Speaker: Louise McHugh Senior Podiatrist, Diabetes Ireland Louise, a Senior Podiatrist qualified from the National University of Ireland, Galway with a BSc (Hons) in Podiatry. Louise has worked in a variety of HSE Clinics throughout her career. Louise’s key interests include diabetic foot management, vascular compromised limb, and musculoskeletal podiatry. She joined the Diabetes Ireland team... View Article

The Diabetes Ireland Educational Webinar Series continues for 2023 with our March Webinar taking on 'Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy'.   Our guest speaker is Ms Louise O'Toole, who is an Ophthalmologist at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin. Her area of expertise is Medical retina, Age-related macular degeneration, and Diabetic eye disease.   During this... View Article

  The Diabetes Ireland Educational Webinar Series continues for 2023 with our April Webinar taking on 'Travelling with Diabetes'.     Our guest speaker is Ms Avril McCloskey, based in Letterkenny University Hospital as a Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Paediatric Diabetes. Avril’s future goal to initiate Insulin Pump Starts at LUH, and to continually... View Article

This coming May Bank Holiday Weekend, April 28th to May 1st, we want you and your family to get active! We are asking you to complete a 10 km walk, run, or cycle. Whether you do it at once, spread it over the weekend, or split it with family and friends, the impact is the... View Article

Represent Team Diabetes Ireland in The Vhi Women's Mini Marathon 2023! It’s time to dust off your runners and get ready for the 2023 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon! Taking place in Dublin city center on Bank Holiday Sunday 4th June.     The theme for this year’s event – For Me For You.  Whether you’re taking... View Article

The groups are facilitated by Diabetes Ireland Health Professionals, a Nurse or Dietitian, and kept to a maximum of 12 participants in a relaxed environment sharing and hearing people’s own experiences. Each CODE (Online) programme consists of 4 sessions. The first 3 sessions are over 3 consecutive weeks, and the final session occurs 6 months... View Article

We are delighted to announce we are holding A Family Picnic this year. The venue is ‘Leahy’s Open Farm’  Co. Cork,  on Sunday 25th June 2023 at 12.30 pm.   This event is open to families of children living with Type 1 diabetes a standard entry fee to the farm is €10.50 per child and... View Article

Diabetes Ireland is delighted to invite you to join us at the 2023 Teen Activity Day     The aim of the day is to bring together as many teens with diabetes as possible and for them to have a fun, relaxed day and meet other teens with diabetes. Over the years, our teens have... View Article

We are delighted to announce that as one of Ireland West Airport's charity partners for 2023, the popular annual 5k runway fun run will take place on the runway at Ireland West Airport on Saturday, September 9th at 7 pm.   You can choose to run or walk at this fabulous event. All are welcome... View Article

We are delighted to announce that as part of our World Diabetes Day Celebrations, we are back with the largest event for people living in Ireland our Annual Health Awareness Exhibition!   The face-to-face Annual Health Awareness Exhibition will be held in the Strand Hotel, Limerick on Sunday 5th November 2023 from 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm... View Article