Patients no longer have to wait for life-saving blood transfusions until they get to a hospital.

The Blood Board says stocks of type O negative and B negative are urgently needed to meet demand.

Adrian Dunbar hopes his new TV thriller set in small-town Ireland will become an international hit, writes Ed Power

Hundreds of Polish blood donors have joined a campaign to help the Irish Blood Transfusion Board.

There is an urgent appeal for blood donations following last week's storm.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is putting out an appeal for extra blood donations between now and Christmas.

Family doctors in Galway have been told by the laboratory manager at Galway University Hospitals not to refer patients for blood tests on the grounds that they do not provide a phlebotomy service for GPs.

A study has provided the first comprehensive national estimate of the incidence of hepatitis C among people who regularly inject drugs.

An Irish patient with blood cancer has become the first in the world to take part in a new drug trial which could pave the way for longer cancer remission times.

A controversial lifetime ban on gay men donating blood in Northern Ireland has been lifted.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has praised blood donors who rallied to boost donations after faulty testing equipment left 90,000 donors in limbo over their ability to donate.

A new campaign is being launched today to urge more Irish people to donate blood.

Ireland is lifting the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood.

Plans to extend a breakthrough treatment for hepatitis C to eliminate the disease in Ireland over the next 10 years have been announced by the HSE.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has said it urgently needs more donations.

Blood supplies may not be maintained over St Patrick’s Day and Easter, the transfusion service has warned.

A problem has been identified with a device used by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.

France has conceded there is no scientific point in the ban of homosexuals giving blood. It is well beyond time that Health Minister Leo Varadkar lifted the stigma hanging over all gay men in this country, writes Shaun Connolly

The ban on gay men giving blood should be lifted, Equality Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said.

Jame Harrison is known as 'the Man with the Golden Arm'.

A group of cyclists — including RTÉ’s southern editor Paschal Sheehy — will today set out on a gruelling 1,000km trip from Cork to Geneva to raise awareness about the importance of blood donation.

The European Court of Justice has found that a lifetime ban on gay men giving blood donations may be justified in limited circumstances.

In keeping with the Good Friday tradition, high priests are baying for blood — except this time the cause is life and not death by crucifixion.

With supplies dwindling and a drop in donations expected when the World Cup kicks off next week, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urging people to give blood.

The future of a support group for women given contaminated blood products by the State is in serious doubt following indications that the HSE is to pull its funding.

It’s been 20 years since the country first heard of the anti-D scandal. Initial alarm has now been joined by anger and grief, and the story isn’t finished yet, writes Caroline O’Doherty

Motherhood can no longer be determined on the basis of giving birth, and both it and fatherhood are instead determined according to “inheritable characteristics” or a “blood link” to a child, the Supreme Court was told yesterday.