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National: A third of Irish people with Parkinson's can't access specialists, according to national audit

Professor Suzanne Timmons, a Parkinson's Ireland representative has warned of a risk to services for those with Parkinson's due to a lack of funding. Speaking to RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Timmons was discussing the first ever national audit of ...

11 Apr 2024 at 10:07

National News

Irish-American with early-onset Parkinson's speaks about living with the condition at 42

York-based Irish-American Kimberly Campanello, 42, who was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s in 2021, says not knowing “what the future holds” has been one of the hardest things about living with the condition. “You really don’t know ...

30 Mar 2023 at 14:46

Arts & Entertainment

National: GAA pundit hits the big time with new TV show set to debut this week

Colm 'Wooly' Parkinson will make his TV debut this week as he takes his Smaller Fish GAA Show in front of the Virgin Media cameras. Parkinson, who was part of the Laois team which claimed Leinster glory in 2003, founded Smaller Fish GAA ...

22 Nov 2023 at 15:06

Letterkenny/Milford MD

Letterkenny's Michael Harte wins Best Editor at the Critics Choice awards in LA

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, edited by Michael Harte from Letterkenny, was the top winner at the 2023 Critics Choice Documentary Awards, which were handed out Sunday night in Los Angeles. Among the other prizes the film collected was ...

13 Nov 2023 at 08:25

National News

"Phenomenal pressure" on pharmacists facing a worsening shortage of hundreds of medicines

The President of the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) has reportedly said there is a shortage of hundreds of medicines in Ireland, including those needed to treat common medical conditions such Parkinson's, diabetes, blood pressure and ADHD....

28 Apr 2024 at 09:08

GAA/LGFA

Details confirmed for Gala Banquet to honour 1982 All-Ireland U-21 winners

Sunday, October 17 will forever be etched in Donegal GAA history when the county's U-21 team won the first All-Ireland title. Now 40 years later, the history makers will come together for a special reunion in the Abbey Hotel, Donegal ...

09 Sept 2022 at 11:22

National News

New test to detect Parkinson's developed thanks to Scottish woman who can 'smell' disease

Scientists have harnessed the power of a woman’s hyper-sensitive sense of smell to develop a test to determine whether people have Parkinson’s disease. The test has been years in the making after academics realised that Joy Milne ...

07 Sept 2022 at 18:43

Home

Government slammed for lack of Parkinsons Services

Ireland has an abysmal record in the care of the 12,000 people diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease and compares very badly with the rest of the West of Europe. This was stated by Independent MEP Marian Harkin when she addressed a ...

02 Apr 2018 at 18:06

Local News

Parkinson’s Association of Ireland online conference on Saturday

The thousands of people living with Parkinson’s Disease throughout Ireland, including many in Donegal, have been experiencing mental health challenges and loss of health services since the Covid pandemic began more than a year ...

09 Apr 2021 at 21:30

Local News

Dunfanaghy New Year’s Day Swim raises over €11,000 Parkinsons Ireland North West

A presentation evening was held on Sunday night in Lizzie’s Diner in Dunfanaghy, where a cheque for €11,345.60 proceeds of the Annual Dunfanaghy Charity New Year’s Day Swim was handed over. A spokesperson said: “This year’s ...

28 Jan 2025 at 07:22

GAA/LGFA

Colm Parkinson on ‘carefree’ days in Tralee alongside McGuinness and Joyce

Colm Parkinson remembers it well, the late 90s, and perhaps the last real carefree time for Gaelic footballers. Train hard, celebrate hard or drown your losses hard. Tralee IT was an obscure intersection for all of that ...

12 Jul 2024 at 16:57

National News

The Traitors winner Rachel Duffy announces death of mother Anne

The Traitors winner Rachel Duffy has announced the death of her mother Anne, who she revealed during the BBC show had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Duffy, from Newry in Northern Ireland, had ...

27 Jan 2026 at 17:38

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