Latest News Updates

This section regularly updates news on the work of the National Council of the Forum on End of Life. It also reflects current events and discussions on end of life which do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Council.

Hospice warns of service cuts if HSE reduces funds (01/17/2012)
ONE OF the State’s leading hospices is experiencing severe financial difficulties due to a combination of Government health cutbacks and a drop in fundraising income. (Lorna Siggins, The Irish Times, 17/01/2012)
Hospital may withhold life-saving treatment of child (01/11/2012)
A hospital may withhold life-saving treatment from a child permanently disabled after a near-drowning incident if his condition deteriorates to an extent requiring invasive treatment which doctors advise against, the High Court has ruled. (Irish Times)
IHF advises on coping with bereavement at Christmas (12/15/2011)
The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) has urged members of the public who are bereaved and are facing a first Christmas without their loved one to take some time to plan ahead for 25th December.
Learning not to 'shun' other people's grief (12/13/2011)
Our behaviour can leave bereaved people feeling isolated. (Padraig O'Morain, HEALTHplus, The Irish Times)
What Adele teaches us about grief (12/06/2011)
Putting words on our sorrow helps us to heal. (Tony Bates, Mind Moves, HEALTHplus, The Irish Times)
There's More to Dying than Death (12/06/2011)
Results of a paper show that the testimonies of a painful death with Motor Neurone disease are the exception rather than the rule. (Ronan McGreevy, HEALTHplus, The Irish Times)
"That's the thing about your death...it pulls in all your loved ones" (12/05/2011)
Simon Fitzmaurice, a writer and film director, first wrote of his experience of Motor Neurone Disease in The Irish Times health supplement in April. After four years of living with the disease, he writes of his struggles and triumphs with life, and death, in that time. (The Irish Times)
Research reveals shifting attitudes towards euthanasia (12/05/2011)
'Research reveals shifting attitudes towards euthanasia.' Almost 60% of final year medical students in one Irish university are in favour of euthanasia, according to a new survey. The study of students at University College Cork [UCC] forms part of a research project by Canadian medical student Matthew Carere.
GPs want more training in care of dying (12/05/2011)
The average GP practice cares for up to 20 dying patients every year and this figure is expected to double over the next two decades due to an ageing population, the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) has said.
Embalming: a painstaking task (11/29/2011)
EMBALMING: The job of the embalmer is one that is shrouded in mystery – but theirs is a painstaking task that offers bereaved families the chance to behold their loved ones one last time before letting them go, writes Fionola Meredith, Irish Times Weekend Magazine, 26/11/2011)
 
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