Information Meetings

We look forward to seeing our members, their families and the general public at our upcoming meetings:

Cork Patient Information Meeting – Clayton Cork City Hotel, Lapps Quay, Tuesday 28th November at 7pm

This is a FREE in-person event and everyone is welcome, including patients, their families and friends to our Cork event. Dr. Diarmaid Houlihan will answer all your questions on the night, after a presentation on ‘Understanding Haemochromatosis’.

Active Retirement Ireland Meeting & Presentation – Thursday 16th November at 3pm

David Beggy, Voluntary Board Member, Irish Haemochromatosis Association, will deliver a talk and presentation to the East Meath Active Retired Group in Julianstown, East Meath on Thursday 16th November at 3pm.

IHA News and Events

Damian Boylan is Cork’s New Lord Mayor

We would like to extend our sincere congratulations to Damian Boylan, friend, advocate and member of the Irish Haemochromatosis Association, who has just been elected as the new Lord Mayor of Cork! Damian has been an amazing public representative for several years and has made it his mission to raise awareness of haemochromatosis, having been diagnosed himself 23 years ago.

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‘We are Family’ HUK Haemochromatosis Event Belfast

Haemochromatosis UK are hosting a haemochromatosis in-person event in Belfast on the 7th October 2026. Everyone is welcome to attend. Local, national, and international standard experts will deliver a dedicated programme of talks in the beautiful Titanic Hotel. This conference is relevant to anyone affected across the UK and Ireland – even further afield. 

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World Haemochromatosis Awareness Week, 1-7th June 2026

World Haemochromatosis Awareness Week launches!! This is the most important time of the year, when we urge everyone in Ireland to recognise the symptoms of the nation’s ‘Hidden Condition’, often called the ‘Celtic Gene’. Sister and brother, Emilia and Teddy Eustace joined Alice Kelly, Anna McCarthy and Brian Keegan to launch the week.

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