Top award for Cork epilepsy outreach service
Thursday, April 28, 2016Congratulations to the Cork University Hospital epilepsy team on taking one of the top honours at the annual HSE Health Excellence Awards this week.
News
UCD seeks to recruit post-doc researcher for epilepsy study
Monday, April 18, 2016UCD School of Psychology are recruiting a suitably experienced researcher to join their team of national and international colleagues undertaking the ESBACE pan-European study in the field of epilepsy.
Ahead announces new WAM placements for graduates with disabilities
Wednesday, April 13, 2016Ahead is currently accepting applications for 6 month placements through the WAM programme.
Day of puppet workshops in Dublin
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Epilepsy Ireland in partnership with Helium Arts is holding a day of Puppet Workshops for children with epilepsy and children whose parents have epilepsy on Saturday 23rd April in Dublin City Centre.
STEPS Programme in Dublin for Young People
Monday, April 11, 2016Epilepsy Ireland is running a STEPS (Support and Training in Epilepsy Self-Management) course starting next Monday evening April 18th 2016 in Dublin city centre.
Article highlights the problems faced by students with epilepsy doing state examinations
Tuesday, April 5, 2016Two of Epilepsy Ireland's young members are featured in today's Irish Times speaking about their experiences of schooling and state exams.
Adolescents and children with Type 1 diabetes almost 3 times more likely to develop epilepsy
Monday, April 4, 2016A new study just published indicates that children with Type 1 Diabetes are almost 3 times more likely to develop epilepsy as children without Type 1 Diabetes.
CBD and cannabis in the treatment of epilepsy
Wednesday, March 30, 2016Despite recent advances in the understanding and treatment of epilepsy, up to 30% of people living with the condition do not respond to existing anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) and continue to experience regular, debilitating and potentially life-threatening seizures.
Tegretol Retard change of name to Tegretol SR
Thursday, March 24, 2016Tegretol Retard, the name of this product will change in Ireland with immediate effect to Tegretol SR.
The Bearded Irishman (Joey O'Dea) raises €20k
Wednesday, March 23, 2016A sincere thanks to 'The Bearded Irishman' Joey O'Dea who has raised an amazing €20k which will go towards EIs research scheme.