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We are delighted to be benefiting from the third book of budding Kildare author Roisin Coyne!

Roisin published her first book while still in secondary school, and through each of her publications, has chosen to support a charity close to her heart – with €500 from the sales of each of her books going towards her chosen charity. 

A new study from University College Cork (UCC) is investigating how employees living with chronic illnesses/long-term health conditions, such as epilepsy, decide to share their diagnosis in the workplace.

While we always encourage people with epilepsy to disclose their diagnosis, we know that there can still be reservations from many living with the condition in disclosing their epilepsy due to a fear of potential stigma and/or misunderstanding. 

These are a few tips for people living with epilepsy and their families to remember during this warm and sunny weather.

The European Medicines Agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee recently decided to keep the precautionary safety measures associated with Sodium Valproate treatment in men. Read more about the measures here.

We are looking forward to working with colleagues in FutureNeuro on the EPI-SLEEP study, which will evaluate the use of sleep technology in adults with epilepsy.

If you or a loved one are taking the Anti Seizure Medication, Ontozry, please familiarise yourself with important new safety measures associated with the medication following the emergence of new data.

Good luck to the Leaving Cert class of 2026!

Epilepsy Ireland addresses Sodium Valproate inquiry

It's the last week for nominations for the AIB Community Fund and we'd really appreciate your support to be in with a chance of potentially receiving funding of up to €20,000!

This week is National Epilepsy Week and is an important week for Epilepsy Ireland to raise awareness of epilepsy and share the realties of life with the condition. 

Across the week on our website and social media channels, we will be sharing stories from people living with epilepsy and their key messages about the condition to the wider public, and the epilepsy community.  You can read some of the stories we have received as part of the week below: