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.  


ITS GSK ERS Bursary 2017

The Irish Thoracic Society was pleased to award three Travel Bursaries to the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress which took place in Milan from the 9th – 13th September 2017, kindly supported by GSK.  The bursaries were awarded to Dr Aoife O’Reilly, Tallaght Hospital, Dr John MacSharry, UCC and Dr Andre Pozza, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. […]


Presentation of the Irish Thoracic Society / A.Menarini Pharmaceuticals American Thoracic Society (ATS) Bursary

Dr. Robert Smyth and Dr. Breda Cushen, both SpRs in Respiratory Medicine, have been awarded the Irish Thoracic Society A.Menarini Pharmaceuticals ATS bursaries. These awards were open to SpRs on the Specialist Registrar Training Programmes in Respiratory Medicine or Paediatrics with an interest in Respiratory Medicine. There were two awards, one based on an evaluation […]


Winners of the ITS Respiratory Challenge

We are pleased to announce Team Galway as the winners of the ITS Respiratory Challenge, kindly supported by Astra Zeneca. Pictured left to right: David Burke, Astra Zeneca, Dr Jacqueline Rendall, President ITS, Team Galway members Dr David Watchorn, Dr Mohammed Ahmed, Dr Breda Cushen and Dr Vincent Brennan with Professor JJ Gilmartin, Quiz Compere.


ITS / A. Menarini Pharmaceuticals ATS Bursary 2017

The Irish Thoracic Society invites applications for a Bursary to attend the American Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting taking place in Washington from the 19th-24 May, kindly supported by A. Menarini Pharmaceuticals. The Bursary is to the value of €5,000 and will be awarded based on an evaluation of abstracts submitted to the ATS. It is […]