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# Fertility

Last month
September 2023
# Podcast
The Explainer: How will Ireland's new publicly funded IVF scheme work?
Medical journalist June Shannon joins us on this week’s episode to explain how the scheme will work, who is eligible, and how you avail of it. She also details how exactly IVF works and shares her own experience of the process.
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Sep 14th 2023, 5:23 PM
# Fertility
Eight private fertility clinics in Ireland to provide HSE-funded services from later this month
The HSE-approved clinics are located in Cork, Dublin, Galway and Kildare.
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Sep 11th 2023, 1:39 PM
This year
2023
# Fertility
Explainer: How will the new publicly funded IVF scheme work?
We’ve collected the answers to important questions like what the scheme covers and who is eligible.
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Jul 25th 2023, 3:48 PM
# women's healthcare
New endometriosis treatment plan to include faster treatment times and two specialist centres
The framework will be implemented on a phased basis, commencing this year.
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Mar 6th 2023, 1:30 PM
Last year
2022
# budget 2023
IVF publicly funded through private clinics won't start until September 2023
The public system will be built up over the year to provide IVF services through six fertility hubs around the country.
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Sep 28th 2022, 6:34 PM
# Reproduction
Publicly-funded IVF to begin in 2023 with 'regional fertility hubs' before that
The Department of Health had previously been reluctant to provide a timeline for services.
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Apr 26th 2022, 5:43 PM
All time
# fertility mix up
California parents sue after getting another couple’s embryo
The babies, both girls, were born a week apart in September 2019.
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Nov 9th 2021, 9:13 AM
# Covid-19
Coronavirus: No deaths and 437 new cases confirmed in Ireland
The latest figures were confirmed by the National Public Health Emergency Team this evening.
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Mar 8th 2021, 5:38 PM
Voices
Opinion: 'All couples should have the right to become parents when faced with infertility'
The Government needs to take action and implement the model of care for infertility, writes Emma Mc Dade.
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Jan 23rd 2021, 7:01 PM
# still waiting
Department of Health can't give timeline for rollout of publicly-funded IVF
Expert says linking IVF funding with the commencement of legislation is a ‘way of putting it off’.
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Jan 4th 2021, 12:05 AM
# factcheck
Debunked: No, Pfizer's head of research did not say the Covid vaccine is 'female sterilisation'
Social media posts making the claim have been shared thousands of times in recent days.
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Dec 10th 2020, 6:13 PM
# Fertility
'It's a huge source of stress': Women going abroad for IVF hit out at mixed messages over travel restrictions
Hundreds of people travel abroad for fertility treatment every year because they cannot afford it in Ireland, but Covid-19 has further complicated the situation.
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Nov 15th 2020, 7:00 AM
# Infertility
Explainer: When will IVF treatment be provided through the Irish public health service?
New fertility hubs will be open next year, with IVF available in 2021.
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Dec 19th 2019, 6:03 PM
# Infertility
€2 million in funding for IVF and fertility treatment set to be announced by government
One course of IVF treatment can cost between €4,000 and €4,500.
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Dec 18th 2019, 9:00 PM
# The Late Late Show
Many people relate to my story of miscarriage, says Andrea Corr
The Corrs musician was speaking on the Late Late Show last night.
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Oct 19th 2019, 7:50 AM
# still waiting
'Absolutely outrageous' that promised public fertility fund still not finalised
Department of Health says rollout of €1 million fund announced last year ‘under consideration’.
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Oct 17th 2019, 9:30 PM
# Bernard Norman Barwin
Canada doctor's licence revoked for using own sperm to inseminate patients
The 80-year-old doctor did not appear at the hearing, but through his lawyers pleaded no contest.
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Jun 26th 2019, 10:05 PM
# First Lady
Michelle Obama speaks about having a miscarriage and conceiving her children using IVF
The former first lady says women need to be open with other about their bodies.
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Nov 9th 2018, 1:08 PM
# Fertility
Baby Bust: New report finds we're having fewer and fewer babies
Published by the Lancet, the report has found several countries are not delivering enough babies to maintain their population numbers.
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Nov 9th 2018, 12:30 PM
Voices
Donor-conceived children: It's time to ban anonymous sperm donation
Recent studies on donor-conceived children reveal that an overwhelming number of such individuals want information relating to their donor, writes Dr Brian Tobin.
