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Irish Heart Foundation Calls for Ban on Digital Junk Food Marketing

At a meeting of the Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group in Leinster House, the Irish Heart Foundation called for legislative action to protect children from digital junk food marketing. 

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Advocacy News   |   16th Apr 2026

Thank You to all of our Volunteers

Thank you to all of our volunteers, like Catherine.

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Volunteer News   |   20th May 2026

Irish Heart Foundation Patient Champions invited to present their views at the…

Irish Heart Foundation Patient Champions were invited to…

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Advocacy News   |   1st May 2026

Calling for a full ban of online junk food marketing to protect kids’ health

The Irish Heart Foundation is urging the Government to…

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Advocacy News   |   14th Apr 2026

Tobacco breaks hearts every day

World No Tobacco Day 2018 links tobacco to heart disease and stroke

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Policy News   |   31st May 2018

Frustration with Sláintecare stagnation 1 Year on

Health Reform Alliance calls on Government to publish Sláintecare implementation plan

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Policy News   |   30th May 2018

The Supplements don’t work

Popular vitamin supplements have no health benefit

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Nutrition News   |   30th May 2018

A Woman's Heart

The menopause and cardiovascular disease 

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Heart News   |   29th May 2018

Would rotten teeth images stop you buying sugary drinks?

Graphic warnings may reduce sugary drink consumption

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Obesity News   |   29th May 2018

I Lost My Only Son to SADS

Maureen lost her 21-year old son to SADS

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Heart News   |   20th May 2018

Plan to reduce strokes by 10 per cent by 2030

New Action Plan for Stroke in Europe launched

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Stroke News   |   25th May 2018

Almost a quarter of the world will be obese by 2045

By 2045 almost a quarter of people in the world will be obese and one in eight will have type 2 diabetes

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Obesity News   |   24th May 2018

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