Republic of Ireland Faculty

Welcome from Republic of Ireland Faculty, we are a group of volunteer RCGP members who provide local networking, education and support for members in the area. The Faculty supports almost 500 members, Fellows and Associates across the Republic of Ireland. The Faculty has a particular interest in supporting our members' CPD and professional development and provide a range of educational meetings, tailored to local needs, as well as bursaries and awards to support and recognise innovation and development.

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08 November 2024

Telephone consulting and triage skills

This online course will provide you with a real understanding of how to manage the risks involved in remote telephone consultations and the benefits this work can bring when practiced effectively. This day will give you tools and techniques to best handle remote telephone consultations.

08 November 2024

Active Bystander Training

This event focuses on challenging inappropriate workplace behaviours from patients and colleagues and will give you the tools needed to be able to do this confidently. Witnessing verbal and physical abuse, discrimination, racism and micro-aggression effects everyone! This event has been developed to support ALL members of the Primary Care Team and we welcome anyone who works in a primary care setting to this event.

13 November 2024

Annual General Meeting 2024

Join us for your AGM 2024 - Hybrid format, both in person at 30 Euston Square and Online

19 November 2024

Books on Prescription - how reading can support better patient outcomes

Join us for this FREE webinar covering how GPs can use this evidence-based resource to support their patients, providing practical strategies and techniques you can use in your day-to-day practice.

Board meetings

We meet four times per year in February, June, September and December to progress our local engagement activities and discuss issues pertinent to our members, which are then fed back to College Council. Our next board meeting will take place online on:

  • Thursday 21 November 2024

Winter meeting and dinner

The Republic of Ireland Winter meeting and dinner will take place on Saturday 7 December 2024 at the Stephens Green Club, 9 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2.

More details to follow soon. To register your interest email roi@rcgp.org.uk

Awards and prizes

Clinical Cases Presentation Competition 2024

Congratulations to Pavithra Chempakanalloor and Sarah Cherepacha, University College Cork, winners of this Clinical Cases Presentation Competition 2024 with their outstanding presentation on ‘A Common Condition with a Rare Complication’.

Finalists: Nyka Riego and Madeline Haines, Trinity College Dublin and Pavithra Chempakanalloor and Sarah Cherepacha, University College Cork presented at the Clinical Cases Presentation Competition Final at the Republic of Ireland Faculty Spring Meeting at Queen's University Belfast in April 2024.

Sheppard Memorial Essay Competition 2024

This essay competition is open to all undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors who are within five years of completing general practice training. The opening date for entries is Monday 26 August 2024 and the closing date is Friday 25 October 2024.

For more information, see the Republic of Ireland section on the awards page.

Meet your faculty

Faculty Officers

Dr Diarmuid Quinlan Chairman and Provost and Faculty Fellowship Lead

  • Dr Laura Malone, Honorary Treasurer

Faculty Board Members

  • Dr ĺde Delargy, Representative RCGP Council
  • Dr John Gillman, Faculty Educator
  • Dr Ahmeda Ali, Representative ICGP Council
  • Dr Sheila Loughman, RCGPNI Rep
  • Dr Mina Dawood, Student Representative
  • Dr Nia Clendennen
  • Dr Dermot Halpin
  • Dr Sarah Murphy
  • Dr Brendan O'Shea
  • Dr David Hannon
  • Dr Bev Huss

Contact us

RCGP Republic of Ireland Faculty
c/o ICGP
4/5 Lincoln Place
Dublin 2
D02 XR68
Ireland

Telephone: 0044 7876030474
Email: Suzanne.Manning@rcgp.org.uk

Office opening hours: 08:00 - 16:30, Monday to Friday.

Your local Faculty Support Officer is Suzanne Manning.

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