Current Committee Irish Endocrine Society 2024
List of Presidents Irish Endocrine Society
| YEAR | PRESIDENT |
| 1976 | DAD Montgomery |
| 1978 | DK O’Donovan |
| 1980 | MI Drury |
| 1982 | DJ O’Sullivan |
| 1984 | J Weaver |
| 1986 | J Devlin |
| 1988 | DR Hadden |
| 1990 | GM Tomkin |
| 1992 | AB Atkinson |
| 1994 | TJ Mc Kenna |
| 1996 | JB Ferriss |
| 1998 | JR Hayes |
| 2000 | J O’Donnell |
| 2002 | PPA Smyth |
| 2004 | B Sheridan |
| 2006 | PM Bell |
| 2008 | RGR Firth |
| 2010 | DJ O’Halloran |
| 2012 | T O’Brien |
| 2015 | F O’Harte |
| 2018 | BT Kinsley |
| 2021 | F Dunne (current) |
Current Committee Irish Endocrine Society (after AGM 2023)
President: Professor Fidelma Dunne
Secretary: Dr Maeve Durkan (team ends November 2026)
Treasurer: Dr Mark Hannon
Communication Officer: Dr Pyeh Kyithar
Basic Science: Professor Graham Lee (term ends November 2027)
Paediatrics: Professor Edna Roche (term ends November 2024), Dr Orla Neylon (term ends 2024)
Leinster: Dr Pyeh Kyithar; Lead Organiser 49th Annual Meeting (term ends November 2025)
Ulster: Dr Helen Wallace; Lead Organiser Joint SfE-48th IES Annual Meeting (term ends November 2025)
Connacht: Dr Siobhan Bacon, Lead Organiser 47th Annual Meeting (term ends November 2024)
Munster: Dr Mark Hannon, Lead Organiser 50th Annual Meeting (term ends November 2026)
Subgroups Dr Orla Neylon (Secretary Diabetes Subgroup nominally representing all subgroups on main committee)
If you wish to get involved in any of the activities of the Irish Endocrine Society, please contact any committee member.
Subgroup Chairpersons
- Diabetes Dr Antoinette Tuthill
- Endocrinology Professor Mark Sherlock
- Obesity Professor Francis Finucane
Constitution of Irish Endocrine Society- Adopted November 1977 – please follow link https://irishendocrinesociety.com/?page_id=5310&preview=true
1. The Society shall be known as the Irish Endocrine Society
2. The Committee shall consist of five members – Chairman, Secretary/Treasurer and three members committee members.
3. The chairman shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting and the committee members shall be elected biennially
4. Membership is open to all physicians; surgeons and gynaecologists, scientists and laboratory technologists having a significant interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology
5. Membership will be ratified at the Annual General Meeting.
6. The Society aims to promoting the development of Endocrinology by educating
and interchange of scientific material.
7. There shall be annual subscriptions of £2.00
8. Meetings of the Society will be held at least annually, rotating between Dublin, Cork, and Belfast and any other place decided by the Committee
9. The meetings of the Society may be conjoint meetings with other Medical
Amendments to the Constitution (2013)
In 1989 the AGM proposed that allied health professionals including diabetes nurses and dieticians should be eligible for membership.
The Committee currently comprises 8 members – President (Chair), Secretary/Treasurer, representatives from each of the four provinces; a Diabetes Section representative, and a Basic Science representative. The annual meeting rotation also includes Galway.
The current annual membership fee for the Irish Endocrine Society is 150 euro for Consultants; 100 euro for SpRs, Registrars, NCHDs, Dietitians, Nurses, Scientists and retired Members of the Society; 30 euro for PhD and MD students and membership is free for medical students.
To attend the IES Annual Study Day in February there is a 60 euro registration fee for members and a 100 euro registration fee for non-members.