Finglas: School Diabetes Awareness Day
2016-03-07 | Colaiste Ide of further Education, Finglas
A Diabetes Ireland School Awareness Day will take place in Colaiste Ide of further Education, Finglas on the 7th of March.
Vicky Doyle, Health Promotion Officer with Diabetes Ireland, will be completing a series of school visits in the Leinster area in 2016 as part of our new Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme. Vicky, who herself was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 11 years old, will talk to students and create awareness around type 1 and type 2 diabetes across the Leinster region. Students and teachers will also learn the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, how to handle emergency situations for students with type 1 and receive advice on healthy diet and exercise to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
If your school would like to take part in the Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme, please call Vicky on 01 842 8118 or email vicky.doyle@diabetes.ie
*Please not these events are not open to the general public.

Mullingar: Public Information Evening
2016-03-07 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar, Co Westmeath
The Westmeath Branch of Diabetes Ireland are holding a Public Information Evening on ‘Sugar and Fat’ in the Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar, Co Westmeath on March the 7th @ 7pm.
Keynote speaker:- Professor Donal O’Shea.
Many of you will know Professor O’Shea from his appearance on RTE’s Operation Transformation, however there is more to him than his appearances on this popular RTE show. He is Irelands top expert on obesity and especially obesity in children. Professor O’Shea is extremely forthright and passionate in his views on his specialist subject and on exactly how to tackle the impending “obesity epidemic”.
Supporting speaker:- Pauline Dunne, Regional Development Office, Diabetes Ireland
Pauline will talk about the “Sugar Smart “ campaign and interactive web tool. Great information to help you make better choices with food, every day including information on Diabetes.
Supporting speaker:- Eamonn Brady, Pharmacist at Whelehans Pharmacy
Eamonn will give an overview of the use of medicines to control and mange related conditions such as High Blood Pressure, Diabetes and Weight Loss.
In addition to our speakers, there will be information, advice and support available from a variety of related disciplines, such as Retina Screen, Diabetes Ireland, Whelehans Nutrition, Dental Hygiene.

Kildare: School Diabetes Awareness Day
2016-03-08 | St Bridgids Primary School, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare
A Diabetes Ireland School Awareness Day will take place in St Bridgids Primary School, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare on the 8th of March.
Vicky Doyle, Health Promotion Officer with Diabetes Ireland, will be completing a series of school visits in the Leinster area in 2016 as part of our new Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme. Vicky, who herself was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 11 years old, will talk to students and create awareness around type 1 and type 2 diabetes across the Leinster region. Students and teachers will also learn the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, how to handle emergency situations for students with type 1 and receive advice on healthy diet and exercise to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
If your school would like to take part in the Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme, please call Vicky on 01 842 8118 or email vicky.doyle@diabetes.ie
*Please not these events are not open to the general public.

Buncranna: CODE Education Programme
2016-03-08 | Buncranna
A free 3 week CODE programme will take place in Inishowen, Gateway Hotel, Buncrana, Co. Donegal
on March 8th for 3 consecutive weeks with a final session in 6 months’ time.
CODE is an education programme which supports people with diabetes through group learning and participation. It encourages participants to become confident in their diabetes self care management and aims to improve quality of life through informed decision making.
Booking essential as places are limited. For more information or to book a place please call Regina on 071 914 6001.

Professional Study Day
2016-03-11 | Croke Park Conference Centre Dublin 9, Dublin 3
This event is open to Healthcare Professionals only.
Our Annual Diabetes Multidisciplinary Professional Study Day will take place on Friday the 11th of March in Croke Park. Whilst planning this year’s agenda, we reviewed feedback from last year’s delegates to identify the topics and issues of most interest to the diabetes healthcare professional community. Topics for this year include:

A current diabetes services update
How to avoid workplace” burnout”
Pre-pregnancy planning in T2 diabetes
Bariatric surgery and its effectiveness in T2 management
Glucose control: Are we forgetting a big part of the story?
Pharmacology in diabetes

For further information on the days events please download our programme here: Diabetes Multidisciplinary Professional Study Day 2016
Registration
The registration fee for the professional study day is €90*. This includes lunch, coffee, complimentary membership of the Professional Section of Diabetes Ireland and a subscription to Cardiology and Diabetes Professional until March 2017.
*Please note a €20 late registration fee applies after this date.
To register click here

Limerick Nutritional Talk
2016-03-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Diocesan Centre, Michael Street, Limerick
The Limerick Parents Support Group are delighted to be hosting a talk with Sinead Delaney, Nutritional Therapist, on Tuesday, March the 15th. The talk will be take place in the Diocesan Centre, Michael Street, Limerick @ 7:30pm.
Sinead is going to focus on healthy lunches for this talk and she will be giving an informative handout after her talk to all who attend. Cost: €10 per person or €15 per family
If you are interested please let Olivia or Carmel know by Friday March 4th as will need to finalise numbers that weekend. Please send an email to livsweeney75@gmail.com to advise you will attend.

Clare Type 2 Diabetes Support Meeting
2016-03-15 20:00 - 21:30 | Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis, Cl Clare, Ireland
The Clare Type 2 Diabetes Support Group will have their next get-together on Tuesday, March 15th in The Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare at 8pm.
This meeting is free to attend and open to anyone who wants to learn more about Type 2 Diabetes. If you would like more information about our support group call Grainne at 087 654 8320 or email clarebranchdfi@gmail.com.
The Clare Type 2 Diabetes group meets every second month and information about future meetings can be obtained from the above contact information.

Newbridge: Training for Carers
2016-03-16 | KARE, Newbridge, Co Kildare
Did you know?

61% of people living with Intellectual Disabilities are at risk of Pre-Diabetes or Type 2 diabetes
16% of people with Intellectual Disabilities aged over 40 are already living with Type 2 diabetes

With this in mind Diabetes Ireland have developed a programme to provide training to the carers of those living with Intellectual Disabilities. Our healthcare professionals, Sinead Hanley and Pauline Dunne, will be visiting organisations across the country to deliver a practical interactive awareness session to carers of people with Intellectual Disability. These training sessions aim to provide carers with the skills to help prevent Type 2 diabetes and manage those already living with the condition.
If you are interested in hosting a session please contact Diabetes Ireland on 01 842 8118.
*Please note: These events are only open to the staff of the organisation hosting the training the session.

Swords: Training for Carers
2016-03-16 | Prosper Fingal

Galway: Health 2.0 Meetup
2016-03-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Bank of Ireland, Mainguard St, Galway
The theme for this years Health 2.0 Meet Up is Diabetes. Speakers will have 10 to 15 minutes to talk about their position and then there will be Q & A.
Date and time: Thursday, March 31, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm.
Venue: Bank of Ireland, Mainguard St, Galway, Co Galway
Light refreshments will be served.
Speakers:

Pauline Dunne, Regional Development Officer, Diabetes Ireland
Chris Murphy & Simon Kiersey, Co-Founders of Bluedrop Medical – early stage startup company investigating the issue of diabetic foot disease.
Mary Clare O’Hara – Mary Clare is a Health Services Researcher and Programme Manager, Diabetes Centre, Galway University Hospitals.
Lisa Hynes, Postdoctoral researcher, Health Behaviour Change Research Group, NUI Galway. Lisa’s PhD in health psychology aimed to develop a theory to explain clinic attendance among young adults with type 1 diabetes.

For more information or to RSVP, please go to – www.meetup.com

Trabolgan Family Weekend
2016-04-01 - 2016-04-03 | Trabolgan Holiday Village, Whitegate, Midleton, East Cork, Co Cork
** Please note this event has now been filled but we hope to run a similiar event later in the year for any families that have missed out.
The Sweetpea Kidz Club is excited to announce their annual trip to Trabolgan will take place from the 1st to the 3rd of April 2016.
The weekend activities will include workshops for parents and a workshop for children with diabetes. We also hope to run a workshop for siblings of children with diabetes. These will give parents an opportunity to share their experiences, speak with medical personnel and most importantly to offer each other support. We will have our team leaders (many of whom have diabetes themselves), who will organise and supervise activities for children.
We have booked 25 houses for the weekend. We do not like to refuse people, but we are limited in the number of volunteers we can bring with us. Therefore, we will only be able to accommodate the first 25 families, who book with full payment. We will not be able to extend this number as we get closer to the event.
Families will be accommodated in self-catering apartments. Chestnut Type houses sleep 4-5 people and cost €270. Forest Oak houses sleep 6-7 people and cost €320. These prices include the use of the swimming pool, sports centre, crazy golf, indoor and outdoor play centres and night entertainment. We have booked 20 chestnut houses and 5 forest oak houses. Bookings will be taken on a first come-first served basis.
Please Note: Staff at Trabolgan will not enter negotiations regarding refunds if families are unable to attend. They advise that insurance be taken out (at a cost of €11.50 per person) to cover cancellation, luggage and personal protection. Insurance forms will be issued with acknowledgement of payments for weekend trip received by the S.K. Club.

