National Conference 2009

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht, Eamonn Ó Cuív and MS Ireland's Chief Executive, Anne Winslow

The highlight of the National Conference was the presentation of results for 'Getting The Balance Right', our exercise based health promotion and research programme.

Neurological Information Day Presentations:

Robert W Motl, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinosis at Chicago presented the following talks...

o Physical Activity and Multiple Sclerosis (.pdf 1MB)

o Physical Activity, Quality of Life and MS (.pdf 1MB)

Saturday's Presentations:

Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OT (C), OTR/L. Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago presented the following talks...

o Managing Fatigue (.pdf 85KB)

o Safe at Home BAASE (A self-management programme to reduce fall risk among People with MS) (.pdf 70KB)

o Listening to the Experience of Living with MS (.pdf 58KB) 

Getting the Balance Right:

o Read more about 'Getting the Balance Right' findings

o Download Results

Annual Awards:

The gala dinner and awards ceremony, where the awards for MS Person of the Year, MS Volunteer of the Year and MS Carer of the Year were presented.

o Check out MS Ireland's Award Winners 2009

Annual General Meeting:

MS Ireland 10th Annual General Meeting 2009 (49th AGM since its foundation) was held on Sunday 27th September at noon. 

o Download our 2008 Annual Report

o Read our Board Member Profiles