Irish ME/CFS AssociationThanks very much to Éabha Melvin & Dr Amolak Bansal for agreeing to be interviewed for this interview in the Irish Independent today which resulted from the Irish ME/CFS Association press release.
It is an extensive article (spread over 3 pages).
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May is #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month.
You can help to raise awareness and understanding by retweeting and/or
liking this 7 minute 8 second-video made on a young UK woman with
severe ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPH3kKkEYAI
Documentary on life with severe ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on BBC1
Tom KindlonDelighted to get this coverage in the Sunday World, one of the newspapers with the largest readership in Ireland
Science for ME ForumOur latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading about ME/CFS, Long Covid, and related news for the week of May 11 - 17.
https://www.s4me.info/threads/news-in-brief-may-2026.50158/#post-693584
Highlight: Major funding secured for Sequence ME & Long Covid! (DecodeMe project)
https://www.actionforme.org.uk/major-funding-secured-for-sequence-me-long-covid-a-decodeme-project/
Delighted to get this coverage following our press release
Here are the contact details if anyone wants to contact the show (best to do it after the piece has started or at least after they announced they are going to cover the topic).
Call us: 061 46 19 95
Text us: 086 123 9595
Email us: [email protected]
People anywhere in the world can listen online here:
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May is #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome (#MECFS)
Awareness Month.
Please help by sharing +/or liking this 6-minute Paper Stop-motion
Animation About ME/CFS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUrPFqGONM8
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #MyalgicE
#PwME #MyE #MEeps
@mecfs
An Existence Project | Paper Stop-motion Animation About ME/CFS
Ahimsa"Do no harm: supporting people with ME/CFS"
https://www.csp.org.uk/frontline/article/do-no-harm-supporting-people-mecfs
"How can physiotherapists provide effective therapies while ensuring patients with this debilitating condition feel safe and supported? Physios for ME offer their thoughts"
Thanks to my mum for getting everything ready for our family
#TeaPartyForME2026 on #BlueSunday2026 (on Sunday).
We’re doing it in aid of the Irish ME/CFS Association @IrishMECFSAssociation
https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/BlueSunday2026fortheIrishMECFSAssociation
but other worthy charities are available (see:
https://the-slow-lane.com/donation-pages )
RE: https://mastodon.ie/@IrishMECFSAssociation/116054466731120376
Hope to see some of you at the Dublin meeting tomorrow. I don’t have the energy for the whole event so I will lie in the back of our car till part way through the Q&A section to be around for chat section. Do come over and say hello if you are there. 👋
#MEcfs #PwME @mecfs
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May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) Awareness Month.
You can help by sharing and/or liking this 7-minute video, "What is ME? (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CFS)" by Broken Battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKPdgz612nU
Day 15