Dublin: Diabetes screening
2016-04-04 09:00 - 17:00 | Gresham Hotel, Dublin 1
Hearing Awareness Week 2016 runs from Monday 4th April- Friday 8th April. To celebrate this special week, Hidden Hearing are hosting 5 nationwide Health Screening Events across the week and Diabetes Ireland are delighted to be part of these events. Our healthcare professional staff will be on hand at all week screening for diabetes and offering advice and tips on how you can manage your diabetes.
To register to attend please go to – www.hiddenhearing.ie

Cork: Diabetes screening
2016-04-05 09:00 - 17:00 | The Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street, Cork

Galway: Diabetes screening
2016-04-05 09:00 - 17:00 | The Radission BLU Hotel, Lough Atalia Road, Galway

Waterford: Diabetes screening
2016-04-06 09:00 - 17:00 | Dooleys Hotel, Merchants Quay, Waterford

Athlone: Diabetes screening
2016-04-07 09:00 - 17:00 | The Sheraton Hotel, Gleeson St, Athlone

National Seminar for Women with Diabetes
2016-04-09 10:00 - 15:30 | Croi Heart and Stroke Centre, Moyola Lane, Galway
A one day seminar is taking place in the Croí Heart & Stroke Charity Centre on Saturday, 9th of April. The focus of the event will be on care before, during and after pregnancy. Information will be delivered by an expert team and will address all practical aspects of childbearing with diabetes. Pauline Dunne, Senior Dietitian with Diabetes Ireland, will be there on the day to answer any dietary questions.
For more details or to register to attend, follow this link – www.croi.ie/womenwithdiabetes

Monkstown: School Diabetes Awareness Day
2016-04-11 | Educate Together National School, Monkstown, Co Dublin
A Diabetes Ireland School Awareness Day will take place in Educate Together National School, Monkstown on the 11th of April.
Vicky Doyle, Health Promotion Officer with Diabetes Ireland, will be completing a series of school visits in the Leinster area in 2016 as part of our new Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme. Vicky, who herself was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 11 years old, will talk to students and create awareness around type 1 and type 2 diabetes across the Leinster region. Students and teachers will also learn the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, how to handle emergency situations for students with type 1 and receive advice on healthy diet and exercise to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
If your school would like to take part in the Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme, please call Vicky on 01 842 8118 or email vicky.doyle@diabetes.ie
*Please not these events are not open to the general public.

Lucan: School Diabetes Awareness Day
2016-04-13 | Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School, Lucan
A Diabetes Ireland School Awareness Day will take place in Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School, Lucan on the 13th of April.
Vicky Doyle, Health Promotion Officer with Diabetes Ireland, will be completing a series of school visits in the Leinster area in 2016 as part of our new Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme. Vicky, who herself was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 11 years old, will talk to students and create awareness around type 1 and type 2 diabetes across the Leinster region. Students and teachers will also learn the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, how to handle emergency situations for students with type 1 and receive advice on healthy diet and exercise to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
If your school would like to take part in the Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme, please call Vicky on 01 842 8118 or email vicky.doyle@diabetes.ie
*Please not these events are not open to the general public.

Leixlip: School Diabetes Awareness Day
2016-04-14 | Cholaiste Chiarain Secondary School, Leixlip
A Diabetes Ireland School Awareness Day will take place in Cholaiste Chiarain Secondary School, Leixlip on the 14th of April.
Vicky Doyle, Health Promotion Officer with Diabetes Ireland, will be completing a series of school visits in the Leinster area in 2016 as part of our new Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme. Vicky, who herself was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 11 years old, will talk to students and create awareness around type 1 and type 2 diabetes across the Leinster region. Students and teachers will also learn the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, how to handle emergency situations for students with type 1 and receive advice on healthy diet and exercise to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
If your school would like to take part in the Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme, please call Vicky on 01 842 8118 or email vicky.doyle@diabetes.ie
*Please not these events are not open to the general public.

Achill Sound: CODE Education Programme
2016-04-14 10:00 - 13:00 | The Community Hall, Achill Sound, Co Mayo
A free 3 week CODE programme will take place in The Community Hall, Achill Sound, Co Mayo. The programme will run for 3 consecutive weeks, starting April 14th and continuing on the 21st and 28th, with a final session in 6 months’ time.
CODE is an education programme which supports people with diabetes through group learning and participation. It encourages participants to become confident in their diabetes self care management and aims to improve quality of life through informed decision making.
Booking essential as places are limited. For more information or to book a place please call Regina on 071 914 6001

