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MS Ireland is proud to announce the launch of the official website for our transformative Renew MS Ireland project. This dedicated platform provides updates, insights, and details about our ambitious renovation and refit projects scheduled for 2024 and 2025.
The MS Ireland Annual Awards 2024 were celebrated in style at the gala dinner in Monaghan, held on the eve of the National Conference. The event recognised the extraordinary efforts and achievements of individuals and groups who have made a lasting impact on the MS community.
Join us in Mallow for a pre Christmas get together in splendid surroundings! Join us for light refreshments and a chance to meet up with others from the Mallow area.
Joan Alaboson, a third-year PhD student in the Department of Psychology at Maynooth University, under the supervision of Drs. Rebecca Maguire and Laura Coffey, is conducting a study in collaboration with a panel of individuals living with MS. This research aims to explore your experiences of peer support* in three key areas:
Weekly Yoga classes for people with MS - A course for people with MS to experience Yoga as a way of supporting positive health & well-being. Classes are held in Carrickpherish Library, Waterford. Please contact Deirdre Growney. MS Ireland Community Worker on 086 6061645, email: deirdreg@ms-society.ie for more details.
Blogger Trevis L Gleason has lived without a mobile phone for a dozen years and finds an MS analogy in that choice.
When the Aer Lingus flight attendant closed the airplane door on our Boston to Dublin flight in November 2012, I turned off my mobile phone and never turned it back on. It wasn’t a conscious decision to never be tethered to a device again as we settled in for our transatlantic redeye flight. But it eventually became my choice… and that’s an important distinction for someone living with multiple sclerosis.
MS Ireland concluded the 2024 season of The Unspeakable Bits webinar series with a special November event. Hosted by Trevis Gleason, the webinar featured Ava Battles, CEO of MS Ireland, Elizabeth Kasilingam, CEO of the European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP), and Dr. Timothy Coetzee, CEO of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), who discussed the challenges ahead for the MS community.
Watch the full discussion in the video below.
Launched at Our Lady’s School, Templeogue Road, Terenure, Dublin, Exploring MS is MS Ireland’s new activity booklet designed to help children understand multiple sclerosis in a fun and accessible way.
MS Ireland is proud to offer a range of evidence-based programmes designed to empower people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) to better manage their symptoms. These initiatives encourage participants to reflect and enhance their capacity for symptom management in a supportive peer group setting.
The old adage says that we should be kind, for everyone we meet is fighting a battle that we know nothing about. A recent encounter with the kindness of a stranger renewed my faith in humanity.