A diagnosis of heart failure can lead to feelings of loneliness, vulnerability, and confusion, but please remember, the Irish Heart Foundation is here for you.

In addition to our Heart Failure Supports, throughout 2023, the Irish Heart Foundation is planning a series of Support and Information Evenings around Ireland for people living with heart failure, their families, and carers.

These evenings, which are free to attend, will feature a mix of speakers, from those affected by and living with the condition to professionals who work with heart failure every day. They will share practical advice and information that you can use to help improve or enhance your quality of life.

We will be providing tea and coffee /light refreshments after the event to give you a chance to meet others with similar stories, to have a chat about life, living with the condition and your heart failure journey.

Sligo Event

Our next event will take place in the Sligo Park Hotel on Thursday 15^th June from 7pm-9pm.

Speakers will include:

• Fiona Mahon, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Heart Failure at Sligo University Hospital – The importance of monitoring for anemia in Heart Failure and the impacts of low iron levels.
• Attracta Madden, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Heart Failure, at Sligo University Hospital – Introduction to Heart Failure, diagnosis, symptoms, management of the condition.
• Pauline O’Shea, living with heart failure and Advocacy Campaigns Manager at the Irish Heart Foundation – My Experience of Heart Failure and my Mental Health 
• Marc O’Connor, Senior Physiotherapist in Coronary Care Unit & Cardiac Rehab at Sligo University Hospital – The Role of Exercise for Heart Failure Patients

If you’d like to attend our Sligo Heart Failure Support and Information evening, please register for free through Eventbrite.*

*By registering for this event, you are sharing your data with Eventbrite, a US-based event management site with its own privacy, retention and cookies policies.

Events are also being planned for Limerick, Cork and Athlone and will take place over the coming months.

If you would like to receive more information about these upcoming events, please enter your name and email address below and we will get in touch with you when details of these events are available:

If you’d like to learn more about our supports for those living with heart failure and their families, see our Heart Failure Supports page.

The first event in the Heart Failure series took place in Dublin in May and can be watched here.