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Loneliness: A common problem in Ireland

Loneliness is as detrimental to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. That’s according to the National Institute of Aging. The comments come as a recent study by AXA found more than half of men and women have felt lonely in the past month. Joined Kieran is Stella O’Malley psychotherapist and author of ‘What Your Teen Is Trying To Tell You’.

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15.30 11 Apr 2023


Loneliness: A common problem in Ireland


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Loneliness is as detrimental to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. That’s according to the National Institute of Aging.

The comments come as a recent study by AXA found more than half of men and women have felt lonely in the past month.

Joined Kieran is Stella O’Malley psychotherapist and author of ‘What Your Teen Is Trying To Tell You’.


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