The Irish Independent published an interview with Alpha-1 patient Stephen Smith on the 2nd of January. After seven unsuccessful calls Stephen finally received a successful double lung transplant in the Mater Hospital, Dublin

The Huffington Post in the US interviewed the US Alpha-1 Foundation president & CEO John Walsh as well as Richard Johnson, a finalist for the Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award, about Alpha-1 and

1 in 7 people in Ireland have an undiagnosed lung condition and Ireland has the third highest death rate from lung disease in Europe, causing 1 in 5 deaths. Therefore, it is vital

Find out how to maximise your lung health at a series of public information talks being held from the 5th to the 11th of November in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Sligo and Limerick.  (more…)

The exciting agenda for the Annual Alpha-1 Conference which is taking place on October 11th in Marino Institute of Education on Griffith Avenue has been finalised. (more…)

We are delighted to announce that the Annual Alpha-1 Conference for 2013 will take place on Friday 11th October at 10am in Marino Institute of Education on leafy Griffith Avenue in Drumcondra on

A roundtable event hosted by IPPOSI on medication compliance and adherence took place in Dublin on June 27th. This event heard that up to 50% of patients with serious long-term medical conditions do

Ireland follows Australia as the second country in the world to legislate for the plain packaging of tobacco products. (more…)