Our most recent publications
IHRF Report May 2022 – Embedding research in the Irish health service
Research is vital for achieving better outcomes for patients and the public who use health services in Ireland. Current frustrations, positive developments, new ideas and an unshakable belief in the possible stimulated lively, challenging, engaged, multi-stakeholder discussions at the Forum event. Nuanced by input from our expert Steering Group, the Irish Health Research Forum offers […]
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 […]
