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
10 years of putting living into children’s dying
Aoife Shiels can testify to just how important LauraLynn is to families like hers
‘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
Prisoners to work with horses in new stables outside jail campus
Project is brainchild of Jonathan Irwin, founder of the Jack & Jill Foundation
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
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
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
Sack HSE chief over remarks on HPV vaccine - Mattie McGrath
Tony O’Brien accused groups opposing cancer-linked treatment of ‘emotional terrorism’
Uptake of HPV vaccine increasing for first time since controversy
HSE ‘encouraged’ by new figures but remain concerned at the current rates
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
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’
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’
New children’s science centre granted planning permission
Multi-million euro facility to be completed in north wing of National Concert Hall by 2018
Console controversy: Every crisis can damage all charities
Charities Act 2009 is strong but many of its provisions long-fingered despite scandals
National children’s hospital site preparation to start in June
Construction to start after demolition of old buildings, with opening planned for 2020
Children’s hospital debate to generate more heat than light
Previous iterations of the planning process suggest we should expect unexpected
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
Analysis: Renua Ireland think-in provides actual thinking
Party tries to inject some adrenaline into comatose concept with Dublin event
Second Renua election candidate exits embryonic party
Founder of the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation Jonathan Irwin not to run for party
Renua loses second candidate as Jonathan Irwin withdraws
Founder of Jack and Fill Foundation said he was withdrawing based on medical advice
Yes Equality group plans 40 events nationwide
Umbrella group’s same-sex marriage campaign launched by broadcaster Charlie Bird
Miriam Lord: Yes Equality seeks to start national conversation
‘I’m Voting Yes – Ask Me Why’ initiative runs risk of speaking to the converted
Fine Gael damaged by ‘lack of delivery in Mayo’, party report says
Party faces backlash in Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s constituency
Renua Ireland pledges to be most open party in history of State
Leader Lucinda Creighton wants minutes of all Cabinet meetings to be published
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
Public ‘lost trust’ in charities following ‘top-up’ scandals
Jack and Jill chief executive says organisations faced drastic drop in donations
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
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
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
Childcare charity seeks rethink of St James’s site choice
Irwin says essential co-location for children’s hospital with maternity hospital
Medical card regime based on conditions delayed until 2015
People applying for discretionary cards face means tests until new system arrives
Government’s U-turn on medical cards widely welcomed
James Reilly urged to consider refunding medical expenses for past three years
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
Medical cards issue turned into banana skin for Government
Analysis: controversy over eligibility for medical cards erupted on election canvasses
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