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In 2003 and after 3 major relapses in only 8 months, Conor was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 15. Up to that point Conor was a healthy athlete and student. Inspired by his own circumstances, Conor went on to receive his degree in human nutrition and dietetics from Trinity College in 2010. He commenced nutritional research studies at Connolly Hospital and the National Children’s Hospital and earned his doctorate from the School of Medicine and Medical Sciences at University College Dublin.

His research has been published in international peer-reviewed medical journals and has attracted over €210,000 in research funding to date. Now in 2020, Conor has set up his own nutrition products company, Phyatphix, based on his own research and expertise to provide evidence based yet convenient solutions to ill-health, including MS.

Since graduating in 2015 with a degree in Health Promotion and Physical Activity, I wanted to pursue a career which focused on people’s health and well-being.

I discovered the world of Occupational Therapy and found it aligned with my values and my passion to enable people to increase their independence in a way that is meaningful to them.

I returned to academia in 2017 and completed a Masters in Occupational Therapy. Since then, I have worked with a broad range of people across a variety of practice areas in both the NHS and HSE Health services.

As Occupational Therapists, we focus on enabling engagement in daily activities and promoting both physical and mental health.

All-Ireland MS Research Network (AIMS-RN) provides hope to those affected by multiple sclerosis

This week Mary Devereux shares how she is coping with lockdown and isolation.

Join the virtual event on Friday, 5th March at 6pm

MS is a disease that can progress to a point where, not only is 24-hour care necessary, but 24-hour skilled nursing care is essential. At this point, the needs of the person with MS frequently exceed family resources. Significant cognitive loss, incontinence, nutritional compromise, and/or respiratory issues require complex clinical care.

To understand the opportunities and barriers for evaluating services delivered in MS Ireland.

World MS Day 2020 was certainly a little different to World MS Days in the past, as we had to change our plans due to the onset of COVID-19 and we quickly moved all our events, activities and webinars online as we embraced this new virtual world we found ourselves in.

Now well into a second year living with COVID-19 our fundraising efforts for 2021 continue to exist in the virtual and online sphere. Yet again we’ve had to postpone and cancel many of our physical, in-person events and fundraisers. 



One event that we are absolutely thrilled to bring back is our Virtual Balloon Race!

Last year we teamed up with Change Donations 



Change donations is an easy way to donate digital change to MS Ireland. When you sign up it simply allows you to donate your round-ups from purchases you made with your bank card and automatically help others just by going about your day. Giving every purchase a purpose.



Change Donations makes it easy to round up your digital spare change to grow our efforts. 

In my early years of living with MS, my major symptoms were fatigue and mobility. As time has progressed, my experience of the impact on my life has varied, from a ten-year period of no symptoms to now, when every day is shaped in some way to accommodate my MS. In the early years, my one assistive device was my trusty folding stick. It was always close, and I made sure it was in the car for those days when my leg just refused to co-operate