Sing Street Star Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Launches “Lovin’ Our Lungs” Nationwide Movie Competition

Rising star of the silver screen, Sing Street actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, today joined with RTÉ Two Tube’s  Bláthnaid Treacy and Stephen Byrne to launch a nationwide movie competition Lovin’ Our Lungs to highlight the importance of lung health for a full and active life. The awards, which are organised by the Irish Lung Health Alliance, […]


GE 2016 – ILHA Lung Health Priorities

In advance of General Election 2016 the Irish Lung Health Alliance outlined its priorities for Lung Health. Why Prioritise Lung Health: Respiratory diseases, including cancers of the trachea, bronchus and lung accounted for 18% of all deaths in 2014. Rates of mortality from respiratory disease are 42% higher than the EU-28 average. (Health in Ireland […]