The Irish Times

Ireland’s children’s hospice: From making memories to family counselling

Dr Joanne Balfe of LauraLynn has been with hospice since before it opened its doors in 2011

Tue Sept 14 2021 - 06:01

10 years of putting living into children’s dying

Aoife Shiels can testify to just how important LauraLynn is to families like hers

Tue Sept 14 2021 - 06:01

‘Everything was wiped and it was like taking a different child home’

Extra year of Jack & Jill home nursing care a huge relief for families

Tue Apr 06 2021 - 06:01

Prisoners to work with horses in new stables outside jail campus

Project is brainchild of Jonathan Irwin, founder of the Jack & Jill Foundation

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 20:00

Children of Jack and Jill: ‘You worry you might get that call’

Tracy Carroll is grateful to the Jack and Jill foundation for helping her daughter Willow

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 06:01

A voice for parents too tired to shout

The new chief executive of Jack and Jill on how its nurses both support and speak out for vulnerable families

Thu Jan 10 2019 - 06:01

The HPV propaganda battle: the other side finally fights back

30,000 parents will decide this month whether their daughters should get the HPV vaccine

Sat Sept 16 2017 - 06:00

Sack HSE chief over remarks on HPV vaccine - Mattie McGrath

Tony O’Brien accused groups opposing cancer-linked treatment of ‘emotional terrorism’

Thu Aug 31 2017 - 19:26

Uptake of HPV vaccine increasing for first time since controversy

HSE ‘encouraged’ by new figures but remain concerned at the current rates

Fri May 19 2017 - 11:54

OCI says it will not put up Pat Hickey’s €400,000-plus bail

Lawyer for former Olympic Council of Ireland chief - ‘unclear’ how bond will be funded

Thu Nov 17 2016 - 14:21

Children’s charity criticises lack of insurance cover from birth

Jack and Jill founder says lack of specified-illness or life cover from birth is ‘unfair’

Tue Nov 15 2016 - 06:00

Pieces of me: Mary Ann O’Brien, founder of Lily O’Brien’s Chocolates

‘I love our kitchen as it surrounds family and friends in a blanket of cosiness and warmth’

Sat Nov 12 2016 - 08:00

New children’s science centre granted planning permission

Multi-million euro facility to be completed in north wing of National Concert Hall by 2018

Tue Sept 20 2016 - 11:49

Console controversy: Every crisis can damage all charities

Charities Act 2009 is strong but many of its provisions long-fingered despite scandals

Mon Jul 04 2016 - 01:00

National children’s hospital site preparation to start in June

Construction to start after demolition of old buildings, with opening planned for 2020

Fri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00

Children’s hospital debate to generate more heat than light

Previous iterations of the planning process suggest we should expect unexpected

Tue Dec 01 2015 - 10:45

Sweet home where Lily O’Brien’s chocolate empire began

Chocolatier Mary Ann O’Brien and her husband Jonathan Irwin of the Jack and Jill Foundation are selling their family home, a large rambling pile built in 1700

Wed Sept 23 2015 - 12:30

Analysis: Renua Ireland think-in provides actual thinking

Party tries to inject some adrenaline into comatose concept with Dublin event

Fri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00

Second Renua election candidate exits embryonic party

Founder of the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation Jonathan Irwin not to run for party

Thu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00

Renua loses second candidate as Jonathan Irwin withdraws

Founder of Jack and Fill Foundation said he was withdrawing based on medical advice

Wed Aug 05 2015 - 13:50

Miriam Lord: Yes Equality seeks to start national conversation

‘I’m Voting Yes – Ask Me Why’ initiative runs risk of speaking to the converted

Fri Apr 10 2015 - 01:00

Yes Equality group plans 40 events nationwide

Umbrella group’s same-sex marriage campaign launched by broadcaster Charlie Bird

Fri Apr 10 2015 - 01:00

Fine Gael damaged by ‘lack of delivery in Mayo’, party report says

Party faces backlash in Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s constituency

Fri Mar 27 2015 - 01:00

Renua Ireland pledges to be most open party in history of State

Leader Lucinda Creighton wants minutes of all Cabinet meetings to be published

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 01:00

Renua Ireland will make impact, but how much and for how long?

Ideologically, there’s little surprise it will be positioned on right of political spectrum, but not obdurately so

Fri Mar 13 2015 - 19:59

Public ‘lost trust’ in charities following ‘top-up’ scandals

Jack and Jill chief executive says organisations faced drastic drop in donations

Mon Feb 02 2015 - 15:03

Jonathan Irwin on how a ghost helped him write his autobiography

The founder of the Jack & Jill Foundation explains why his life story became a family effort

Wed Jan 14 2015 - 12:30

Varadkar favours early planning application for new maternity hospital at St James’s

Critics argue the Dublin site is too small to accommodate both hospitals

Thu Oct 30 2014 - 14:02

Jack & Jill founder’s story makes classic tale featuring privilege, tragedy and fury

Charity boss Jonathan Irwin has his sights on the Dáil – and not even cancer can halt his gallop

Sat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00

Childcare charity seeks rethink of St James’s site choice

Irwin says essential co-location for children’s hospital with maternity hospital

Mon Jul 07 2014 - 01:03

Medical card regime based on conditions delayed until 2015

People applying for discretionary cards face means tests until new system arrives

Wed Jun 18 2014 - 06:40

Government’s U-turn on medical cards widely welcomed

James Reilly urged to consider refunding medical expenses for past three years

Wed Jun 18 2014 - 01:05

Medical card ‘battle’ not over, say patient-support groups

HSE says it is not possible to restore cards to people who lost them under review

Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00

Medical cards issue turned into banana skin for Government

Analysis: controversy over eligibility for medical cards erupted on election canvasses

Tue May 27 2014 - 01:00