The ISF puts your skin in perspective at the Ploughing!

The National Ploughing Championships, Europe’s largest outdoor event, chose the sunny south-east as the location for this year’s event which took place on 17th-19th September in Ballintrane, Fenagh, Co. Carlow. The county lived up to its reputation, offering blue skies and sunshine for the entire 3-day event, bringing record-breaking attendance figures of 297,000 people, all […]
IFPA Annual Members Meeting

In July 2019, the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA) brought over 90 participants, including psoriasis association representatives, IFPA partners and the IFPA Board and Secretariat, together in Barcelona, Spain, for the annual members meeting to convene and exchange ideas. IFPA is a non-profit organisation made up of psoriasis associations around the world. IFPA gives […]
HS Information Videos

In November 2018, the ISF, supported by AbbVie, held the first-of-its-kind ‘Skin Matters’ meeting and webinar for people living with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). Through a panel discussion with HS patient advocates, Suzanne Moloney and Barry McGrath, Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Anne Marie Tobin, and GP, Dr Catherine Wilkinson, the meeting aimed to explore common problems and […]
GlobalSkin 2019 Conference

In June 2019, the International Alliance of Dermatology Patient Organizations (IADPO), also known as GlobalSkin, brought over 120 skin patient group leaders from 35 countries together in Milan for three unique events: the RareDERM Forum, the Atopic Eczema Forum and the GlobalSkin 2019 Conference. The RareDERM Forum and Atopic Eczema Forum each spanned two-days and […]
ISF at the 4th Annual UCD Festival

On Saturday, 8th June, the UCD campus was transformed for the 4th annual UCD Festival. The event is now a firm fixture on the family festival calendar and aims to showcase the innovation, creativity and research that takes place on campus every day with a host of stands, exhibitions and indoor and outdoor activities to […]
ISF Publishes New Melanoma Skin Cancer Leaflet

Ireland’s First National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan launched to encourage the public to #ProtectYourSkin. Our new Melanoma Skin Cancer Leaflet, endorsed by the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), Healthy Ireland and the Irish Association of Dermatologists (IAD) has been published to coincide with the launch of Ireland’s first National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan earlier this […]
UCD Get Sun Smarter: Second Annual Sun Awareness Event to Prevent ‘Killer Tans’

On 9th and 10th April, we hosted our second annual ‘UCD Get Sun Smarter’ event in collaboration with the Charles Institute for Dermatology, Systems Biology Ireland and the Irish Cancer Society. At the two-day sun awareness event, the Irish Skin Foundation provided students, staff and members of the public with guidance on how […]
ISF Contributes to Irish Independent’s ‘Skin & Dermatology’ Supplement

We were delighted to contribute to the special ‘Skin & Dermatology’ supplement, which appeared in the Irish Independent (Friday, 29th March) and on HealthNews.ie in partnership with MediaPlanet. The supplement provides insight and guidance on a number of common skin diseases affecting Irish people including skin cancer, psoriasis, acne and eczema. Skin diseases in Ireland […]
UCD Get Sun Smarter!

Join us for our 2nd annual ‘Get Sun Smarter’ awareness event which aims to prevent ‘Killer Tans’, 11am – 2pm on 9th & 10th April in the O’Brien Centre for Science East, UCD. Attendees at this free public two-day event can look forward to: The latest Melanoma research findings from Systems Biology Ireland, Charles Institute […]
ISF signs up to IPPOSI Charter for Patient Involvement in Medicines Assessment & Reimbursement

The Irish Platform for Patient Organisations, Science & Industry (IPPOSI), have published ‘AÂ Charter for Patient Involvement in Medicines Assessment & Reimbursement’, which calls on the Department of Health (DoH), the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) to improve the transparency, accountability and communication on how medicines are assessed & reimbursed […]