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  • DIRECT DEBIT MONTHLY DRAW WINNER

    The winner of December’s direct debit draw is Ms Val Quigley, Cork (Ball No: 1797) Congratulations Val! Sign up for our monthly direct debit draw here and you could be... View Article

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  • Top tips for a healthy Christmas

    Check out our top tips for managing your diabetes during the festive season.

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  • Alcohol and your diabetes at Christmas

    Some alcohol and diabetes tips to get you through the Christmas party season.

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  • Stephen Clancy – Latest Blog

    2014 Round Up – What a year! Time for another blog update, and I’ll pick up where I left off at the end of June. As is to be expected, much... View Article

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    Giving Tuesday

    Diabetes Ireland are delighted to see the ‘Giving Tuesday’ initiative reach our shores. Giving Tuesday was originally founded in the United States in 2012 as a day for giving back after all the shopping and deals of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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  • DIRECT DEBIT MONTHLY DRAW WINNER

    The winner of  November’s direct debit draw is Mr Jim Byrne, Kilkenny (Ball No: 1787) Congratulations Jim! Sign up for our monthly direct debit draw here and you could be... View Article

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  • Dr Anna Clarke appears on Ireland AM

    As part of Diabetes Awareness Month, Dr Anna Clarke was interviewed on Ireland AM on the 20th of November. Dr Clarke was on to discuss type 2 diabetes risk factors and the launch of the new Diabetes Ireland risk assessment test.

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  • Christmas Raffle Results

    Congratulations to the winners of this years Christmas Raffle. The draw took place on Sunday, November 16th at our AGM in the Regency Hotel, Drumcondra. All raffle winners have been contacted. Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket.

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  • New diabetes leaflet to help read and understand food labels

    To facilitate healthy eating for all the family and potentially reduce the burden of obesity and related conditions in Ireland, Diabetes Ireland has today launched a leaflet to help people with diabetes to read and understand the ‘traffic light’ food labelling format we are beginning to see on a lot of pre-packaged supermarket items.

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  • New Eye Health Recipe booklet launched to mark World Diabetes Day

    Following the ‘Eye Am What I Eat’ campaign earlier this year, Diabetes Ireland, supported by Novartis, has today launched a new recipe booklet, ‘Eating For Your Eye Health’, to help people with diabetes to eat well for good eye health.

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  • Improved diabetes control equals improved quality of life

    Good diabetes management is vital for continued good health and long life. Good diabetes management starts with understanding the impact poorly controlled diabetes can have on one’s quality of life.

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  • Direct Debit Monthly Draw Winner

    The winner of Octobers’s direct debit draw is Stephen Hevey, Dublin 2 (Ball No: 1143) Congratulations Stephen! Sign up for our monthly direct debit draw here and you could be... View Article

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  • Research news

    First Ever Person with Type 1 Diabetes Receives Experimental Encapsulated Human Stem Cell-Derived Beta Cell Replacement Therapy. Diabetes Ireland Research Alliance, a subsidiary of Diabetes Ireland, and a partner of JDRF (UK) is delighted to hear of this milestone. Encapsulated cell therapies have the potential to fundamentally transform the lives of people with type 1 diabetes.

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  • Managing my Type 2 Diabetes – Public Education Meeting

    As more and more people are being diagnosed with diabetes, HSE services are being simply overwhelmed and are struggling to cope with the number of patients seeking diabetes treatment. Meanwhile, people with diabetes have to manage their condition on a day to day basis. Without proper education and understanding of the condition, this is not easy.

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  • The National Diabetes Cup 2014 scoops award

    It's official, The National Diabetes Cup 2014 was award winning. The National Diabetes Cup was recently nominated for an IMSTA’s Med Tech Award for Community And Social Awareness and was beat out some stiff competition to be chosen as the winner. As massive well done to Bayer and Medtronic, our sponsors. But a special thank you to everyone who took part and help make the event such a success.

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  • Giant Breakthrough in Type 1 Diabetes Research

    Diabetes Ireland is delighted to hear of the Harvard success and congratulate Professor Melton and colleagues on figuring out the complex series of steps necessary to turn stem cells into beta cells. Hopefully, they can negotiate the regulations for mass production so that an abundant supply of beta cells is available an new and innovative methods will be developed to cure/treat Type 1 diabetes.

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  • National Fitness Day 2014

    Ireland’s National Fitness Day has been set up to encourage people to become more active. This initiative has been  established by Energie Fitness Clubs and we are delighted to be... View Article

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  • The National Diabetes Cup 2014

    The National Diabetes Cup 2014 took place on Saturday the 6th of September with thanks to our sponsors Medtronic and Bayer. Children living with type 1 diabetes came from 22... View Article

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  • Direct Debit Monthly Draw Winner

    The winner of Augusts’s direct debit draw is Marie McCormack, Ballymahon, Co Longford (Ball No: 729)Congratulations Marie! Sign up for our monthly direct debit draw here and you could be... View Article

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  • Diabetes Ireland Ice Bucket Challenge

    A big thank you to Cliodhna Hyland for nominating the staff of Diabetes Ireland to take part in the MND Ice Bucket Challenge. We want to thank everyone who has... View Article

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