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RDI News & Events

Oct 19 2021 – RDI AGM – register to attend

Sep/Oct 2021 – RareReality – healthcare experiences survey

Sep/Oct 2021 – UN #Resolution4Rare

Sep 18 2021 – #Drive4Rare/ #PeterTrys32Counties

May 26 2021 – RDI at Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health

Feb 28 2021 – Raise A Toastie for Rare Disease Day

Feb 25 2021 – Rare2030 Policy Recommendations

Feb  1  2021 – Launch of RDI on-line Donation page

Dec 18 2020 – Newsletter: A Year in Review

May 21 2020 – Research report – Living with a rare Disease in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 23 2020 – COVID-19 and rare diseases in Ireland

Rare Disease News

Oct 8 2021 – A first for Ireland: gene therapy approved for Irish SMA patients through BeNeLuxA assessment and price negotiation process.

Jul 2 2021 – Review of processes in use to inform the expansion of newborn bloodspot screening programmes

Dec 8 2020 – Prioritisation of Rare Dosease patients for COVID-19 Vaccination

June 16 2020 – Rare Disease Community  highlighted as priority area in Programme for Government

Feb 20 2018 – Launch of The Global Commission to End the Diagnostic Odyssey for Children with a Rare Disease

Feb 16 2018 – EURORDIS calls on European Commission to secure UK Healthcare Providers’ post-Brexit involvement in European Reference Networks

Dec 19 2017 – FDA approves novel gene therapy to treat patients with a rare form of inherited vision loss

RDI in the News

Sep 13 2021 – Offaly Independent

Sep 10 2021 – TodayFM

Jun 30 2021 – The Connaught Tribune 

Jun  8  2021 – Extra.ie

Jun  1  2021 – Newstalk – The Hard Shoulder

Jun  1  2021 – Kfm – Kildare Focus

Jun  1  2021 – Newstalk – Lunchtime Live

May 26 2021 – Irish Examiner

May 26 2021 – Irish Times

Feb 26 2021 – RTE News2Day