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NW Region McVitie's Digestive Tea Party for World MS Day
All over the country our regional offices and local branches have been celebrating World MS Day! On the day itself our North West Regional office, which covers Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim held a McVitie's Digestive Tea Party to raise funds for the services in their area!
World MS Day Bucket Collection
Wow, what a busy month we’ve had here at World MS Day HQ! Last Wednesday the MS Ireland team donned their red t-shirts, grabbed their buckets and took to Grafton Street to raise funds for MS Ireland.
We Are People We Are Ireland
This week to mark the occasion of World MS Day, Aoife Kirwan talks to TDs and Senators in Leinster House about the quality of life for people living with MS in Ireland. Read Aoife's inspiring speech!
Launch of Quality of Life Report
Quality of life for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) reported as being one third lower than the general population[i]
Living With – Not Suffering From – Multiple Sclerosis
In the lead up to World MS Day 2017, MS & Me blogger, Trevis L Gleason gets behind this year’s theme Life with MS
Dear Me…I’ve just heard the news
Here at the MS Ireland office we’ve been busy reading your letters to my newly diagnosed self. The letters have proved again and again just how unique everyone’s story is and also shone a light on what it means to have MS. You have made a condition shrouded in mystery all the more understandable and visible. So, a big thank you from all of us for your letters so far.
Pregnancy Contraindication Removed From Copaxone
Pregnancy contraindication removed from Copaxone 40mg/ml 3-times weekly, the first drug in this category to be cleared; Positive report agreed at European level, approval granted by Irish regulator Approximately 9,000 people in Ireland have multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease of the nervous system that disproportionately affects women of childbearing age
Exercise and MS
This week Declan Groeger is not a ‘Muscle Mary‘ but believes exercise has helped him maintain a positive attitude and helped to preserve his mental health.