Thank you to everyone who supported 'A Walk in the Park for Parkinson's' on Saturday, April 5th. We are blown away by the hundreds of people who attended our walks across the country to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson's…
We would like to remind our members that our online zoom classes will resume in January 2025. You can find all the dates of when our classes will restart here, along with details of each session here. If you are…
As the demand for our services continues to grow and with the number of people being diagnosed with Parkinson’s also increasing, this election is of vital importance to people with Parkinson’s and their loved ones. Parkinson's Ireland (PI) recently put…
Thank you to everyone who supported ‘A Walk in the Park for Parkinson’s’ across ten locations nationwide on Saturday, September 21st.We are blown away by the support from the hundreds of people who came together to raise awareness and funds…
Parkinson's Ireland is delighted to announce that our updated information leaflets are now available. Our Parkinson's Disease (PD) Nurse Specialists Lisa Wynne and Kathy Foley worked extremely hard to re-write each leaflet to provide important information across 24 topics. These…
Parkinson’s Ireland is delighted to announce that it’s ‘Different For Everyone’ awareness campaign has been shortlisted for the Irish Healthcare Awards, in the Patient Education Project of the Year category. ‘Different for Everyone’ ran over Parkinson’s Awareness Month in April 2024 and…
Parkinson's Ireland (PI) recently put together our pre-budget submission for 2025, calling on the government to address the increasing rate of Parkinson's Disease (PD), by increasing the funding it provides to PI and by investing further in neurological care services…
Parkinson’s Ireland (PI) is delighted to announce that we have been awarded state funding to run our Parkinson’s nurse specialist helpline service. This follows a sustained campaign, which highlighted the need for the government to provide funding for PI’s national…
The 11th of April is World Parkinson’s Day and we are speaking publicly about the lack of funding for Parkinson’s Ireland. This issue was covered on the RTE TV news at 1pm and 6pm and on Drivetime on RTE Radio…
Last week, our CEO Shane O'Brien was a guest on two radio stations, Ros FM on Tuesday, the 6th of February and Phoenix FM on Friday, the 9th of February. He was interviewed regarding Parkinson's Ireland name rebrand, our new…