The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has confirmed that blood supplies remain stable and it has not launched an appeal for donors.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is calling on the public to donate over the Christmas and new year period, during what it describes as a very difficult time for supplies.

Donor statistics published by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service show that 79,628 people donated last year, compared to 79,381 the previous year.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has reversed a 15-year-long donor deferral policy for people who have lived in Britain because the transfusion transmission risk of a human form of a disease commonly known as 'Mad Cow Disease" is now considered to be remote.

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

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.

Joan Fahy is a senior nurse at Mater Private Hospital, Cork. One of her specialties is haemovigilance.

The ban on gay men donating blood has been lifted.

UCC's Dean of Medicine Professor Mary Horgan has been elected as the first female president elect of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland.

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

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TDs and senators from across the political divide have taken a trip aboard the blood bus to highlight the importance of donating blood.

Officials are calling for a "special effort" from donors to restore blood supplies around the country.

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.

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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 says it will make a decision in June whether to change its lifetime ban on receiving donations from gay and bisexual men.

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.