Gallery: March 2008

RSCI Graduate Entry Programme

Medical students of the RCSI Graduate Entry Programme meet with the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, at Reservoir House in Sandyford.

Dr Anthony Clare remembered with donation to Plan

Jane Clare, widow of the late Dr Anthony Clare, admires the painting presented to her by Dr Michael Del Monte, Principal Psychologist at St. Edmunsbury Hospital, Lucan on behalf of the hospital’s staff. The painting was originally to be a present for Anthony Clare’s retirement which was due last December.

World Glaucoma Day

(L-r): Mr Des Kenny, Chief Executive Officer of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland, pictured with Mr Niall Toibin at the launch of the first World Glaucoma Day on 6 March.

Bray Clinical Society Dinner

Pictured are some of those who attended the 25th Bray Clinical Society Dinner, in the Glenview Hotel, Bray, Co. Wicklow on Friday, 7 March 2008.

(L-r): Dr Henry Jack, ICGP and Dr Mark Walsh, Chairperson, ICGP(L-r): Dr Frank Devlin, GP retired, Dr Andrea Malone, Tallaght Hospital and Dr Stephen Hawkins, GP

Rugby Challenge match

Action from the Rugby Challenge match between Dublin United Hospitals Team and Cardiff Medical School Team, in Old Belvedere Rugby Club, Dublin.

The match took place on 7 March, 2008.From left, Mr Charlie Parkinson; Mr Rory Sharvill; Mr Chris Brown; Mr Tom Cope; and Mr Rhys Thomas, all from Cardiff Medical School.Dr Michael Farrell and Prof J.C. O’MahoneyMr Richard Knight and Mr Nick Mowbray, both from Cardiff Medical SchoolCardiff Medical School comfortably won their annual match against the Dublin United Hospitals Team 48-0Dr Alan Williams, GP, Taunton and Dr Rick Aldrick, GP, EssexMr Alfi Acheson, Referee, ARLB, Leinster Branch and Dr Colm O’Brien, Mater Hospital

Launch of 'INHALE' report

At the launch of 'INHALE', 2nd Edition, a report into the scale and cost of respiratory disease in Ireland published by the Irish Thoracic Society

(L-r): Dr JJ Gilmartin, President, Irish Thoracic Society; Dr Neil Brennan, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Mercy Hospital Cork; and Mr Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher TD, Minister for Health Promotion and Food Safety

RCPI Faculty of Pathology Annual Dinner and Conferring Ceremony

Pictured are some of the attendees at the RCPI Faculty of Pathology Annual Dinner and Conferring Ceremony. The event was held on 8 February in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Dr Emma Doyle; Dr Eoghan Mooney; Dr Gerard Crotty; Ms Mary Keane and Prof. Tom KeaneDr Mohammed Abuzakouk who received his Fellowship of the Faculty of Pathology, with Mr Akram Abuzakouk and Dr Vivion CrowleyDr Gerard Boran, Dean of the Faculty, talking to Dr Conor O’Keane, Dean Elect, and Mr Leo Kearns, CEO RCPIDr Raouf Nakhleh who received an Honorary Fellowship from the Faculty, with Dr John Donohoe, President, RCPI and Dr Gerard Boran, Dean of the FacultyDr Stephen Finn; Dr Ciara Barrett; Dr Siobhan Nicholson; Dr Richard Flavin and Dr John ClarkeDr Intheran Govender; Dr Trushu Van Mali; Dr Nurul Nor; Dr Farahida Ibrahim and Adam Firdauz

Irish Medical Times GP Practice Management Seminar

Some of the attendees of the Irish Medical Times GP Practice Management Seminar, in association with AstraZeneca, which was held in Jury's Hotel, Western Road, Cork on 1 March:

Some of the delegates pictured at the Irish Medical Times GP Practice Management Seminar, in association with AstraZeneca, which was held in Jury’s Hotel, CorkMr John O’Toole, accountant, addressing the delegates at the GP Practice Management SeminarDr Una Barry, GP, Cork City; Ms Marie Lovell, Practice Manager, Kinsale; and Dr Donal Punch, GP, Cork CityDr Ina Corbett, GP South Terrace, Cork; Dr Sinead Cotter, GP Cork City; and Dr Rose Curtin, GP DouglasDr Delia Conlon, GP, Churchtown, Dublin; Dr Kevin Fitzgerald, GP, Churchtown, Dublin; and Mr Barry O’Brien, General Manager, Abbey House Medical CentreDr Brian Carr, GP, Mitchelstown; Ms Cathy O’Sullivan, AstraZeneca; Ms Valerie Hurley, Practice Manager, Fermoy; Dr Maureen Harrington, GP, Fermoy and Dr Michael Kingston, GP, BantryPictured at the Irish Medical Times GP Practice Management Seminar were Dr Brian McRedmond, GP, Gorey; and Dr Declan Murphy, GP, CashelMs Sandra Lehane, Practice Manager, Douglas, Cork; and Dr Therese Crotty, GP, Ballincollig, Cork.Getting ready for lunch at the GP Practice Management Seminar, in association with Irish Medical Times and AstraZenecaSigning in at the seminar were (l-r): Ms Elaine Mulchay and Ms Brendan Coughlan, both Practice Managers with Alpha Healthcare Ltd.

Hospital Saturday Fund Charitable Trust

Tthe Irish Osteoporosis Society were among 23 charities to receive donations from the Hospital Saturday Fund Charitable Trust at the Mansion House in February 2008

Founder and President of the Irish Osteoporosis Society, Professor Moira O’Brien and Vice-President of the Hospital Saturday Fund and The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Paddy Bourke

CAWT Cross-Border Renal Project Conference

Pictured are some of the attendees of the CAWT Cross-Border Renal Project Conference, 'Improving Quality of Care for the Patient', which took place on 22 February at the Manor House Hotel, Killadeas, Co. Fermanagh.

Pictured arriving at the CAWT conference are (l-r): Joe Lusby, Western Health and Social Care Trust; Dr Peter Maxwell, Belfast City Hospital; Dr Paul McKeveney, Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry; and Dr Peter Garrett, Tyrone County Hospital Anne McCahill, HSE Dublin North East, demonstrating the cross-border renal information system to (l-r): Dr Kieran Hannan, Cavan General Hospital; Dr Donal Reddan, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; and Mr Karl Cronin, Irish Kidney Association