# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Medicinal Cannabis
# Medicinal Cannabis
Legislation underpinning the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme was enacted in June 2019.
# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 2 December, 2019
# Medicinal Cannabis
# Medicinal Cannabis
It is hoped it will only be a matter of weeks before patients can use the products.
# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 22 August, 2019
# Health And Education
# Health And Education
Satipharm is developing oil and capsule products for sale in Europe.
# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
# Medicinal Cannabis
# Medicinal Cannabis
Only patients with specific medical conditions can access medicinal cannabis under the new programme.
# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 27 June, 2019
# Growing Our Own
# Growing Our Own
Yesterday, Simon Harris signed the law establishing Ireland’s first medicinal cannabis access scheme,
# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 26 June, 2019
# Medicinal Cannabis
# Medicinal Cannabis
Simon Harris has today signed legislation to allow for the operation of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme on a pilot basis.
# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 27 May, 2019
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
The claim was made earlier this week by GP Dr Ray Walley in debate on cannabis legalisation.
# medicinal-cannabis - Saturday 25 May, 2019
# Growing Our Own
# Growing Our Own
Junior Minister Sean Canney has discussed the prospect with the company’s management.
# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 22 May, 2019
# Drug Addiction
# Drug Addiction
The health minister plans to have the medicinal cannabis access scheme up and running in the summer.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 7 May, 2019
# Cannabis Eire
# Cannabis Eire
The legislation to underpin the medicinal cannabis scheme is due to be signed off on in the coming weeks.
# Cannabis
# Cannabis
This will make it significantly less of a grey area in Irish law – and it could also herald the start of the Irish cannabis industry.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 16 April, 2019
# Interview
# Interview
In a wide-ranging interview with TheJournal.ie, Varadkar discussed John Delaney, Brexit, Peter Casey and the European elections.
# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 15 April, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
I was prescribed fentanyl, a dangerous, highly addictive, synthetic opiate with horrible side effects – while a relatively harmless plant remains banned, writes Clare McAfee.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
# Cannabis In Ireland
# Cannabis In Ireland
Health Minister Simon Harris will bring proposals about the cannabis access programme to Cabinet next month.
# medicinal-cannabis - Sunday 31 March, 2019
# Access Scheme
# Access Scheme
The Irish government has found a cannabis supplier in Denmark which can import to Ireland.
# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
# Farming Diversification
# Farming Diversification
The Department of Health said it may review its policy given its difficulty in sourcing cannabis product.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
# Medicinal Use
# Medicinal Use
Health Minister Simon Harris says he would like to see Irish farmers growing cannabis crops.
# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 28 November, 2018
# Showdown
# Showdown
Leo Varadkar broke Dáil rules today by holding up a poster in the chamber.
# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 7 November, 2018
# Delays
# Delays
Officials travelled to Denmark to help sort out Ireland’s problem in sourcing medicinal cannabis last week.
# medicinal-cannabis - Saturday 3 November, 2018
# Medicinal Cannabis
# Medicinal Cannabis
Department of Health officials are working to get medical cannabis products from other EU Member States and further afield.
# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 1 November, 2018
# Seizures
# Seizures
The move has been welcomed by some, while others say the new rules are still too restrictive.
# medicinal-cannabis - Saturday 16 June, 2018
# Billy Caldwell
# Billy Caldwell
Billy Caldwell’s mother had met with UK government officials to discuss returning his medicine earlier this week.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 22 May, 2018
# Longterm Illness
# Longterm Illness
Minister Harris told his Cabinet colleagues his department are looking at how to give “quality assurance” to patients.
# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
# Medicinal Cannabis
# Medicinal Cannabis
Noreen O’Neill said her son has been seizure-free for more than a fortnight.
# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 9 November, 2017
# The Next Stage
# The Next Stage
Campaigner Vera Twomey had earlier collapsed outside the gates of Leinster House.
# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 30 October, 2017
# Warm And Fuzzy
# Warm And Fuzzy
Greenlight Medicines’ James Linden plans to open a new facility in Donegal next year.
# medicinal-cannabis - Sunday 24 September, 2017
# Medicinal Cannabis
# Medicinal Cannabis
The Bill which passed through the Dáil has effectively shelved following a damning report.
# medicinal-cannabis - Wednesday 6 September, 2017
# Legalisation
# Legalisation
Health Minister Simon Harris said the compassionate access programme for medicinal cannabis will be available later this year.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 5 September, 2017
# Cbd
# Cbd
Ava’s mother Vera led a public campaign for her daughter to access medicinal cannabis in Ireland.
# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 4 May, 2017
# Dáil Gridlock
# Dáil Gridlock
Assorted deputies were left stranded inside the gates of Leinster House by the protest.
# medicinal-cannabis - Saturday 22 April, 2017
# Injection Centres
# Injection Centres
Injection centres, medicinal cannabis and investment were on the agenda at the IMO’s annual conference.
# medicinal-cannabis - Friday 21 April, 2017
# IMO
# IMO
The Irish Medical Organisation’s AGM is happening in Galway.
# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 17 April, 2017
# Fibromyalgia
# Fibromyalgia
Jo Allen has a chronic pain condition and has been getting some relief from cannabis-derived medicine.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 21 March, 2017
# Medicinal Cannabis
# Medicinal Cannabis
Twomey says nothing will happen until the law is changed.
# medicinal-cannabis - Monday 20 March, 2017
# ONGOING DEBATE
# ONGOING DEBATE
Vera Twomey can’t access medicinal cannabis for her daughter, but legislation is on the way.
# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 9 March, 2017
# Medicinal Cannabis
# Medicinal Cannabis
Twomey said that, following Tuesday’s meeting in Leinster House, she was given inadequate documents by the HSE.
# medicinal-cannabis - Tuesday 7 March, 2017
# Hope For Ava
# Hope For Ava
Upon arriving in Leinster House, Vera could barely make it down the corridors due to being stopped for handshakes.
# Hope For Ava
# Hope For Ava
The meeting will take place at 12pm today.
# medicinal-cannabis - Friday 3 March, 2017
# Hope For Ava
# Hope For Ava
The mother hopes to arrive at Dáil Éireann on Tuesday.
# medicinal-cannabis - Thursday 2 March, 2017