Ireland an outlier without access to new cell and gene therapy, report says

Upfront costs high but treatments may cut long-term expense and boost patient results

Air pollution in urban areas linked to higher risk of sight loss, study finds

Findings on macular degeneration could pave way for new treatments, say researchers

Make hospital consultants clock in to work, says Taoiseach

Varadkar says non-compliance with HSE contracts is ‘deeply offensive and must stop’

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Woman forced to sell her jewellery for operation to save eyesight

Limerick woman was on two-year waiting list to have the procedure done publicly

Robots will transform medicine and revolutionise eye surgery, says expert

Key advantage is a high level of precision for very delicate surgery, conference is told

Eye patients at risk of irreversible sight loss due to delays - charity

National Council for the Blind: waiting lists ‘out of control’ with 13,000 awaiting procedure

‘I put my hand on my left eye. I couldn’t see out of the other one’

Agnes O’Connor (87) describes her struggle to get much-needed eye treatment

The happy crew: 30 people making life better

Want to dance? Need a hug? Or could do with some help clearing out some emotional or actual baggage? There’s a whole army of people out there to help

Festival highlights ‘ordinary’ nature of mental health issues

Music, poetry, theatre, art, film and dance part of the line up for First Fortnight festival

Lack of eye disease strategy costs State €76m - report

Five people a week in Ireland go blind though 75 per cent of blindness is preventable

Putting mental health centre stage

The founders of an arts festival believe such events have the capacity to change people’s attitudes towards mental health problems

Managing diabetes: ‘You can live a normal healthy life with it’

Battling a treatable form of age-related eyesight loss

Early diagnosis and treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration can keep eyesight functioning