National Spring Meeting: Let’s Focus On .....
2016-04-17 14:00 - 17:00 | Clayton Hotel, Sligo
This year’s National Spring Meeting of Diabetes Ireland will be held in the Clayton Hotel (formerly the Clarion Hotel), Sligo Town on Sunday 17 April at 2pm.
The idea behind the theme of the meeting “Let’s Focus On” is to provide people with diabetes an opportunity to focus on the relevant management issues they may face on a daily basis. On the day, there will themed patient education streams for people with Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and for parents of children with Type 1 diabetes. Each stream will have 3 presentations from a range of healthcare professionals.
Type 1 Workshop Stream
This workshop will focus on all aspects of living with Type 1 diabetes. From the emotional impact of diagnosis, the stress of daily living with the condition and the level of personal responsibility to achieving good control such as managing insulin adjustment, food choices and exercise. Presenters will also focus on the lifestyle issues/concerns people face such as sick day management, sexual dysfunction and planning for pregnancy.
Parents & Teens with Type 1 Workshop Stream
This workshop stream will focus on staying healthy with Type 1 diabetes from the emotional impact of diagnosis to the stress of daily living outlining what parents need to do to ensure their child stays healthy and active, from developing a management plan and its various stages based on their child’s needs with the diabetes team, offering advice on the various issues that may arise from how to deal with school management & teachers, importance of sport/exercise, diet and carbohydrates. It will also focus on the ongoing concerns that parents of children face daily – hypos, sick day management & DKA (do’s and don’ts) with the aim to help minimise short and long term health problems as best you can.
Type 2 Workshop Stream
This workshop will focus on living well with Type 2 diabetes. It will outline complications people with Type 2 diabetes are at risk from, what you can personally do to help meet agreed targets in terms of diet and exercise and foot care to avoid/delay the onset of complications. Dietary considerations will focus on what balanced diet includes – portion sizes, importance of hydration and the role of low carbohydrate diets in your daily diet.

How to register
With presentations going on simultaneously, we are limited in terms of places for each stream so pre-booking is essential if you wish to attend on the day. We are charging a nominal registration fee of €5 per person* to attend the workshop stream of your choice. To register call Sheila on 1850 909 909.
*For members of Diabetes Ireland, it is €5 to attend and they may bring up to 3 guests free of charge. To avail of this offer please call us on 1850 909 909.

Celbridge: School Diabetes Awareness Day
2016-04-18 | Scoil Brid, Celbridge, Co Kildare
A Diabetes Ireland School Awareness Day will take place in Scoil Brid, Celbridge on the 18th of April.
Vicky Doyle, Health Promotion Officer with Diabetes Ireland, will be completing a series of school visits in the Leinster area in 2016 as part of our new Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme. Vicky, who herself was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 11 years old, will talk to students and create awareness around type 1 and type 2 diabetes across the Leinster region. Students and teachers will also learn the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, how to handle emergency situations for students with type 1 and receive advice on healthy diet and exercise to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
If your school would like to take part in the Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme, please call Vicky on 01 842 8118 or email vicky.doyle@diabetes.ie
*Please note these events are not open to the general public.

Clare Type 1 Diabetes Meetup
2016-04-19 20:00 - 21:30 | Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis, Cl Clare, Ireland
The next meeting of the Clare Type 1 Diabetes Support group takes place on Tuesday 19th April at 8pm in The Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis. The topic of this meeting is “Type 1 Diabetes and Living with Complications”.
Our guest speaker is AineMae O’Mahony who has lived with type 1 diabetes for 25 years, and lost her sight at the age of 26. She is the manager of community radio station, Radio Corca Baiscinn, in Loop Head, Co Clare, managing 25 members of staff and volunteers.
This meeting will focus on how the complications of type 1 diabetes are not a sign of failure. And by talking about the these complications of diabetes we may take some of the fear out of it for ourselves.
Our group is informal and made up of adults with type 1 diabetes and parents of children with diabetes. We share information about living with Type 1 diabetes and our life experiences to learn from each other.
The Clare Type 1 Diabetes Support Group can be contacted on telephone number 087 6548320 or email: clarebranchdfi@gmail.com

Tallaght: School Diabetes Awareness Day
2016-04-20 | St Thomas SNS, Jobstown, Tallaght, Dublin 24
A Diabetes Ireland School Awareness Day will take place in St Thomas SNS, Jobstown, Tallaght on the 20th of April.
Vicky Doyle, Health Promotion Officer with Diabetes Ireland, will be completing a series of school visits in the Leinster area in 2016 as part of our new Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme. Vicky, who herself was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 11 years old, will talk to students and create awareness around type 1 and type 2 diabetes across the Leinster region. Students and teachers will also learn the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, how to handle emergency situations for students with type 1 and receive advice on healthy diet and exercise to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
If your school would like to take part in the Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme, please call Vicky on 01 842 8118 or email vicky.doyle@diabetes.ie
*Please note these events are not open to the general public.

