We were delighted to welcome our guest lecturers who continued the tradition of excellent, informative and entertaining addresses to the meeting.  This year’s special features included: a lecture on Understanding of Diaphragm Performance by Professor F. Dennis McCool, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and Alpert Medical School of Brown University; a lecture on the UK National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway by Professor David Baldwin, Nottingham University Hospitals and University of Nottingham; a lecture on occupational Lung Disease by Professor Paul Cullinan, Imperial College (NHLI) and Royal Brompton Hospital and a lecture on Laboratory Diagnosis of Respiratory Infections by Dr Tanya Curran, Royal Victoria Hospital and Queens University Belfast.

Back row – Dr Aidan O’Brien, Limerick University Hospital, Alan O’Connell, Boehringer Ingelheim, Dr F. Dennis McCool, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and Brown University (guest speaker) , Dr Brian Casserly, Limerick University Hospital; Front row  – Dr Eithne Mulloy, St John’s Hospital, Limerick, Dr Tanya Curran, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast and Queens University (guest speaker), Ms Cliona O’Donoghue, Boehringer Ingelheim

Professor Paul Cullinan, Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital London, delivering guest lecture on Occupational Lung Disease: A Medley

Professor David Baldwin, Nottingham University Hospitals and University of Nottingham delivering ITS guest lecture on The UK National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway – Pie in the sky or just what we need?

Dr Aidan O’Brien, Limerick University Hospital, Dr Jacqueline Rendall, Irish Thoracic Society, Prof Paul Cullinan Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital London, Dr Dorothy Ryan, Beaumont Hospital Dublin and Prof David Baldwin, Nottingham University Hospitals and University of Nottingham