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Acceptance and understanding within the workplace are something that everyone in employment seeks. This type of inclusive environment is also something many businesses and employers strive to implement in workplaces across Ireland.

However, for people with epilepsy, unfortunately there can still be misconceptions around a person’s ability to work when the reality is that for the vast majority of people with epilepsy, they are able to work at whatever they chose to do.

Epilepsy Ireland have been invited to meet with the State Examinations Commissions this week as part of the stakeholder process for the proposed alternate sitting of the Leaving Exams in 2022.

Our Training Manager Paul Sharkey begins his well-deserved retirement at the end of this week!

There has been major coverage in the UK around Sodium Valproate recently - and this has shown how a number of issues need to be prioritised in Ireland.

Read about recently emerging research from Trinity College Dublin which has made national & international headlines.

Epilepsy Ireland were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Scotland Rugby Union Captain, Tom Smith, following a battle with cancer.

Throughout his fantastic playing career, Tom lived with epilepsy, and used his profile to speak regularly about the condition to raise awareness amongst international audiences. 

If you are a person who developed epilepsy in childhood – or are a sibling of a person who developed epilepsy in childhood - a new study being conducted by the PENNI research team wants to hear from you (PENNI - Project on educational and neuropsychological outcomes of children with neurological disorders in Ireland).

Our ongoing campaign for reasonable accommodations for students with epilepsy was raised in the Dáil with the Taoiseach last week.

The matter was raised by Deputy Patrick Costello.

New preliminary research data recently published in the medical journal Neurosurgery, has suggested that an epilepsy surgery more commonly used in adults could also be effective in children and young adults with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Over the past year, COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be an effective shield against serious infection. As knowledge of COVID-19 has improved, so too have antiviral treatments that can be used to combat and treat illness from COVID-19 infection.