The Grimes family decided to fundraise for the NRH after James became a patient of the Spinal Programme as a result of sustaining catastrophic spinal injuries from a farm accident. The power and strength of local community was very evident through this amazing community fundraising coffee day, organised by the Grimes family on their family […]
March 4, 2026
On Monday 15th September, the NRH Sports Physio team and their nursing colleagues headed off to the UK for the 2025 Inter Spinal Unit games, bringing a team of 7 discharged patients from the SCSC programme to Stoke Mandeville. The team were involved in all the competitions and events including – Swimming, Handcycling, Shooting, Badminton […]
October 21, 2025
October 2023 marked the 5th anniversary of Fergus Farrell’s workplace accident that resulted in him becoming a patient of the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) Spinal Programme. One year after his accident Fergus walked from Athenry, Galway to the NRH, Dún Laoghaire over 5 days to raise vital funds to support the Spinal Service and the Physiotherapy Service in the NRH.
April 8, 2024
“On the 23rd of July 1998, just four days after my 19th birthday, it was just another Thursday at work as an apprentice carpenter, or so I thought….little did I know, in the blink of an eye, my life would be turned upside down and changed forever. Shortly after lunchtime, as I was working on a […]
October 7, 2021
“My name is Gemma Willis and this is me… On 5th of August 2015 myself and my mum had a bad car accident. I stayed 9 months in the Mater Hospital where I had 14 operations. I have a shunt going from my brain to my heart. Fractured C2 in my neck. Metal plate under […]
October 7, 2021
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