Hearty congratulations to Stephen Smith who won 3 bronze medals for Team Ireland at the European Transplant Games. Stephen had a successful double lung transplant in the Mater Hospital in 2013 and was
The Annual Alpha-1 Patient Conference will take place this year on Friday the 7th of October in the Marino Institute of Education in North Dublin. Speakers and a full agenda will be fully confirmed in the next
Best of luck to Transplant Team Ireland and Cavan native Stephen Smith representing Ireland at the European Transplant and Dialysis Games in Finland from July 10th - 17th. Stephen (front row, 2nd from
A top gong has gone to a five-strong dance troupe from the House of Swag Dance School, from Swords, Co. Dublin, for their winning entry in the Lovin’ Our Lungs Movie Awards. An
The US Alpha-1 Foundation announced its 2016 grant awardees on Monday, May 16 during a reception at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in San Francisco. The 14 grant recipients will receive
Rising star of the silver screen, Sing Street actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, today joined with RTÉ Two Tube's Bláthnaid Treacy and Stephen Byrne to launch a nationwide movie competition Lovin' Our Lungs to highlight
The VHI Women's Mini Marathon is taking place this year on bank holiday Monday June 6th in Dublin and as ever we welcome ladies to take part to raise funds and awareness for
Karen Redmond, consultant thoracic and lung transplant surgeon and her team at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin have broken new ground by carrying out a new type of lung transplant procedure
Last August Anne Gormley from Ramelton in Co. Donegal was interviewed on the popular Shaun Doherty Show on local station Highland Radio to talk about her diagnosis of COPD and Alpha-1. Anne spoke
This week is Organ Donor Awareness Week 2016 which runs from April 2nd to 9th. There are approximately 700 people in Ireland awaiting life-saving heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants. Thanks to
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