There were tears of joy in Rosaleen Rafter’s home when the Health Service Executive confirmed that it will repay the cost of a life-changing drug for people with multiple sclerosis.

A mother who lost three sons in a murder-suicide in North Cork in September has thanked the public for donations she has received towards the €13,000 funeral bill.

IRELAND’S 2005 Eurovision entrant, Joe McCaul, made an emotional announcement last week — he has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The baby- faced McCaul (25) did not fit people’s idea of a person with MS. His anguish reminded me of my own diagnosis, two years ago.

An Independent TD has said there is a difference between legalising cannabis for medicinal and recreational use.

Amy Winehouse’s mother didn’t ever expect the late star to make it to her 30s.

Oprah Winfrey is donating €14m in support of African American history.

Former university lecturer Marie Fleming fears she will choke or starve to death if the courts do not let her end her life with assistance.

A terminally-ill woman has today pleaded with judges to spare her a horrible death and let her be helped to die lawfully with dignity, surrounded by her family.

Mum’s MS is accepted by her children, says Helen O’Callaghan.

The Chief Justice has taken the unusual step of speaking out against cuts to the Courts Service, arguing if further savings are made court sittings may be affected.

PEOPLE with crippling illnesses — including multiple sclerosis and cancer patients, — are among those being forced to break the law by using cannabis for medicinal purposes.

STEM cells supplied to a Dutch clinic where Irish multiple sclerosis (MS) patients went for treatment were not “intended for human use”, a General Medical Council (GMC) hearing in London was told.

THERE is an obesity epidemic in Ireland and the first line of defence is to eat smart. As a result, accurate food information is critical.

LIKE his two brothers, who both killed themselves, John Hogan has been dogged with clinical depression since childhood.

The business world has paid tribute to former ICI chief and TV personality John Harvey-Jones, who died after a long illness.

A MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS drug pulled from the US market last year is to return and has also been given preliminary approval for use in Europe, a move that will be welcomed by the 6,000 Irish people affected by the condition.

GOVERNMENT inactivity on several fronts has led MS sufferers to seek unlicensed and unregulated treatment, Green Party TD Dan Boyle said yesterday.

ALAN O’CONNOR was 36 years old when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

THE top price at yesterday’s Curraheen Park sales was 5,000, which was laid out by Brian McSweeney for Terry O’Sullivan’s (Midleton) Oh So Quiet, which carded 29.11 in winning his trial.

A WOMAN whose mother has multiple sclerosis was told she would receive no insurance payout if she died from an illness linked to MS, even though the condition is not hereditary.

A WOMAN whose mother has Multiple Sclerosis was told she would receive no insurance payout if she died from an illness linked to MS even though the condition is not hereditary.

I AM a 36-year-old mother of two children, aged 11 and 12. I have secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, otherwise known as Chronic MS.