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Meet Mark and Rachel - our volunteers of the year for 2023!! Read about their contributions to the work of Epilepsy Ireland!

It's the best time of the year, but one that has unique stresses and challenges. Read our tips for managing epilepsy during the festive season!

If you would like to earn €30 in the lead-up to the festive period - and help secure a €10 donation for Epilepsy Ireland - then you might be interested in this research project! 

As part of a linguistic validation project, researchers are keen to speak to five adults living with epilepsy living in Ireland.  A linguistic validation project is used to help test the understanding of a questionnaire before it is used with a wider group of respondents.

Congratulations to all the winners of our annual raffle this year!!

#ISAW2023 may be over but you can still learn more about Infantile Spasms.

We are delighted to have our Patron, Rick O’Shea, once again showing his support for the work of Epilepsy Ireland by selecting us as one of the beneficiaries of the annual Rick O’Shea Book Club Xmas Appeal!

November 6th – 12th marks #MedSafetyWeek – an annual global campaign which aims to highlight the importance of reporting suspected side effects and safety issues resulting from a person’s medication.

The introduction of a Pregnancy Prevention Programme for Topiramate has begun to be implemented. Read more about this important development.

Can you help researchers in the EMA with their study?

Following the positive development in Budget 24, further details on the amended scheme and when it will be implemented by has been discussed in the Dáil.