A new nationwide survey by Ipsos MRBI has revealed that one in every two people (49 per cent) nationwide has experienced lung disease, either personally or through a member of their family. Yet relatively few have had their lungs tested over the past five years (18 per cent) and significant numbers of people were unable […]
Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2014
7th and 8th November, Radisson Blu Hotel Galway Abstract deadline – Friday 15th August 2014 More>
The ITS Welcomes Cabinet Approval of Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Legislation
The Irish Thoracic Society welcomes the government’s decision to approve the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Legislation – paving the way for Ireland to become the first country in the EU to introduce this important public health measure. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland, killing one in two of all users. 5,200 […]
World TB Day 2014
The Irish Thoracic Society (ITS) urges against complacency in the fight against Tuberculosis (TB) – a contagious but controllable disease that continues to pose significant public health challenges as Ireland sees a rise in cases of difficult to treat multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB. To mark World TB Day, Monday 24th March, the ITS has identified […]
Dr William D Linehan MD FRCPI – An Appreciation
Dr William D Linehan, who died on October 11th 2013, was a doctor of medicine who in the first stage of his career was involved in the fight against the scourge of tuberculosis and who later focused on the treatment of patients with asthma and other respiratory diseases. Born in 1926 in Singapore he was […]
Sufferers of chronic respiratory disease join calls for plain packaging legislation
Sufferers of smoking-related heart attack, lung cancer and chronic respiratory disease today (Thursday January 23rd) urged the Government to stand firm against the power of the global tobacco industry by passing planned new plain packaging legislation. Speaking in Buswell’s Hotel, Dublin before the start of public hearings at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and […]
ITS Call under the MRCG HRB Joint Funding Scheme 2014
The Irish Thoracic Society (ITS) is pleased to announce a call for research projects under the 2014 MRCG/HRB Joint Funding Scheme to the value of €100,000.00 over two years. This call is made possible thanks to the support of GlaxoSmithKline Ireland through an unrestricted research grant. We are inviting research proposals that support the Irish Thoracic […]
Lung Disease in Ireland: Prevalence and Trends
The Irish Thoracic Society publishes report on Lung Disease in Ireland – Prevalence and Trends and Implications for Workforce Planning Full report
Asthma Society of Ireland / Irish Thoracic Society Research Bursary 2013
The Asthma Society of Ireland/Irish Thoracic Society Joint Research Bursary has been awarded to Professor Richard Costello and Dr Imran Sulaiman of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin to fund a research study assessing asthma inhaler use in General Practice. Presenting the award, Ms Sharon Cosgrove, CEO of the Asthma Society of Ireland, said: “Research into the causes […]
Irish Lung Health Alliance Public Lectures
With 1 in 7 people in Ireland having an undiagnosed lung condition and Ireland having the third highest death rate from lung disease in Europe, causing 1 in 5 deaths, it is vital that people know how to maximise their lung health by taking simple steps, including regular exercise and avoidance of environmental exposures that […]