Heart Children Ireland

Heart Children Ireland is a support group for parents and families of children with a congenital Heart Defect.  CHD is the most common of all birth defects affecting one in every one hundred children born at present.  About half of all babies born with CHD will require heart operations and at present, over 400 open heart operations are performed annually on children from one day old to teenagers.

We are a voluntary nationwide group and receive no government funding. We depend entirely on our own fundraising and donations from individuals and businesses.  Over the past 18 years we have raised over €2m for the Cardiac Unit at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin.

We offer support through a shared understanding and awareness of the problems and needs that a child with CHD can bring. 

We support the Cardiac Unit at OUr Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin.

We produce a quarterly magazine Heartstrings

We provide a professional counselling service.

We support our grown up group - Chairde mo Chroi

Social events where parents can meet and talk