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JP McManus charitable foundation donates €1.7m to good causes

BILLIONAIRE philanthropist JP McManus donated €1.7m through his charitable foundation in 2016. According to company accounts recently filed, the JP McManus Charitable Foundation spent €1,715,596 on charitable disbursements. This is €455,326 – or 36% ...

03 Aug 2017 at 13:47

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Barriers to blood donation among ethnic minorities in Ireland revealed in new report

The biggest barriers to blood donations in ethnic minority groups in Ireland include lack of information and a history of living in a malaria-endemic region, a report has found. Factors that motivated people among non-Caucasian groups to give blood ...

17 Jun 2022 at 13:23

Sport

Cheltenham ruled out for leading French juvenile St Donats

Top French juvenile St Donats has been scratched from the Triumph Hurdle with Hugo Merienne preferring to complete the four-year-old’s preparations for the Prix Alain du Breil closer to home. That Grade One contest at Auteuil has always been his ...

23 Feb 2023 at 11:41

National News

Organ donations from deceased patients in decline

The percentage of deceased patients becoming organ donors has fallen, according to the latest annual report, regarding 2021, from the National ICU Audit. In that year, 103 patients were diagnosed with brain death, with only 50 of those deceased ...

08 Nov 2023 at 10:28

National News

Urgent appeal for blood donations as supply levels fall

An urgent appeal has been issued for people to donate blood with supplies currently well below the recommended level. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is seeking the public’s support to help the national blood supply as most blood ...

29 May 2023 at 14:24

Local News

250 organ transplants carried out in Ireland in 2022

Some 250 organ transplants took place in Ireland in 2022. The figure includes kidney transplants from 33 living donors. Across the three national transplant centres, 163 kidney, 10 heart, 18 lung, 51 liver and 8 pancreas transplants were ...

29 Dec 2022 at 12:58

National News

'Someone left her like this' - Donations needed to help severely ill dog found straying

An animal charity is seeking donations for the treatment of a badly neglected dog found as a stray. Ireland's oldest and largest animal rescue, DSPCA, launched the campaign earlier today (February 7) in aid of the severely ill dog they ...

07 Feb 2024 at 16:31

National News

Designer shoes worthy of Carrie Bradshaw donated to Irish charity shop... but there's a catch!

Animals in Need Donegal have thanked the anonymous donator of a pair of Jimmy Choo women's shoes - although wonder who will be able to wear them. A non-profit charity, Animals In Need Donegal rescues stray, injured and abandoned pets ...

30 Jul 2024 at 10:05

National News

DUP comes under mounting pressure to drop Assembly veto to let organ donor law pass

The DUP is facing mounting calls to drop its block on the Stormont Assembly sitting so that a stalled organ donation law can be implemented in Northern Ireland. The planned law, named after six-year-old Belfast boy Daithi MacGabhann,...

10 Feb 2023 at 11:47

Health

Limerick girl Tara Madigan is a shining light for organ donation

TARA Madigan already comes from a sporting family – the Mackeys - but she linked up with Ireland’s Fittest Family to launch Irish Kidney Association’s Run for Life. Tara, age 11, who underwent a liver transplant in 2012, was ...

18 May 2018 at 19:00

National News

Animal rescue removes dozens of geese and ducks from suburban back garden

Ireland's oldest animal rescue has removed dozens of birds from a back garden in Dublin City. Inspectors at the DSPCA (Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) rescued the animals after receiving a complaint ...

30 Jun 2023 at 14:33

National News

Ethics watchdog rules out overhauling guidelines for political parties

Ireland’s ethics watchdog has said it will not make changes to its guidelines for the disclosure of accounts by political parties, despite concerns raised about parties operating in multiple jurisdictions. In its ...

02 Aug 2022 at 16:02

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