The first drug to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF) for around 80% of patients in Ireland has been approved by the HSE and is being considered for approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

The study, led by researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), has been published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Groundbreaking research has found that the majority of people with cystic fibrosis can be treated successfully.

An appeal by an Irish couple facing deportation from Australia because their son has Cystic Fibrosis has been rejected.

Nicholas O’Halloran began to give up on getting the double lung transplant he needed. Now he is living a life of hope, he tells Helen O’Callaghan.

Geraldine Clancy, cystic fibrosis (CF) clinical nurse specialist, paediatrics, Tallaght University Hospital

Dublin City Council has given full planning permission for the three-storey unit that aims to provide 20 patient rooms for 160 adults.

Double lung transplant warrior Orla Tinsley who is back in hospital after a health setback has thanked the public for their get well wishes and support.

Cystic fibrosis patients and their families are calling on the Government to honour its pledge to give them new hospital facilities, warning that the cost of the project is rising as the delay drags on.

Cystic fibrosis patients and their families are calling on the Government to honour its pledge to give them new hospital facilities, warning that the cost of the project is rising as the delay drags on.

Brendan McLaughlin, the longest surviving Cystic Fibrosis lung transplant recipient in Ireland, has passed away 26 years after getting a transplant.

A row is brewing between Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance in Dublin.

Alice Ward says it's frustrating that health system is not doing all it can to support her when she is doing all she can to beat cystic fibrosis.

A new documentary on RTÉ follows one Cystic Fibrosis survivor's journey and experiences of living everyday life with the condition.

A day in the working life of Rory Tallon, CF Patient Advocate with Cystic Fibrosis Ireland (CFI).

It is all too easy to despair of our health service. There are so many problems with it that it is often seen as an impossible task to make real improvements.

Health Minister Simon Harris says he will work with Cystic Fibrosis Ireland to establish a dedicated CF inpatient unit at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital.

A new report has highlighted major improvements in the quality and the length of lives of people with cystic fibrosis over the last two decades (1998-2017).

Áine Hannafin is a lively seven-year-old girl who will not let anything stand in her way, not even a severe form of cystic fibrosis (CF).

"At the end of the day, I have CF, it doesn’t have me. It doesn’t define who I am”

The availability of the drug Orkambi has been extended to eligible children with Cystic Fibrosis aged between six and 11.

RTÉ’s Evanne Ní Chuilinn, actor Denise McCormack, beauty blogger Karen Constantine and rugby ace Louise Galvin, today joined forces to support Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s call for sponsors in this year’s VHI Women’s Mini-Marathon.

There were whoops of delights when cystic fibrosis campaigner Orla Tinsley had her double lung transplant in New York last December.

The EU has granted a licence to extend the use of the cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi to children as young as six-years-old.

The pharmaceutical firm making cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi says it has received EU approval to treat children.