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This website is for researchers, health and social care professionals, service providers, policy makers, charities, funders and anyone interested in palliative care research in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

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Palliative Care, Migration and Belonging: Reflections from an Evolving Ireland

April 14, 2026

The most recent census showed that 12% of people residing in Ireland are non-Irish nationals (CSO, 2022), alongside significant numbers of refugees and applicants for international protection. This shift in demographics is evident in GP surgeries and primary care centres, hospitals and hospices, and now it makes its way into cancer wards and hospices. For Irish palliative care services, it is part of their everyday experience…

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Spotlight on Publications

February 10, 2026

Pain is the most common and distressing symptom for children at the end of life, with management challenges causing significant distress for patients and caregivers. This review aims to identify the existing literature on the use of patient-controlled analgesia for the paediatric palliative care population requiring symptom management at the end of life…

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All Ireland Research Priorities Palliative and End-of-Life Care 2025 -2030

The All Ireland Palliative and End-of-Life Care Research Priorities 2025-2030, launched at the 14th Annual Palliative Care Research Network Symposium in November 2025, were identified in collaboration with people with lived and/or professional experience in palliative care…

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AIIHPC Fellowships and Bursaries

The AIIHPC Fellowship and Bursary Awards aim to support AIIHPC Palliative Care Research Network and AIIHPC Early Career Researcher Forum members from AIIHPC member organisations by fostering meaningful research in palliative care across the Island of Ireland to improve the quality of life of people with life-limiting conditions and their families…

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Spotlight on Publications

Although palliative care is recommended for people with heart failure in various national and international guidelines, there remains no universally adopted standard on how and when to integrate it into heart failure care. This study aims to map the palliative care services available for people within 1 country in the United Kingdom, and to determine how palliative care access for people with heart failure is implemented across the country…

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