ASI ITS Bursary – Call for Applications

Applications are invited for the Asthma Society of Ireland and Irish Thoracic Society Joint Research Bursary of €10,000, which was announced at the ITS ASM 2018 in Belfast. This Bursary is kindly supported by Novartis. Please follow this link for details: ASI ITS Bursary – Call for Applications    


Asthma Research Bursary worth €10,000 announced at ITS Conference

From left to right: Mr Shane Sullivan (Medical Advisor – Novartis), Dr Ross Morgan (President – Irish Thoracic Society) and Ms Sarah O’Connor (CEO – Asthma Society of Ireland) at the announcement of the ASI ITS Asthma Research Bursary at the ITS ASM 2018 in Belfast.   Asthma Research Bursary worth €10,000 announced at ITS […]


Launch of the ITS ILD Registry Annual Report 2018

The Irish Thoracic Society are delighted to announce the launch of the ITS Interstitial Lung Disease Registry Annual Report 2018, on Friday 23rd November, at the ITS Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, which took place at the Hastings Europa Hotel, Belfast. ITS ILD Registry Annual Report 2018


ITS GSK ERS Travel Bursary Recipients

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the ITS GSK European Respiratory Society Travel Bursaries – Ms Ashley Sullivan, UCC, Dr Breda Cushen, RCSI – Beaumont and Mr Peter Coss, St James’s Hospital, Dublin. They are pictured here at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Paris. Left to right: Declan Traynor and Ms Louise Mannion […]


ITS – GSK – British Thoracic Society Travel Bursaries 2018

The Irish Thoracic Society is pleased to invite applications for three Travel Bursaries to the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting taking place in London from the 5th – 7th December 2018, kindly supported by GSK.  Bursaries will cover travel, accommodation, registration fees and airport transfers to be arranged directly by the ITS for the successful […]


Launch of Position Statement and Patient Registry for Pulmonary Fibrosis

Irish Thoracic Society Calls for the Appropriate Staffing and Resourcing of Centres of Expertise, and Implementation of Standard Pathway of Care for all Patients with Lung Fibrosis in Ireland Call comes at launch of patient registry and position statement on management of lung fibrosis in Ireland The Irish Thoracic Society has today called for the […]


ITS – GSK – ERS Travel Bursaries 2018

The Irish Thoracic Society is delighted to invite applications for three Travel Bursaries to the European Respiratory Society Congress (ERS) taking place in Paris on the 15 – 19 September 2018, kindly supported by GSK.  Bursaries will cover travel, accommodation, registration fees and airport transfers to be arranged directly by the ITS for the successful […]


Change of address

The ITS has moved office.  We are now based in the Creidim Centre, Leopardstown Road, Dublin 18.  Our new phone number is 01 5677201.  You can also reach us by email on info@irishthoracicsociety.com or suzannemccormack@irishthoracicsociety.com.


ITS GSK British Thoracic Society Travel Bursary

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the ITS GSK British Thoracic Society Travel Bursaries – Ms Ashley Sullivan, UCC and Dr Padraig Hawkins, Beaumont Hospital.  They are pictured receiving their awards from Dr Jaqueline Rendall, Irish Thoracic Society and Ms Sarah Flood, GSK.