Irish Premature Babies is a nationwide Charity CHY19532, set up to provide support, information and practical help for parents who have premature babies in Ireland. Irish Premature Babies is the only charity that supports the 4,500 plus families affected by a premature birth every year in the country.  Irish Premature Babies is a 100% voluntary run Charity.  The birth of a premature baby is an extraordinary journey that most people are  truly unaware of unless they have been in that position. One day you are pregnant and looking forward to the future, and then circumstances change and you are hurled into the unfamiliar and unknown world of the Neo-natal unit.  The joy that is associated with giving birth is overcome by fear, guilt, anger, loneliness and isolation. Irish Premature Babies are here to support you in any way we can, whenever you need us. We have a 24 hour helpline available for families, several support systems in place for you to talk to NICU veterans on one to one basis and  we also run Meet & Greet sessions for families throughout the country throughout the year for families.

If you would like to register for any event with the charity, either a sporting event like the mini marathon or marathon, the Ride out for Prems, or a fundraising event you would like to run, please click on the "Register for Events" button and fill in your details and a member of our fundraising team will be in contact with you. Our charity relies on fundraising so it can achieve it's primary objectives. We don't get any government funding. We are always looking for people to help and support our charity in any of our fundraising endeavours.There are a number of events coming up in the next few months, we would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to participate in them for Irish Premature Babies,our fundraising team will send you  or email you our new our fundraising pack. We will also support you if you would like to do a fundraising event for the charity

Our charity produce a newsletter aptly named "Early Additions".We send copies of this newsletter to all the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU's) and Special Care Baby Units (SCBU's) around Ireland. This is the very first newsletter produced n Ireland about prematurity and premature babies. If you would prefer a hard copy of the newsletter please contact the newsletter team and they will forward you a copy. Please click on the front cover to read our newsletter. 

 The charity produced a book called " Tiny Footprints". This book tells the journey of eighty parents and their experience of having a premature baby/ babies. This book is a testimony of the difficulty faced by many parents when a baby arrives too soon, not just in the weeks post birth but also in the years that follow.  We hope that this book reflects the reality of having a premature baby and also highlight some of the extraordinary little fighters that are our premature babies. The book also demonstrates the highly skilled and professional neonatal staff that look after the premature babies of Ireland every day. All the proceeds of this book will go directly towards purchasing accommodation and resource centre for parents and babies in Dublin. The book is available from our shop on the website, in Easons, and numerous bookstores throughout Ireland. The book is also available to buy on Ebay, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. We ship anywhere in the world. The book is also available for kindles.