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Latest news & updates from the I.H.S.


Launch of Heart & Blood Campaign
We are excited to be involved with @MediaplanetIE on the Heart and Blood Campaign, launched in the Irish Independent and online. Read all about the various conditions affecting blood health

I.H.S. Summer Magazine Out Now!
Our Summer Magazine is out now and comes packed with lots of interesting articles from members and staff, news and updates, reports and more. We, like you are looking forward

Annual Report 2020 | Available Now
Our Annual Report 2020 is available now with overviews on our activities, events, support and finance, and more from last year. Member’s should have received a physical copy in the

CHI Message to Families attending CHI hospitals June 8 – 11 2021
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) continues to review the situation resulting from the recent HSE cyber-attack and have provided us with the following update: Message to Families attending Children’s Health Ireland

2021 VHI Virtual VHI Women\’s Mini Marathon
Registration is now open for this year\’s Women\’s Mini Marathon which will be a virtual event and takes place on Sunday 19th September. You can race the real route of

Innovative education tool will make a big difference to children with haemophilia
A clever education tool for children with haemophilia and their families has been created through an innovative collaboration involving students from the Creative Media Department of the Munster Technological University,

Bruising, nosebleeds and heavy periods in women – the symptoms of an underdiagnosed inherited disease that affects one in every 1000 Irish people
Originally published in Irish Independent on May 24, 2021 – read it here in full. Co Meath man Donal McCann suffers from bleeding disorder Von Willebrand disease. He shares what

‘It looked like a scene from the movie Carrie, as I was drenched in blood’
Originally published in The Irish Times on May 25, 2021 – Read it in full here. A clotting disorder means Shannon Carey suffers from regular bruising and heavy bleeding Having

International Clinical Trials Day
There is a very strong culture of clinical trial involvement by the I.H.S. in Ireland for past several years with great clinical trial teams at CHI at Crumlin and St