Dear Colleagues

We would like to let you know that the 48^th Association of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland (ACBI) Annual Conference will take place on 6^th and 7^th November 2026 at The Gibson Hotel, Point Square, North Dock, Dublin D01 X2P2.

Please find the conference programme and additional details at the link below:

ACBI Annual Conference programme and information

Thank you to Ms Kelly Foley, ACBI President and Principal Clinical Biochemist at Cork University Hospital, for sharing information of the 48th ACBI Annual Conference with IES members.

On behalf of the IES committee, I would like to invite you all to Cork for the 50th Annual Meeting of the Irish Endocrine Society, which will take place on Friday November 13th and Saturday November 14th 2026. 

Location: 

The meeting is being held in University College Cork – www.ucc.ie The oral presentation components of the meeting will be held in the Aula Maxima, a historic building at the heart of UCC – 

https://www.ucc.ie/en/heritage/places-and-spaces/aula-maxima/

The poster exhibition and the industry stands will be accommodated in nearby Devere Hall. The RCPI STC meeting and the IES subgroup committee meetings will be in meeting rooms upstairs from Devere Hall. UCC is a city centre campus and parking is limited. It is well served by public transport and is within walking distance of numerous hotels, as well as the city centre. Here are some useful links:

Maps – https://www.ucc.ie/en/discover/visit/maps/ 

Parking – https://www.ucc.ie/en/discover/visit/parking/ 

Transport – https://www.ucc.ie/en/discover/visit/getting-here/ 

Accommodation: 

The main hotel for the meeting is the Kingsley Hotel – 

www.thekingsley.ie 

The IES have block booked a number of rooms for Friday November 13th for use by meeting attendees – to book a room, please contact the hotel directly. The discounted rate is €240 bed and breakfast. You can call the hotel directly on 021 480 0500 or email 

reservations@thekingsley.ie and quote “Block 768159 or Irish Endocrine Society Annual Meeting” to avail of the discounted rate. As outlined above, parking is limited at UCC. We are therefore putting on a shuttle bus to transport attendees from the Kingsley Hotel to UCC and back again, on both Friday and Saturday. Exact times for this will follow at a later date.

Registration: 

Registration for this meeting will open on Monday September 14th and close on Friday November 6th. Registration is via the IES website and is accessed by logging into the members’ area Members-Area | Irish Endocrine Society – only active members will be able to access this area. 

Of note – the sign-in desk at the meeting is being manned by an events management company this year, rather than an IES committee member. Anybody who shows up who has not registered in advance will have their membership status checked and if they are not active members, they will be charged 90 euro to attend the meeting. 

Gala dinner: 

This year’s IES gala dinner will take place in the Kingsley Hotel Cork at 20.30 on Friday November 13th, preceded by a drinks reception at 19.30. When you register for the meeting you will receive an email inviting you to purchase a dinner ticket. These are 90 euro per person. Early purchase is advisable to avoid disappointment! 

Abstracts: 

The list of accepted abstracts, as well as a draft programme for the meeting, will be circulated very soon. For those who are awarded poster presentations – the poster should be put up on the morning of Friday November 13th and left up for the duration of the meeting. Velcro adhesive will be provided. For those who are awarded oral presentations – you will be asked to submit your slides to the event management company in advance of the meeting – please liaise with Karen O’Neill (sales@excellentchoice.ie). 

I hope that as many of you as possible can attend what promises to be an excellent meeting. 

Best wishes,
Mark Hannon (Local Organiser – IES 2026)

Mark J. Hannon MB MSc MD FRCPI,
Consultant Endocrinologist and General Physician,
Bantry General Hospital,
Bantry,
Co. Cork,
Ireland

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to let you know that applications for the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) Obesity and Endocrinology School are now open.

This brand-new in-person event is open to delegates who are interested in obesity research and clinical practice, with a focus on obesity as an endocrine disease.

ESE Obesity and Endocrinology School 2027 will be held from 15-17 March in Barcelona, Spain and will cover both clinical and mechanistic aspects of obesity, with an aim to foster a new generation of experts equipped to tackle the obesity epidemic.

Dr Maeve Durkan, Honorary Secretary of the IES, serves on the scientific programme
committee for the ESE Obesity and Endocrinology School.

Places are limited, and applications close on 1 st October 2026.

Please see the link below for further information about the programme and how to apply.

ESE Obesity and Endocrinology School 2027 | ESE

Dear Colleagues ,

Diabetes Technology & Research Conference 2026, which will take place on Friday, 22 May 2026, at the Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin.

This meeting brings together a strong programme focused on diabetes technology and research, including automated insulin delivery, access to diabetes technologies, technology in pregnancy, technology in older adults and young adults, immunotherapies, and avoidable hospitalisations in diabetes. It promises to be an excellent educational event for clinicians and healthcare professionals interested in endocrinology and diabetes.

Please find the link below to register:

https://diabetestrialsctn.ie/registration-now-open-secure-your-place/

Download the provisional programme for the Annual Study Day here

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the 30th Irish Endocrine Society Annual Study Day. This year’s event features an exceptional scientific programme, designed to enrich your professional knowledge and foster valuable discussions within our society.

Event Details

• Date: 6th February 2026
• Venue: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), No 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Programme

Please find the link for provisional programme for the Annual Study Day. 

The Annual Study Day is accredited for 6 CPD points.

