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Sligo Haemochromatosis Study Day

Join us in Sligo on the 10th December in Sligo for a Study Day on haemochromatosis. The Nursing and Education team in the HSE NW, will provide theoretical and practical sessions and training in venesection for GP Practice Nurses. Thanks to a very generous grant from the Hospital Saturday Fund, we have partnered with the Nurse Education and Training HSE team in Sligo and the NW for facilitating this training in venesection for GP Practice Nurses.

If you are a GP Practice Nurse or you are a nurse in a community setting and you would like to know more about haemochromatosis and its treatment, you can contact Charlotte Hannon for more information and sign up for this free Study Day – email Charlotte at charlotte.hannon@hse.ie. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Damian Boylan is Cork’s New Lord Mayor

July 27, 2026 No Comments

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

July 27, 2026 No Comments

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

June 2, 2026 No Comments

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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