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 took 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
Congratulations President Ryan!
Congratulations to our immediate Past President, Professor Silke Ryan for a hugely effective and impactful term in office as President of the European Respiratory Society, and in particular for a highly successful ERS Congress held in Amsterdam in September.
BSS Sleep 2025
The biennial scientific meeting of our sister society, the BSS, will take place in Brighton from November 5-7 2025. This is the largest multidisciplinary sleep conference in the UK & Ireland, and brings together professionals from across sleep science and sleep medicine. The conference programme and registration details can be found here: https://execbs.eventsair.com/bss-sleep-2025/
21st ISS annual meeting
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, with
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
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.
BSS Sleep 2025
The biennial scientific meeting of our sister society, the BSS, will take place in Brighton from November 5-7 2025. This is the largest multidisciplinary sleep conference in the UK & Ireland, and brings together professionals from across sleep science and sleep medicine. The conference programme and registration details can be found here: https://execbs.eventsair.com/bss-sleep-2025/
Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2025
The 2025 ASM of the ITS will take place in the Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill from November 20th to 22nd. The meeting agenda, along with registration and accommodation details can be found here: https://irishthoracicsociety.com/about-us/its-scientific-meeting-2025/
BTS Winter meeting 2025
The Winter meeting of the British Thoracic Society will take place in the QEII Centre, London from November 26th to 28th. Programme and registration details can be found here: https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/education-and-events/winter-meeting/
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 Europe 2026 – Save the date
The 28th congress of the European Sleep Research Society will take place in Maastricht, The Netherlands 20-23 October 2026. 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.
