The Forum

Welcome to the website of the Forum on End of Life in Ireland.

The period of public consultation on the Draft Action Plan, arising out of the work of the Forum during 2009, has closed.  The Forum Report and Draft Action Plan will remain on the website for your viewing.  If you would like hard copies of either document please email forum@hospice-foundation.ie or call 01 675 5970. Although the Public Consultation period has closed the Forum will continue and welcomes your comments and suggestions.

Click here to view Forum Report
Click here to view Draft Action Plan

 
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News and Events

Irish Doctor Recounts Uganda Experience (07/22/2010)

An Irish doctor in Uganda has recounted her experience of setting up hospices in Africa in a book published yesterday, writes Alison Healy.

Quality of Death (07/22/2010)

Report by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the Lien Foundation ranked Ireland as fourth worldwide in end-of-life care. Importantly it demonstrates what is already apparent from the national audit on end-of-life care in hospitals, that this country is as good as others in how it cares at end of life.

18-29 July: Kingspan IHF Cycle Challenge(s) (07/22/2010)

This is our second year running sponsored cycles on this scale, and it is a tribute to the success of the 2009 Dublin-Paris event that many of those who took part decided to repeat the experience this year.

Our Patron

Gabriel Byrnes

“Five times in my life I’ve sat at the bedside of a friend or relative dying in a crowded Irish hospital ward, appalled at the lack of privacy and dignity endured both by the dying and their loved ones.

But as I sat with my friend I asked myself - why does it have to be like this?  Is there anything I can do to change this awful situation?

To die with dignity is a right, not a privilege.”

(Gabriel Byrne)