# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
The Department of Health said it may review its policy given its difficulty in sourcing cannabis product.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
Health Minister Simon Harris says he would like to see Irish farmers growing cannabis crops.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 28 November, 2018
Leo Varadkar broke Dáil rules today by holding up a poster in the chamber.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 7 November, 2018
Officials travelled to Denmark to help sort out Ireland’s problem in sourcing medicinal cannabis last week.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Saturday 3 November, 2018
Department of Health officials are working to get medical cannabis products from other EU Member States and further afield.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 1 November, 2018
The move has been welcomed by some, while others say the new rules are still too restrictive.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Saturday 16 June, 2018
Billy Caldwell’s mother had met with UK government officials to discuss returning his medicine earlier this week.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 22 May, 2018
Minister Harris told his Cabinet colleagues his department are looking at how to give “quality assurance” to patients.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
Noreen O’Neill said her son has been seizure-free for more than a fortnight.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 9 November, 2017
Campaigner Vera Twomey had earlier collapsed outside the gates of Leinster House.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 30 October, 2017
Greenlight Medicines’ James Linden plans to open a new facility in Donegal next year.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Sunday 24 September, 2017
The Bill which passed through the Dáil has effectively shelved following a damning report.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 6 September, 2017
Health Minister Simon Harris said the compassionate access programme for medicinal cannabis will be available later this year.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 5 September, 2017
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Ava’s mother Vera led a public campaign for her daughter to access medicinal cannabis in Ireland.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 4 May, 2017
Assorted deputies were left stranded inside the gates of Leinster House by the protest.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Saturday 22 April, 2017
Injection centres, medicinal cannabis and investment were on the agenda at the IMO’s annual conference.
# medicinal-cannabis - Friday 21 April, 2017
The Irish Medical Organisation’s AGM is happening in Galway.
# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 17 April, 2017
Jo Allen has a chronic pain condition and has been getting some relief from cannabis-derived medicine.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 21 March, 2017
Twomey says nothing will happen until the law is changed.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 20 March, 2017
Vera Twomey can’t access medicinal cannabis for her daughter, but legislation is on the way.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 9 March, 2017
Twomey said that, following Tuesday’s meeting in Leinster House, she was given inadequate documents by the HSE.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 7 March, 2017
Upon arriving in Leinster House, Vera could barely make it down the corridors due to being stopped for handshakes.
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The meeting will take place at 12pm today.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Friday 3 March, 2017
The mother hopes to arrive at Dáil Éireann on Tuesday.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 2 March, 2017
Vera has 187km to go.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 28 February, 2017
Vera Twomey is entering day two of the 260km protest walk.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 23 February, 2017
Vera Twomey met with Health Minister Simon Harris today.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 20 February, 2017
The Minister for Health has published a report announcing the programme for cannabis-based treatments. It doesn’t go far enough, writes Luke Ming Flanagan.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Friday 10 February, 2017
It has been recommended in the treatment of conditions such as multiple sclerosis and epilepsy.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 8 February, 2017
A woman from Cork has been struggling to get a preschool to enrol her three-year-old son, who needs cannabis oil treatment for seizures.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 26 January, 2017
The Oireachtas Health Committee has made several recommendations in its report on medicinal cannabis.
# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 12 January, 2017
A US study has found that cannabis almost certainly reduces chronic pain and eases nausea from chemotherapy.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 2 January, 2017
Companies wishing to sell CBD can apply for a licence from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 7 December, 2016
An anonymous person writes about the stress of chronic pain – and how they hope that medicinal cannabis could help.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 1 December, 2016
The Dáil has been debating a medicinal cannabis bill this evening.
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This evening the Dáil is debating the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
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There’s a demand for medicinal marijuana among groups of people suffering from ill-health, but is it safe?
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# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 30 November, 2016
The government will not be opposing an AAA-PBP bill.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
The bill, which is due to be debated on this Thursday, aims to regulate use of cannabis for medical purposes.
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# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 14 November, 2016
A new poll conducted for the Claire Byrne Live show revealed how 77% of us want the law to change.
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A passing shower or two this afternoon
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