‘Putting your best arm forward’, Siobhan Cronin, Editor, The Southern Star newspaper talks about how important awareness is of Ireland’s most common genetic disorder and talks us through her haemochromatosis journey. Sincere thanks to Siobhan and The Southern Star for promoting awareness and early detection of iron overload. To read the full artcile as a pdf file: https://haemochromatosis.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Southern-Star-article-2.pdf
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.
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.
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.
