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It’s time to brush up on your artistic activities as part of the lead up to next year’s International Epilepsy Day. 

Our colleagues in the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) have once again launched a virtual art exhibition to mark the big day. 

Last year there were incredible submissions from Ireland, and we wanted to share details of 2025’s exhibition so we can give people living with epilepsy the opportunity to showcase their creativity on the global stage.  

A new research project from Dublin City University (DCU) which aims to develop a seizure-predicting dog collar has received just under half a million euro in funding from the Science Foundation Ireland Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme.

The project is being led by Professor Alan Smeaton and Tomás Ward of Insight DCU and aims to build on previous work on the role dogs can play in detecting seizures, including Epilepsy Ireland funded research by Dr. Neil Powell of Queens University Belfast.

We were delighted to recently join with our colleagues in FutureNeuro for the official launch of the Neuroadapt programme.

This €2m initiative – funded by the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2023 COFUND and FutureNeuro – will involve bringing 11 postdoctoral researchers from around the world to Ireland, equipping them with the specialised skills needed to advance research into neurological conditions such as epilepsy.

To raise further awareness of epilepsy in local communities across Ireland – and to help gain public support for our key advocacy priorities – Epilepsy Ireland have written to all current Cathaoirleach (Mayors) of City/County councils, seeking that they submit a motion at upcoming council meetings to show their support for International Epilepsy Day on February 10^th.