Our most recent publications
HRCI Annual Report 2021
While 2020 will forever stick in our minds as the year Covid hit, 2021 was of course a full year lived in a pandemic. It particularly strikes us that we don’t have a single ‘in-person’ photo to share in this annual report. Despite the challenges however, it didn’t stop us from working hard to support […]
Guest Blog- Derek Stewart OBE, Patient Advocate and Honorary Professor, NUI Galway
Derek Stewart OBE, patient advocate and Honorary Professor, NUI Galway Cooperating and Collaborating I recently had the great pleasure of talking with the members of Health Research Charities Ireland. The presentation was about the value of us, as patients and members of the public, getting interested in and becoming actively involved with researchers working […]
Rare Disease Day meeting with ministers & other political representatives
On Feb 23rd 2022, at the invitation of Deputy Pádraig O’Sullivan, we had the opportunity to discuss rare diseases with Minister Stephen Donnelly, Minister Anne Rabbitte and other interested deputies and senators. We attended this event, held in advance of Rare Disease Day 2022, with colleagues from Rare Diseases Ireland, IPPOSI and CF Ireland, along with […]
Health Research: How to be responsive and resilient in the face of crises
A report from the November 2021 Irish Health Research Forum on the theme Health Research: How to be responsive and resilient in the face of crises. Based on the discussions at this event and input from our Steering Group, the IHRF makes the following recommendations, under four broad themes Undertaking more effective and inclusive research […]
HRCI’s 2022 Position Paper – Using data for better health research
Our 2022 Position Paper is all about data and its importance to health research. The themes contained within are a priority for our member charities and have also been guided by the outcomes of the Irish Health Research Forum events, which HRCI runs. The Paper lays out three recommendations for politicians and policy makers and […]
