# multiple-sclerosis - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
Only patients with specific medical conditions can access medicinal cannabis under the new programme.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Thursday 28 February, 2019
The Legally Blonde and Cruel Intentions star (46), was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August 2018.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Monday 25 February, 2019
Pink diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Friday 15 February, 2019
Former All-Star hurler Andrew O’Shaughnessy has always been positive about his condition.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Monday 22 October, 2018
# multiple-sclerosis - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
Kevin Barron (59) was diagnosed with MS in his 20s and has lived in a nursing home for the last 13 years.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Saturday 2 June, 2018
52-year-old Kate Tobin suffers from multiple sclerosis and brittle bone disease.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Saturday 7 April, 2018
53-year-old Bandon native Fiach Lynch has MS and is running the Cork City Marathon in June.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Friday 23 March, 2018
MS affects around 9,000 people in Ireland.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Thursday 8 March, 2018
The European Medicines Agency has recommended the immediate suspension and recall of Zinbryta.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Wednesday 21 February, 2018
Mark Wards writes about his journey from crippling depression to running the Dublin City Marathon for MS awareness.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Saturday 9 December, 2017
Despite the uncertainty of MS, I’m honestly happier than I’ve ever been, writes Rosie McCormack.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Thursday 22 June, 2017
The decision stems from the case of a man who developed MS shortly after being vaccinated against hepatitis B.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
“I’ll stand up in Leinster House tomorrow and be announced as a person with MS – but that’s such a tiny bit of who I am.”
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# multiple-sclerosis - Friday 6 January, 2017
He said that while he was “doing as well as can be expected”, he is having problems accessing help.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Thursday 1 December, 2016
This evening the Dáil is debating the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Saturday 8 October, 2016
The Cork woman says more investment is needed in disability services to ensure Ireland is a fair and equal society.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Tuesday 14 June, 2016
Joey Jordison has transverse myelitis.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Wednesday 25 May, 2016
Naomi Donaldson and her little sister were diagnosed with MS within a year of each other. She describes how they’ve coped with it.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Tuesday 1 March, 2016
It could have a big impact on patients’ lives.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Sunday 13 December, 2015
“I thought this can’t be real, I just have to keep this up … I walked 100 steps, that’s like a marathon to me.”
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# multiple-sclerosis - Tuesday 11 August, 2015
Tyrone natives the Quinn brothers are recreating their 1980 marathon attempt to raise funds for MS Ireland.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Wednesday 27 May, 2015
Lucina Russell was diagnosed with MS in 2011. Here she explains why she is hopeful for her future.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Tuesday 17 February, 2015
Scientists have discovered a common process across inflammatory conditions.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Wednesday 8 October, 2014
Multiple sclerosis progresses differently for every person and while some individuals suffer great difficulties, others have thriving work, romantic and social lives.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Friday 29 August, 2014
A small study has found that further research is needed into whether dietary salt reduction could ease MS symptoms or slow the progression of the disease.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Monday 11 August, 2014
The drug has been made available through one HSE scheme.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Sunday 13 July, 2014
Tom Curran, partner of Marie Fleming, has welcomed the news that Savitex will be available to patients in Ireland.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Monday 7 July, 2014
The regulator said the product will be available after an imminent change to current drugs laws.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Friday 13 June, 2014
The drug fampridine which has a brand name Frampyra has been proven to increase the mobility of sufferers.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Thursday 12 June, 2014
Smoking cannabis helped with pain, spasms and to lift her mood, Tom Curran revealed today.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Monday 30 December, 2013
In the first ten months of this year, the HSE paid for 814 patients to receive the treatment.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Sunday 22 December, 2013
The grief and mourning for the 59-year-old was palpable in Avoca today.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Monday 21 October, 2013
Independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is due to launch a bill in the coming days proposing the legalisation of the drug.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Saturday 15 June, 2013
The independent TD is bringing forward a bill to legalise the drug later this year and will speak at the seventh annual Legalise Cannabis Ireland protest in Dublin later today.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
There was standing-room only in the small courtroom on Monday morning as the 7 judges ruled that Marie Fleming, who has MS, did not have the right to end her own life with help from her partner.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Monday 29 April, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Today, seven judges from the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Marie Fleming, who had sought to be allowed an assisted suicide without the risk of prosecution for anyone who helped her, but where to next with this contentious debate, asks Dr Eimear Spain.
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# multiple-sclerosis - Thursday 25 April, 2013
The court will deliver a verdict in the case of Marie Fleming who is seeking to overturn the ban on assisted suicide.
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