Need information on end-of-life care or advance care planning? IHF’s free Information and Support Line is now open Monday–Friday, 9am–6pm. […]
When You Need Us Most: IHF Extends Information and Support Line Opening Hours
Irish Hospice Foundation Marks Changes to its Board of Trustees
Irish Hospice Foundation is announcing changes to its Board, as Chair Jean Callanan steps down after six years in the role, handing over to new Chair Leo Kearns. […]
Pledge to Plant 2023
The first of the Pledge to Plant 2023 sales have started taking place around the country! Huge thanks to everyone who is taking part in this annual fundraising event, growing and sharing plants in aid of programmes such as Nurses for Night Care, Caru and our Bereavement Support Line Special thanks to the residents, Sisters, and staff of Mount Sackville […]
IHF welcomes Special Oireachtas Committee to examine the issue of assisted dying
Friday 19th November 2021 Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) welcomes the announcement that a Special Oireachtas Committee will be established in early 2022 to examine the issue of assisted dying. The formation of the Special Committee was recommended earlier this year by the Oireachtas Justice Committee. In July the Justice Committee found that Dying with Dignity Bill […]
IHF welcomes Joint Committee on Justice recommendations on assisted dying
Thursday 22 July 2021 Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) welcomes the Joint Committee on Justice recommendation that an Oireachtas Special Committee be established to undertake an examination of assisted dying. In our submission in January of this year to the Joint Committee on Justice on the Dying with Dignity Bill, we called for the absolute necessity of public debate on the issue of assisted dying. The […]
IHF statement on COVID-19 nursing homes expert panel report
Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) welcomes the publication today (Wednesday 19 August 2020) of the COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel Report. IHF made a submission as part of the consultation process for the Report and were delighted to present as part of the ‘Advocacy and End-of-Life thematic engagement’ to the Expert Panel. We particularly welcome the […]
IHF virtual Cycle Challenge launched
SPONSOR a cyclist The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) Cycle Challenge is the charity’s biggest annual fundraising event. Each year 60 cyclists take on a 600km cycle to raise vital funds for Nurses for Night Care. This free national service enables people with non-cancer related illnesses to spend their final days at home whilst receiving professional […]
Bank Holiday Message from our CEO
Dear all, Who amongst us would have thought, as we left our places of work, learning and worship back in March, that we would still be locked out of them for the June Bank Holiday? But, here we are. The “longer weekend” gives us all a chance to reflect over the past few months and […]
New resources launched to inform and support during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the traditional ways we mark our grief. For the moment, it is not possible to come together and to gather in one location. It is not possible to have a large funeral. It may not be possible to receive the company of those who wish to offer condolences. However, we […]
Rosabel’s Rooms- In partnership with the Irish Hospice Foundation
Rosabel’s Rooms was established by parents Suzanne McClean and Gary Monroe in memory of their beloved daughter Rosabel Monroe, who died suddenly and unexpectedly in April 2017, aged sixteen months. Rosabel’s Rooms in collaboration with The Irish Hospice Foundation, was launched on the 5th January 2018, on what would have been Rosabel’s 2nd […]