Cork Branch of Diabetes Ireland AGM
2016-04-21 19:00 - 21:30 | Imperial Hotel, Cork
The AGM of the Cork Branch of Diabetes Ireland will take place on April the 21st in the Imperial Hotel, Cork City at 7pm.
Our speakers and topics are:
Billy Murphy, Dietician, Cork University Hospital
“Portion Control/Sugar Intake”
Alexandra Towning, Senior Podiatrist, Diabetes Ireland
“Exercise as Medicine”
Anne Walsh, Screener, Medical Imaging
“The Importance of the Annual Eye Screening Test”
This meeting is free to attend and all are welcome.
For more information please contact Charlotte in our Cork Office on 021 4274229 or email sro@diabetes.ie

Dun Laoghaire Branch Public Education Meeting
2016-04-21 20:00 - 21:30 | Stillorgan Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan Road
The Dun Laoghaire Branch of Diabetes Ireland will hold a Public Education Meeting on Thursday the 21st of April at 8pm in the Stillorgan Talbot Hotel.
Speakers on the night are:
Ms Elaine Hanlon, Counsellor and Psychotherapist
“Mindfulness and Diabetes”
Conor Keane, Pharmacist and Nutritional Therapist
“Ask Your Pharmacist”.
This event is free to attend and all are welcome. For more information please contact Sheila on 01 842 8818 or email info@diabetes.ie

Donegal Branch Weekend Break
2016-04-22 - 2016-04-24 | Inishowen Gateway Hotel, Buncrana , Co Donegal
Our annual weekend break for people with diabetes and their families will take place in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel, Buncrana from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th April 2016. Click on the link to download Donegal Weekend Break 2016 Information & Application form
For further information about the weekend break in Buncrana you can contact Gerard Gallagher at 087 2346902 or Paul Gillespie at 087 2514575.

Drogheda: Type 1 Diabetes Roundtable Workshop
2016-04-25 19:00 - 21:15 | Boyne Valley Hotel, Dublin Road, Drogheda
Have you ever wanted to sit face to face with the diabetes experts outside of a hospital setting to learn more about your condition? Diabetes Ireland is delighted to offer you this opportunity. In partnership with Novartis, we have experts from a variety of fields in the area of Type 1 diabetes to answer YOUR questions. To do this, join us in the Boyne Valley Hotel, Dublin Road, Drogheda on Monday 25th April 2016 from 7-9.15pm.
On the night, each speaker will give a 5 minute introduction on their topic. Following this, you and fellow attendees will be divided into small groups (no more than 12) at a round discussion table. Our experts will move from table to table in rotation for a 20 minute Q&A session. This should allow for easy conversation and give you the opportunity to ask them anything you like about your diabetes, or just listen.
The experts and their topics are:
Type 1 Diabetes Treatments (Pumps/Meters/Insulins etc.)
Ms Julie O Hanrahan, Diabetes Nurse, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda

Good Eye Health & the Diabetic Retina Screen Service

Dr Ian Dooley, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Mater Hospital, Dublin

What’s new in Nutrition & Type 1 Diabetes Management

Ms Sinead Powell, Senior Dietitian, Diabetes Ireland

Protecting My Body

Ms Jenny Thompson, Diabetes Nurse Specialist, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
To avail of this invaluable opportunity, register today by completing the below form or ring Ashley (Diabetes Ireland) on Lo-Call 1850 909 909 or 01 8428118. It is €5 to register and please note that we have a maximum of 48 places. So register today and do not miss out. There will be light refreshments available at 8pm.
Please note this meeting is for adults with Type 1 Diabetes and parents of children with Type 1 diabetes (it is not suitable for children).

Kill: School Diabetes Awareness Day
2016-04-27 | Scoil Bhride Kill National School, Kill, Co Kildare
A Diabetes Ireland School Awareness Day will take place in Scoil Bhride Kill National School on the 27th of April.
Vicky Doyle, Health Promotion Officer with Diabetes Ireland, will be completing a series of school visits in the Leinster area in 2016 as part of our new Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme. Vicky, who herself was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 11 years old, will talk to students and create awareness around type 1 and type 2 diabetes across the Leinster region. Students and teachers will also learn the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, how to handle emergency situations for students with type 1 and receive advice on healthy diet and exercise to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
If your school would like to take part in the Schools Diabetes Awareness Programme, please call Vicky on 01 842 8118 or email vicky.doyle@diabetes.ie
*Please note these events are not open to the general public.
