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
22nd Annual Meeting of the Irish Sleep Society will take place on Friday, 5 June 2026 (9am – 5pm) in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin city centre.
Guidelines
The first Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Patients with Sleep Disorders were published by the society...
Latest News
Latest Events
Irish Sleep Society AGM 2026
Dear friends & colleagues, We are delighted to announce that the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Irish Sleep Society will take place on Friday, 5 June 2026 (9am – 5pm). This will be an in-person meeting, once again taking place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin City Centre. The speaker line up will
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.
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
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
Irish Sleep Society AGM 2026
Dear friends & colleagues, We are delighted to announce that the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Irish Sleep Society will take place on Friday, 5 June 2026 (9am – 5pm). This will be an in-person meeting, once again taking place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin City Centre. The speaker line up will
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.
