality blog post #4 We continue to adjust to changes brought on by COVID-19 and, as we move through the Government’s phased reopening of society, we have started to see some ‘normality’ return to life in Ireland. …

Excess Mortality Blog #7 In this post we present the results of our December 2020 analysis and reflect on the final month of a year that few are likely to forget.  Early December saw the easing of restrictions after a six-week period of lockdown, with a …

Excess Mortality - Blog #5 On 3 September, we hosted a panel discussion on excess mortality including Jon Flanagan from the CSO, Dr Gerard McCarthy from Maynooth University, Andrew Smith from University College Dublin and John Nolan from the Society’s …