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LIVING HEALTHILY WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS »

By Redmond O’Hanlon Recently I attended a very interesting course, on living healthily with chronic illness. The course took place over a six week period, at the Library in Tallaght, ...

Coping with My Ataxia »

- by Pat Grant - Swirling a partner around a dance-floor; going for a long walk along the seashore; standing up to honour someone joining or leaving my company - these are some of the things I can...

by Kiara Lynch Nick and I are both very easy going so the big white church wedding was never going to be for us. We decided what we wanted to do from the beginning was to have a small intimate civil...

Ataxia Ireland Annual Vacation »

By Redmond O’Hanlon The holiday for members of Ataxia Ireland was held from 30th June to 6th July and took place in Cuisle Holiday Centre, Co. Roscommon. I was collected at my apartment by...

Lets Have a Cup of Tea »

By Kiara Lynch When I was thinking about writing this article, I wondered what did all the inhabitants of this country have in common and of course it didn’t take long - Tea – we all make...

Holidays - A Readers Experience »

by Kiara Lynch About to go aloft On 20th August 2005 I set off on one of the best experiences of my life to date. I flew from Dublin to Amsterdam got a taxi to the docks and I got my first glance...

Murphys Odyssey »

By Brendon Murphy Based on a 6 month trip to learn about FA in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa This book is dedicated with much love to Miss Kathleen Higgins Friedreich's Ataxia...