Author: HeatherS

As a young physician, Dr. Michael J. Brescia helped discover a way to increase the time a patient in kidney failure, could receive dialysis until a transplant could take place. Dr Michael and his colleagues had a chance to become very wealthy by selling the idea to a pharmaceutical company, however, as the doctor later […]

A new pilgrim path running from Wexford to Pembrokeshire is set to become a popular pilgrim route in Europe. Taking an average of nine days to walk, and with a ferry crossing in the middle, the new path follows St. Aidan’s 7th-century journey as he travelled from Ferns, to meet his mentor and teacher, St. […]

Chhouk, is an 11-year-old Asian elephant living at the Wildlife Alliance conservation in Cambodia. Unfortunately, his foot had to be amputated after it was caught in a poacher’s snare, but his carers have been able to fit him with a prosthetic foot, which they say allows him to walk, run and even swim without difficulty. […]

A 400 mile camino known as The Jordan Trail spans the entire length of that country, north to south, and takes in many Biblical sites, Unesco heritage sites and one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. It is divided into eight regions and travels through desert, canyons, mountains and oases following the routes […]

Doctors in Texas have been astounded by what appears to be a rescue call from the womb! Leah McBride knew that she was expecting twin girls and that one was smaller than the other. So when Poppy’s heart rate began to waver at just under 32 weeks, doctors decided to intervene and deliver the twins. […]

Thursday, 9 March⋅10:00 – 13:00 Join with us on Thurs, Mar 9th from 10-1 at our Tearfund Ireland office for this year’s Coffee Morning! We will have some tasty coffee and baked goodies for you. You can come in and meet the staff and other Tearfund Ireland supporters. We are pleased to have two of […]