A gay man has brought a High Court challenge against the Irish Blood Transfusion Service policy which prevents him from donating blood unless he abstains from having sex for a year.

There is a warning about a potential shortage of blood over Christmas and New Year.

Over €109,000 was spent last year by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) on an external human resources investigation of a disciplinary matter.

An urgent call for O negative blood donors has been made by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service after supplies dwindled to just four days because of the loss of a full day’s collection due to Storm Ophelia.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service says transgender donors can present as their preferred gender.

Blood donors and those who rely on transfusions are being reassured after a patient contracted Hepatitis B from a transfusion.

Tomás Heneghan became one of the first gay men in the country to donate blood after the Irish Blood Transfusion (IBTS) service lifted a lifetime ban for men who have sex with men.

The ban on gay men donating blood has been lifted.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has called on donors to give the gift of blood this Christmas.

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.

There has been a 21% decrease in the number of new blood donors coming forward to donate in Ireland.

The health minister’s decision to end the permanent ban on blood donations by gay men has lead to a young man withdrawing his High Court challenge to the ban.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service’s deferral policy, which imposes a lifelong ban on blood donations from any man who has ever had sex with another man, is being examined at a Royal College of Physicians conference.

There is speculation the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board (IBTS) may recommend lifting the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood when they meet later today.

Huge amounts of blood being dumped by hospitals in the Mid-West will be harvested through a clinic opened by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, it emerged yesterday.

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

I would be more than happy to make a blood donation, regardless of the current level of the blood supply in Ireland.

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

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) has honoured this year’s ‘super-donors’ — the remarkable people who give blood and platelets over and over again.

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.

The call is going out for people to remember to give blood over the festive season.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is concerned that blood supplies will be difficult between now and Christmas/New Year time, and is urging donors to make a special effort to give blood during this time.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service owes the State €8.7m in pension-related deductions from staff, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

One hundred and sixty four "super-donors" were honoured at the Rochestown Park Hotel last night at the Irish Blood Transfusion Service’s annual awards.

One in 20 blood donors have been exposed to hepatitis E, an Irish Blood Transfusion Service study has found.

The number of people donating blood dropped by 4% last year, according to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service which launched its annual report today.

In one of his last proposals in office, outgoing health minister James Reilly has called for the removal of a controversial lifetime ban on gay men giving blood.

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.

Gardaí have gone to great lengths this week — the entire country, to be precise — to show how a little blood, sweat and tears can go a long way.

A man whose dying son made it to his 21st birthday thanks to blood transfusions is now setting out to bank a remarkable month’s supply of blood.

Ray Crowley is used to nurses sticking needles in him and endures what is medically known as a phlebotomy.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is opening extra clinics in order to increase donations to meet demand over Christmas.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is to put on extra clinics in the run up to Christmas in an effort to deal with diminishing blood supplies.

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The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) faces a “significant challenge” to increase blood donations in the coming months, according to chief executive Andy Kelly.

The number of blood donations was down by more than 5,000 last year compared to 2011, it was revealed today.

Thousands of people with the blood condition haemochromatosis will be able to donate blood for the first time.

The recent heatwave has caused blood supplies to hit dangerously low levels.