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Infertility

Explainer: When will IVF treatment be provided through the Irish public health service?

19 Dec 2019

14.6k

Infertility

€2 million in funding for IVF and fertility treatment set to be announced by government

18 Dec 2019

16.5k

endometriosis

'Many times I just keep smiling to avoid crumbling into a crying mess'

Julie Ronaghan

9 Sep 2017

21.5k

Ukraine

Doctor defends 'three-parent baby' technique amid criticism

3 Jun 2017

22.7k

Breakthrough

Infertility problems in mice solved with 3D-printed ovaries

17 May 2017

8.0k

there's a fap for that

It's now possible to test sperm quality with a smartphone

27 Mar 2017

20.3k

Health

A Spanish fertility clinic that plays music to foetuses has bought a surgery in Kildare

2 Jul 2016

16.6k

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column

Infertile, dating and 33: How do you bring up an inability to have children?

Clare McAfee

5 Jun 2016

14.2k

sperm extraction

Landmark: First pregnancy using innovative fertility treatment in Ireland

2 Jun 2016

15.3k

moral dilemma?

"In theory you could do anything you wanted with a human embryo in Ireland"

5 May 2016

12.5k

STI

Super-gonorrhoea a 'serious threat' in Ireland

18 Apr 2016

31.9k

Opinion

Why do people say this: ‘They’ve been married a while now? What’s keeping her?'

Jennifer Ryan Moran

2 Mar 2016

616

Opinion

When a couple faces the reality of infertility, it can send them into crisis mode

Laura Bayoumi

14 Jan 2016

2.3k

Opinion

'My failure to conceive makes me feel like I'm not functioning as a woman'

Anonymous

24 Oct 2015

116k

133

pcos

Do you suffer with polycystic ovary syndrome? New research hopes to help you

22 Jun 2015

21.2k

My experience

A Personal Story: My life with Turner Syndrome

Triona Keane

29 Sep 2014

51.8k

Infertility

Not legislating for surrogacy is 'simply kicking the can down the road'

26 Sep 2014

4.6k

Male Fertility

More research needed into possible link between infertility and mobile phones

22 Jul 2014

11.6k

jumbo dumbo

Junk in that trunk: The weight problem facing elephants

18 Jul 2014

9.1k

having children

Opinion: I'm not genetically linked to my son or daughter but, honestly, it just doesn't matter

Catherine W

12 Jun 2014

142

Fertility

Opinion: It's still hard to express the sadness that comes with being unable to have children

Trevor O'Sullivan

11 Jun 2014

548

fertility problems

Opinion: Infertility can be utterly devastating for a man – don't allow him to suffer in silence

Helen Browne

10 Jun 2014

238

Speaking out

Celebrities commended for highlighting their infertility problems

13 May 2014

27.4k

Globozoospermia

Irish researchers discovering more and more about male infertility

18 Oct 2013

8.4k

Fertility

New IVF treatment could result in couples having successful pregnancies

23 May 2013

11.9k

Infertility

Potential infertility cure: stem cells create viable eggs in mice

4 Oct 2012

3.4k

Fertility

Frozen - over fresh - embryos may improve IVF success

5 Sep 2012

5.9k

Opinion

Column: Having children doesn’t define men, so why should it define women?

Abigail Rieley

12 Aug 2012

185

Catholic Church

Pope says marriage is only place 'worthy' of conception

27 Feb 2012

8.9k

188

Read Me

Column: ‘Deep down, I am still angry at the unfairness of it all’

Helen Browne

30 Aug 2011

1.0k

Fertility

Scientists grow sperm in laboratory

25 Mar 2011

1.2k

Living

Babies born through IVF may have twice the risk of cerebral palsy

3 Nov 2010

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