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Students in Donegal asked to protect each other following meningitis cases

Students across Donegal and the north west are being asked to protect each other following two deaths from meningococcal meningitis/septicaemia and a further two cases reported. The appeal was issued by the HSE after four cases of meningococcal ...

06 Oct 2022 at 11:42

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Letterkenny company facilitating volunteer projects during August

Every August, local Letterkenny-based employer, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), encourages the spirit of volunteerism from all employees across the globe. The initiative, known throughout the company as Sadhana Samarpan can be roughly ...

23 Aug 2022 at 08:45

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Big-hearted Donegal woman fundraising for the Meningitis Research Foundation

A big-hearted Donegal woman is well on the way to reaching her fundraising target for a Irish charity, which brings together people and expertise to defeat meningitis and septicaemia. To date, Buncrana's Éadaoin Ó Raw has raised more ...

23 Mar 2020 at 18:07

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HSE warn Donegal people of 'concern' at rise in meningitis cases

There has been an increase in meningococcal meningitis/septicaemia in Ireland in the last two weeks with 11 cases notified since week 52 2018. Three patients diagnosed with meningococcal disease have died, all three of these deaths ...

10 Jan 2019 at 11:01

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ACT for Meningitis coffee morning to be held in Ballyshannon

A special coffee morning will be held in Ballyshannon this Saturday to raise awareness and funds for ACT for Meningitis. The event takes place at Maguire's Pharmacy on the Main Street. It takes place from 10am to 1pm and recently ...

26 Feb 2020 at 12:56

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Brave Donegal toddler overcomes life-threatening challenges

At 18 days old baby James Devenney was rushed from his local doctor’s to Letterkenny University Hospital and then on to Temple Street after contracting Strep B Meningitis and Sepsis. Thankfully after three weeks the infection ...

18 Dec 2019 at 22:30

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Jimmy Carr says childhood meningitis battle in Irish hospital left him ‘close to death’

Jimmy Carr has said he was “close to death” when he was diagnosed with meningitis as a child. The comedian, 51, said he was treated in hospital in Ireland when he was still a toddler and was told he “nearly didn’t make it”. ...

16 Apr 2024 at 12:29

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