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Jun 26th 2018, 7:00 AM
# Fertility
Male depression may lower pregnancy chances among infertile couples
The findings come from a study by the American National Institute of Health that looked at couples being treated for infertility.
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May 19th 2018, 10:30 AM
Voices
Opinion: 'Corporate egg freezing is a great idea for the women who want that option'
However, egg freezing is a choice and should always be a choice, writes Meriem Ahmed.
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Mar 31st 2018, 9:00 AM
# Fertility
Human eggs grown in lab for first time raise hopes for new fertility treatments
The lead researcher called it a “very exciting” development.
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Feb 9th 2018, 3:04 PM
# Genetics
UK allows doctors to make babies using DNA from three people
The technique is being used to help prevent women passing on fatal genetic diseases to their children.
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Feb 2nd 2018, 3:01 PM
# Fertility
Ibuprofen during pregnancy could harm fertility of unborn baby girls - study
One in three women are estimated to use ibuprofen in the first three months of pregnancy.
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Feb 2nd 2018, 7:46 AM
# Ibuprofen
'Take the smallest dose for the shortest period of time': Ibuprofen linked to male fertility problems
The study found healthy, young men developed fertility issues after taking the drug for six weeks.
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Jan 10th 2018, 8:09 AM
# Fertility
Government to pay for couples to have IVF treatment
The new legislation will also regulate surrogacy and the use of embryos for research.
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Oct 3rd 2017, 8:52 PM
Voices
'Many times I just keep smiling to avoid crumbling into a crying mess'
People should think before they speak when it comes to fertility issues, Julie Ronaghan writes.
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Sep 9th 2017, 8:30 AM
Voices
Fertility treatment: 'There may be no happy ending, but we wouldn't change anything'
Sadly, science does not yet have all the answers, writes Professor Mary Wingfield.
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Jul 30th 2017, 3:00 PM
# Ukraine
Doctor defends 'three-parent baby' technique amid criticism
Valeriy Zukin has used the procedure to help infertile couples have children.
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Jun 3rd 2017, 10:00 AM
# Breakthrough
Infertility problems in mice solved with 3D-printed ovaries
It’s hoped that 3D-printed skin, ears, bone scaffolds, and heart valves could solve a number of medical issues.
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May 17th 2017, 9:21 AM
# Natural Cycles
The first birth control app to be officially approved as a contraceptive uses an age-old method
As a fertility-awareness based contraceptive method, the app will only work well for some people.
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Feb 26th 2017, 12:00 PM
# Pregnancy
'I was tested to the limit': How hypnobirthing is helping women during labour
“Some people think it’s new age, hippy dippy. It’s anything other than that. It’s very practical, down to earth.”
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Feb 5th 2017, 9:30 PM
# Fertility
The first three-parent baby in the UK could be born next year
The technique would allow mothers who carry disease-causing mutations in their genes to give birth to children free of the illness.
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Dec 15th 2016, 9:27 PM
# Fertility
Want to get pregnant? Try getting your tonsils out
The study has furthered the theory that having your appendix or tonsils removed actually improves fertility rates.
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Aug 2nd 2016, 3:15 PM
# Health
A Spanish fertility clinic that plays music to foetuses has bought a surgery in Kildare
The Clane Fertility Clinic is going to start using the technique to help the IVF process.
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Jul 2nd 2016, 8:30 AM
# sperm extraction
Landmark: First pregnancy using innovative fertility treatment in Ireland
The Cork Fertility Centre has announced the breakthrough.
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Jun 2nd 2016, 6:05 AM
# Pregnancy
'Where there's one sperm there's a way': Male infertility is common but treatable
A doctor from Cork Fertility Centre said the procedure for men to get checked out is “non-invasive and not expensive compared to what a female has to do”.
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May 14th 2016, 8:30 PM
# TRYING FOR A BABY
Struggling to conceive? State funding could soon cover the cost of fertility treatments
Funding will be made available as part of a bill due to be published in the first half of 2016.
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Feb 1st 2016, 11:54 AM
Voices
When a couple faces the reality of infertility, it can send them into crisis mode
Ovulation calendars, doctors’ appointments, tests and treatments start to take over.
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Jan 14th 2016, 5:00 PM
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