The Irish Sleep Society
The Irish Sleep Society (ISS) is a professional organization for physicians, technologists, physiologists, nurses and other health care professionals who specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in Ireland.
Join ISS
Membership to the society is open to all professionals who have sleep medicine as a major clinical and/or research interest.
Meetings
The 21st ISS annual meeting will take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin city centre on May 29th and 30th 2025.
Guidelines
The first Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Patients with Sleep Disorders were published by the society...
Latest News
Latest Events
ISS Bursaries
We are delighted to announce the 2025 ISS educational bursaries. This year there will be three bursaries awarded, to a maximum value of €750. These bursaries can be used to support attendance at Sleep & Breathing 2025, the British Sleep Society biennial meeting 2025, or registration for the online 2025 ESRS Sleep Medicine examinations. The
21st ISS annual meeting
Save the date! The ISS annual meeting will take place on May 29th and 30th 2025 in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin city centre. This year’s meeting will focus on transitions of care from paediatric to adult sleep medicine and on the future of sleep medicine. It will also feature our biennial original abstract session,
E-Sleep Europe
The eSleep Europe Virtual Congress, organised by the European Sleep Research Society, is returning for its second edition in 2025 with an exciting new format. Building on the success of the 2023 event, this unique congress will now span the entire year, taking place exclusively online on the second Thursday of the month. Registration is
Congratulations to Prof Silke Ryan
We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Prof Silke Ryan, past President of the ISS, who has just taken up her position as President of the ERS. We are so proud of our esteemed colleague for achieving such a prestigious position and wish her every success in this new role.
New Executive Committee
We are delighted to announce that Dr Brian Kent is the new incoming president of the ISS and wish to sincerely thank him for all his time and hard work as secretary. We would like to extend our heart felt thanks to Dr Silke Ryan who has done a tremendous job as president for the
Oxford Online Programme in Sleep Medicine
The Oxford Online Programme in Sleep Medicine offers an MSc/PgDip in Sleep Medicine, as well as a series of 8 continuing professional development modules and a CBT-I Masterclass. The part-time, online courses are aimed at multidisciplinary professionals with an interest in sleep medicine, and are delivered online, which is particularly suitable for overseas delegates. Further
21st ISS annual meeting
Save the date! The ISS annual meeting will take place on May 29th and 30th 2025 in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin city centre. This year’s meeting will focus on transitions of care from paediatric to adult sleep medicine and on the future of sleep medicine. It will also feature our biennial original abstract session,
E-Sleep Europe
The eSleep Europe Virtual Congress, organised by the European Sleep Research Society, is returning for its second edition in 2025 with an exciting new format. Building on the success of the 2023 event, this unique congress will now span the entire year, taking place exclusively online on the second Thursday of the month. Registration is
Sleep and Breathing Conference: Antwerp, Belgium: 10th-12th April 2025
The Sleep and Breathing Conference is the largest pan-European meeting of its kind and offers an integrated approach to the investigation and treatment of sleep disorders. https://channel.ersnet.org/event-262-2025-sleep-and-breathing-conference
Sleep 2025: 8th – 11th June 2025 Seattle, USA
Save the date and make plans to join us in Seattle for SLEEP 2025, the 39th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC (APSS), a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the Sleep Research Society (SRS). Ticketed postgraduate courses will be available Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and
5-10 September 2025 World Sleep Congress
The World Sleep congress is organized by World Sleep Society, a non-profit membership organization dedicated to advancing sleep health worldwide. The next World Sleep congress will be in Singapore during September 5 – 10, 2025. Learn more about the World Sleep congress at worldsleepcongress.com.
ERS Congress 27 Sept – 1 Oct 2025 Amsterdam
ERS International Congress 2025 will be held in Amsterdam, from 27 September – 1 October 2025. The call for abstracts and clinical cases will open on 5 December so consider submitting an abstract or sleep case. Click here for full information.
Featured Publication
Sleep Medicine Textbook
The second edition of the Sleep Medicine Textbook published by the ESRS in 2021, provides a state of the art, all-in-one educational material (15 sections, 92 chapters, 1,100 pages). Written by experts in the field, the Sleep Medicine Textbook comprises the knowledge-base for the ESRS examinations in sleep medicine. Members of the ISS can avail of the textbook for a discounted prize.
