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Looking after your Mental Health

Coronavirus has brought us not only the disease but stress and anxiety. In the Autumn 2020 edition of the Diabetes Members Magazine, Professor Brendan Kelly helps us to understand how to protect our mental wellbeing through difficult times.        To read the full article, click here.      

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Job Vacancy: Clinical Manager for Advocacy & Research

Diabetes Ireland is seeking a Clinical Manager for Advocacy & Research. Based in Diabetes Ireland Offices, 19 Northwood Business Campus, Santry, Dublin 9, this role exists to support the CEO in developing, delivering and championing the most effective ways for people to manage their diabetes, or their risk, so that they are empowered to live... View Article

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Patients with diabetes and obesity should be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination

Continuity of treatment for all patients with diabetes and obesity recommended as part of COVID-19 response   People with diabetes and people with obesity should be prioritised for early COVID-19 vaccination, according to both Metabolic Doctors and Diabetes Ireland.   The Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IrSPEN) said that diabetes and obesity have... View Article

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Looking after yourself while looking after them

Shirley Garland’s nine-year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was two years of age. In the Autumn 2020 edition of the Diabetes Ireland Members Magazine, Shirley feels very strongly about the importance of parents looking after themselves as well as their child.       To read the full article, click... View Article

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Breaking the Habit

In the Autumn 2020 edition of the Diabetes Ireland Members Magazine, Pauline Lynch, Counsellor/Psychotherapist with Diabetes Ireland discusses how you can achieve optimum health by looking at the habits that deprive you of it.  Pauline invites you to take stock and focus on how to move forward.     To read the full article, click... View Article

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Picking up tennis at the age of 60 and making the World Championships

For this life story, we go back to the Autumn 2019 edition of the Diabetes Ireland Members Magazine, Deborah Condon speaks to Babs Weiberg who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in her 30’s and her determination not to let her vision impairment hold her back.     To read the full article, click here.... View Article

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Seek out Support and Ask for Advice

In the Autumn 2020 edition of the Diabetes Ireland Members Magazine, Kathleen McDaid highlights that two of her daughters developed  type 1 diabetes within three months of each other in the early 1990’s and only two years ago, Kathleen’s granddaughter was also diagnosed.       To read the full article, click here.    ... View Article

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Patient Organisations Urge Government to Prioritise People with Chronic and Rare Diseases, of All Ages, in Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines

A coalition of patient organisations has today written to An Taoiseach and to the Chair of the High-Level Task Force on Vaccination and Immunisation to urge that people with chronic and/or rare diseases, of all ages, be treated as the highest priority in determining early vaccine recipients. Already, many countries around the globe are including... View Article

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Diabetes Ireland hosted the 5th in our Autumn/Winter Series of Educational webinars for people living with diabetes and their families

To conclude the celebrations for World Diabetes Month, Diabetes Ireland hosted the 5th in our Autumn/Winter series of Educational webinars for people living with diabetes and their families “Optimising Glycaemic Control of Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes During Covid-19”. The webinar attracted an audience of over 100 delegates on the night.   Our guest speaker Dr... View Article

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Diabetes Ireland hosted its first webinar for School Principals, Teachers and Special Needs Assistants

On Tuesday 24th November, Diabetes Ireland hosted its first webinar for School Principals, Teachers and Special Needs Assistants on “Understanding Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes’ to support the child living with Type 1 Diabetes in the classroom”. Over 200 delegates registered for the webinar which was a fantastic attendance.   The webinar provided a great opportunity... View Article

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Over 114 attended our online Type 2 Diabetes Webinar – “How am I doing? Management in the Pandemic”

As part of the World Diabetes Awareness Celebrations, Diabetes Ireland hosted it’s second Type 2 education webinar.   Our guest speaker on the night Professor John McDermott, Consultant Endocrinologist Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin gave an informative talk about “Type 2 Diabetes How am I doing? Management in the Pandemic.”   Professor John McDermott spoke about... View Article

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Diabetes Ireland is hosting its first Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes Webinar – “Optimising Glycaemic Control of Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes during COVID-19”

As part of World Diabetes Awareness Month, Diabetes Ireland is hosting an education webinar on Wednesday 25th November at 7pm.   This webinar is specifically for parents/guardians of children with Type 1 Diabetes.   We are delighted to have Dr Orla Neylon, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist University Hospital Limerick as guest presenter on the night.  ... View Article

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Diabetes Ireland and Today FM presenter Matt Cooper Team Up for World Diabetes Day 2020

Diabetes Ireland has teamed up with Today FM presenter Matt Cooper to mark World Diabetes Day on Saturday, November 14th 2020.   The aim of the campaign is to help raise awareness about the importance of people living with type 2 diabetes to closely monitor their health, and to encourage them to seek advice from... View Article

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Diabetes Ireland collaborate with UL dietetic students on educational food labelling video to mark World Diabetes Day

As part of its World Diabetes Day celebrations, Diabetes Ireland in conjunction with University of Limerick Masters dietetic students is launching a new resource to help people make healthier choices when selecting yogurts to eat as there is a huge variety of choice when it comes to yogurts but some are healthier than others.  ... View Article

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Diabetes Ireland hosting another webinar specifically for people with Type 2 diabetes – “Type 2 diabetes how am I doing?”

As part of its World Diabetes Celebrations, Diabetes Ireland is hosting an education webinar on Thursday 19th November at 7pm. This webinar is specifically for people with Type 2 diabetes and their families.   We are delighted to have Professor John McDermott, Consultant Endocrinologist Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin as our guest presenter.   With so... View Article

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Diabetes Ireland and CarePlus Launch New Service: Patients being offered support programme from community pharmacists nationwide

Today, Diabetes Ireland has joined with CarePlus Pharmacy to launch a unique service to their customers living with diabetes.   As a first step, all customers of CarePlus Pharmacy living with diabetes will receive an information pack with lots of advice on diabetes management plus information on Diabetes Ireland services when they collect their monthly... View Article

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Contour TS Field Notice

The Health Products Regulatory Authority have asked Diabetes Ireland to help them awareness that United Drug Wholesale has made an error in the supply of Contour TS test strips 50 (Code 84138096) to customers who ordered Contour test strips (Code 84669997) from 29th August 2020 to 12th October 2020.   Contour test strips are currently... View Article

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Dr Kevin Moore a huge success

On Thursday 1 October, Diabetes Ireland, with the support of Novo Nordisk, hosted its third in a series of webinars for people living with diabetes.   This time the focus was on Type 1 diabetes in 2020, with guest speaker Dr Kevin Moore, Consultant Endocrinologist, Naas General Hospital & Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin. Around 290... View Article

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Job Vacancy: Senior Podiatrist, Cork City

Diabetes Ireland invites applications from suitably qualified Podiatrists for its diabetes footcare service in Cork.     As a Senior Podiatrist, you will have the vision and drive to provide optimal diagnoses, treatment (or referral pathways) in order to improve outcomes for clients who are, at risk of, or have developed foot complications.   The... View Article

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Diabetes Ireland hosting education webinar specifically for people with Type 1 diabetes: Register Today “Type 1 Diabetes in 2020”

Diabetes Ireland is hosting its third in a series of education webinars on Thursday 1st October at 7pm. This webinar is specifically for people with Type 1 diabetes and their families.   We are absolutely delighted to have Dr Kevin Moore, Consultant Endocrinologist, Naas General Hospital as our guest presenter. The webinar will discuss a... View Article

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