Jack & Jill wishes all the best to our friend Rasher for his latest exhibition called “Life’s a Glitch” – Subtle Imperfections From The Solar Plexus to be launched at Dean Hotel, Dublin. He was one of the Egg Hunt Campaign artists and always a true supporter of our Foundation! Whether a collector or an appreciator, most will beRead more
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“Dear Sir, At this time of year many children are writing letters to Santa listing gifts of their choice. Santa may or may not oblige all but we, as a nation, can oblige every child by giving a gift (not on anyone’s Santa list) which will last the entire childhood of today’s letter writers andRead more
The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation have launched what will be the biggest Pigs on Parade and public arts initiative to take place in Dublin in January 2015! This follows on from Jack & Jill’s successful Big Egg Hunt in 2013 which saw 100 giant life-size pieces of Egg Art going on display across DublinRead more
“A fascinating and heart-breaking story” according to Miriam O’Callaghan Jonathan Irwin is best known as the man who, following the tragic death of his son at 22 months old, set up the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation so that other parents would not have to go through the hardship his family did to nurse theirRead more
The fascinating and tragic story of the man behind the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation. NOW AVAILABLE for pre-order! www.mercierpress.ie/irish-books/jack-jill The book is going to be released this OCTOBER 2014 with all royalties going to the foundation! Read more
A new anonymous document blasting the National Children’s Hospital plan in St. James’s site! Speaking to Newstalk radio earlier today, Jack & Jill CEO Jonathan Irwin said the letter showed there were ”horrifying things that are under the carpet”. Click to read the letter: Letter to Jonathan Irwin from a senior consultant at St James’s Hospital Read more
Dear Parents and Supporters and Friends I wish to echo the concerns of John O’Leary and Rita Dempsey in the Irish Independent today with regard to the location of the new children’s hospital at St. James and to thank them for speaking up. [read article: www.independent.ie/fury-at-decision-to-push-on-with-new-childrens-hospital ] Standing by quietly while the new children’s hospital isRead more
“We were bringing her home to live, not to die” This is the headline of today’s article in the Irish Times by Sheila Wayman featuring a Jack & Jill family down in Co Wexford. As well as showcasing an emotional and powerful story of what day-to-day life for such a family really means, the article also marksRead more
The families of the 300 children around the country supported by the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation are being put through torture on medical cards, endless form filling, reviews, rejection letters and stress. Follow Jonathan on Twitter And here we have the HSE in Leinster House today repeating their well crafted holding statement on medicalRead more
Jack & Jill Foundation nurses tell Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health & Children that “HSE should be rolling out the red carpet, not red tape, to support families to care for their child at home, particularly for those children requiring end of life care” “As nurses, we spend too much of our time on theRead more