How to Register

1. 1. Registration must be completed online via this registration link: Summary – Irish Endocrine Society Annual Study Day 2026
   2. In order to register for this event, you will need an RCPI Account. If you do not have an RCPI account, please go to RCPI website My Account section Log In to set up an RCPI account.
   3. Registration for the Annual Study Day is free for paid-up IES members.
   4. We have sent the IES members discount code to our members from email membership@irishendocrinesociety.com. Please check your email for the discount code. 
   5. We strongly encourage early registration for the event.
   6. Delegates are required to register online to receive a CME certification.
   7. Should you encounter any technical difficulties during the online registration process, please contact events@rcpi.ie for assistance.

• If you have queries regarding IES membership status and payments, please contact IES Treasurer at irishendosubs@gmail.com

The IES Committee would like thank Dr. Maeve Durkan, Honorary Secretary of the Irish Endocrine Society, for her outstanding efforts in organising this year’s Annual Study Day.

We look forward to your participation at the Annual Study Day.

IES Committee 

Dear IES Members,

The ESE is pleased to share that the EndoCompass Research Roadmap: Directions for the Future of Endocrine Science was published recently by the European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE).

The supplement is published in the European Journal of Endocrinology and will also appear in Hormone Research in Paediatrics in due course. You can read it here.

This landmark initiative identifies key research priorities across endocrine specialties and cross-cutting areas, offering a framework to guide future funding, policy and collaboration.

It is intended as a practical resource for researchers, clinicians, and policy advocates alike.

Endocrine conditions remain among Europe’s most pressing and underfunded health challenges. EndoCompass is a step toward changing that, by aligning research, highlighting unmet needs and boosting the visibility of hormone-related health issues.

We encourage you to read, use and share this important resource. For example:

• Cite the Roadmap in funding proposals and papers

• Include it in presentations and strategies

• Share with your teams and institutions

• Advocate for national policy support and funding

ESE and ESPE have provided a Toolkit with resources and materials to help spread the word about EndoCompass. This includes:

• The EndoCompass logo (and guidelines)

• Infographic with key messages about EndoCompass

• Social media graphics

• Press release template

• Presentation slides to adapt and use in meetings

You can find the Toolkit here. 

More information about the EndoCompass project can be found here: www.ese-hormones.org/endocompass  

Best regards

Dr Maeve Durkan 
Honorary Secretary
The Irish  Endocrine Society

Current Committee Irish Endocrine Society (after AGM 2024)

President:  Professor Steven Hunter

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 Declan Cody and Dr Sinead Glackin

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 Elizabeth Brosnan

Munster: Dr Mark Hannon, Lead Organiser 50th Annual Meeting  (term ends November 2026)

Subgroups: 

Subgroup Chairpersons

• Diabetes             Dr Antoinette Tuthill
• Endocrinology.  Professor Mark Sherlock
• Obesity               Professor Francis Finucane

If you wish to get involved in any of the activities of the Irish Endocrine Society, please contact any committee member.

Dear IES Colleagues,

We are hoping to organise a series of online webinars for updates in thyroid disease in
2026. There are some new and emerging techniques in thyroidology (ablative therapy,
molecular analysis in thyroid nodules, active surveillance of micro-PTC) and major new
guidelines being produced in 2025/2026 (thyroid cancer, thyroid disease in pregnancy, assay interference, thyroid emergencies), so we feel an update on the latest thyroid research and clinical guidance would be welcome. The IES are supportive of this.

We plan a series of webinars in 2026, perhaps occurring every 3 months, all of which will be multidisciplinary and involve international speakers.
We very much welcome colleagues to join the organising committee for these webinars. If you are interested, please get in touch (Carla.moran@ucd.ie).

Yours sincerely,
Thyroid Webinar Update Series Organising Committee
Carla Moran, Beacon Hospital & St Vincent’s University Hospital (Chair)
Marie-Louise Healy, St James’ Hospital
Samah Idriss, Beacon Hospital & St Vincent’s University Hospital
Caroline Joyce, Cork University Hospital
Anne McGowan, Tallaght University Hospital
Agnieszka Pazderska, St James’ Hospital

The 47th Annual ACBI Conference returns to Co Roscommon, focusing this year on paediatric laboratory medicine. Over two days, an exciting line-up of speakers will present the latest updates on laboratory services for younger and more vulnerable populations.

Register and find out more here!

Examination date: Friday 12 December 2025 (online via remote invigilation)

Registration closing date: Wednesday 24 September 2025 (18:00 CEST)

Have you registered yet? Registration for the 2025 European Board Examination in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism will close in just one week.

Why take the exam?

ESE has collaborated with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and national endocrine societies across Europe to hold a European examination in endocrinology, with pan-European governance, developed by highly-qualified endocrinologists. This is a well respected and internationally recognised examination, which can support your career progression.

Passing this exam is a fantastic way to gain recognition of your clinical expertise, and ensure that your CV stands out.

How do I apply for the examination?

Please submit your application online via the application form available here.

What does the exam consist of?

The exam consists of two single best answer papers which are designed to test and validate your knowledge and comprehension in the field of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. The exam also assesses your ability to interpret information and to solve clinical problems.

How do I take the exam?

The 2025 Board Examination is delivered by remote invigilation, with logistics supported by the Royal College of Physicians Ireland (RCPI). You can do this examination online in a quiet, secure place of your choosing at your own computer, e.g. at home or at work. You will be supervised remotely by invigilators throughout the examination.

Examination date: Friday 12 December 2025.

Don’t forget that ESE Members have access to the ESE Library which has over 280 videos available from previous ESE events for you to watch, which may help you with your learning and development.

Registration
Registration will close on Wednesday 24 September 2025.

The exam application fee is €850.

Please note: If you have applied for, and been awarded, an ESE Examination Grant, you will already have been notified and should have received a unique link to register at a discounted registration fee.

Register Here.