We were delighted to meet so many TY students at the TY Show in The Curragh on Tuesday 17th September. We had a busy day raising awareness of COPD amongst the younger population and are hoping some students might fundraise for us as a TY fundraising project! If you have a grandchild/son/daughter that is in Transition Year in school, you might consider asking them to talk to their TY Coordinator about organising a fundraiser. The link to our fundraising page for schools/individual students to register is https://copd.enthuse.com/cf/ty-fundraising-campaign-for-copd-support-ireland

My name is Gerry Browne, and I have witnessed firsthand what it is like to live with COPD, a devastating degenerative lung disease. My Dad suffered with it for over 15 years, gradually losing his capacity to breathe with every lung infection, ultimately resulting in his death. It was difficult to watch him decline; although having been diagnosed with COPD stage 4 we, as a family, were still lucky to have him for as long as we did. I want to mark his memory and do something constructive that may,