The 2023 National Lyme disease conference was held in Portlaois, Ireland, on May 27.
It included the following speakers:
Dr. Krzysztof Majdylo (Poland)
Danielle Stram LMHC (USA)
Dr. Carsten Nicolaus (Germany)
Dr. Armin Schwarzbach (Germany)
Dr. Jack Lambert (Ireland)
Monica Wilde MSc Herbal Medicine Napier’s
Dr. Ronald Stram (USA)
Dr. Juliana Douwes, St George Clinic (Germany)
Janna Neitzel MS RD Nutritionist (USA)
Dr. Sigrid Blehle MD, MBA (Germany)
On Saturday 25th May at the Tullamore Court Hotel, in Co. Offaly we held the 2019 National Lyme Disease Conference in honour of Tick Talk’s 10th anniversary. A massive thanks to Kathy Forde and Mary Smyth for their Trojan efforts organising the tremendously successful event. Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers, expert speakers and to everyone for attended on the day.
On Saturday 2nd June at Astra Hall, Belfield, Dublin 4 we held the 2018 National Lyme Disease Conference.
May saw two awareness rallies which received attention from the Irish Times and the Irish Examiner. See the articles below:
– Irish Times Article
– Irish Examiner Article
Dublin Institute Technology (DIT, now TUD) graduate sets theme on the struggles with Lyme disease: SPECERE by Natalia Marzec, June 2016
Ireland’s 2nd Lyme disease conference took place May 29th 2016 at Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise
Headmistress Ms Dean is pictured here with Mr Middleton & Ms Watchorn at Powerscourt National school Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, whose 4th,5th,6th class, who took part in a Lyme awareness presentation May 31st 2016.
Lyme patients, relatives & carers had a meetup in May 2015 at the Anner Hotel, Thurlae, Co. Tipperary. Thanks to Ann Maher who organised this meetup bringing patients together who are often alone in the battle against Lyme disease.
Photo: Thanks to Kathy for the photo who expressed sadness that she didn’t get all the attendees names in the photo!
A message from a young Irish girl following treatment from a Lyme doctor: “This time last year I was using a wheelchair, never give up hope and take a bite out of Lyme disease. You CAN do it!”
The ‘Take the Bite out of Lime’ Lyme Disease Challenge kicked off in March 2015. Celebrities, support groups & patients took part around the world.
Gathering of patients & their family at the Anner Hotel, Thurles May 2014
Volunteers Mary & Ben, holding an information booth at the Farmer’s Market in Labane, Co Galway, May 2014
Getting ready for a talk at the Thurles Youth Project by Lyme sufferer Laura, October 2013.
Window display at a Chemist in Kinvara, Co Galway (organised by Ben & Mary Smyth) August 2013.
Laura Cleary, a past pupil of Moycarkey N.S. who contracted Lyme Disease arranged to have complimentary copies of ‘The Adventures of Luna & Dips’ delivered to the school to help raise awareness.
An awareness talk held at the staff day at Lisheen Mines in Co. Tipperary, July 2013. A huge thanks to our volunteers Sean & Annette for helping out on the day!
A gathering of friends & family who are affected by Lyme Disease pictured here at Tullamore Court Hotel in June.
A Tick Talk Awareness Table & fundraiser for the new book ‘Adventures of Luna & Dips’ by Jenny O’Dea of Tick Talk Ireland was held on 8/9 Dec 2012. Huge thanks to Tesco for donation of a christmas hamper for the raffle, for all the bakers who contributed goodies for the bake sale & all the volunteers who helped on the day, plus the Village Craft Project Galway for giving us space for our table. For more pictures of the event including winners of our hamper, name the bear & guess the smarties competitions head on down to our blog post.
Irelands first Lyme Disease Conference was held in Dublin this year and was a huge success!
June 2012 brought Tick Talk Ireland’s inaugural conference on Lyme Disease to Dublin shores. The conference was part funded by the National Lottery via the Department of Health & was CPD approved. It was a huge success & we had wonderful speakers including Regional Vet Lab Manager Mícheál Casey, Univ of Cork Tick Researcher Dr Eoin Healy, Lab Expert from IGeneX Labs Dr Jyotsna Shah & Dr Paul Nolan, a GP from Co. Mayo.
The first day focused on prevention, testing & tick-borne infection in animals with the first talk of the day presented by Tick Talk Ireland. On the second day we covered more on testing, plus borrelia & the brain, supportive therapies, herbal treatments, research in effective antibiotics & biofilms plus results from a UK & Ireland survey. Our speakers on the day were Dr Joseph Jemsek (Jemsek Clinics, USA), Dr Eva Sapi (Univ Newhaven), Dr Armin Schwarzbach (Infectolabs/Borreliose Centrum, Germany), Dr Jean Monro (Breakspear Hospital, UK), Nicola Darrell (Herbalist from Cork, Ireland) & Ms Kate Bloor (from Lyme Research UK & Ireland).
On the eve of the first day we were treated to entertainment by a volunteer group who came into play traditional Irish music plus Stone Trigger came to perform some of their tracks including ‘Cry On’, a song being released to help raise money for Lyme charities.
On the eve of the second day Nutramedix hosted a workshop on supportive herbal therapies for Lyme & co-infected patients. Studies were presented by Dr Schwarzbach & Dr Sapi.
In all the conference was a resounding success & we attracted patients, naturopaths, forestry commission & inland fishery officers, herbalists, health & safety officers plus vets & GPs.
Huge thanks to Mary and Ben again for doing various Agricultural fairs in County Galway in the Summer 2012.
Our thanks to Mary, Ben, Sean, Jenny, Janice and John who braved the elements to raise awareness at the Volunteer Fair in Galway with a Tick Talk Ireland stall. Keep up the good work guys!
Our very own Jenny O’Dea was nominated in 2011 for volunteer of the year. She was shortlisted as one of the final 30 nominees and was invited to a prize ceremony in Dublin Castle on 5th December 2011. Well done and thanks for all your hard work Jenny from all of us at Tick Talk Ireland.
On Sunday, 7th August Tick Talk Ireland were presented with a cheque for €1012 from fundraising efforts by the Sunday Darts Club, who play darts in the Old Ship, Arklow. A huge thank you to them, the Old Ship and in particular David Kavanagh for suggesting Tick Talk Ireland as beneficiaries.
1st May 2011 saw Tick Talk Irelands first fundraising event as an official charity. The night was a great success and we would like to thank all who attended and all of our sponsors. Click here for more information about the evening.
A sponsored walk from Brittas Bay to the Arklow Bay Hotel took place on the 1st May. There were 10 walkers who took part. Thank you so much to all of them.
In October 2010 Barry Reid (left) and Mark McDonald (right) ran the Dublin City Marathon in aid of Tick Talk Ireland. With their help €250 was raised as the first official donation to the charity. Thanks so much to both of them from all of us here at Tick Talk Ireland.
In 2010 the documentary ‘Under Our Skin’ was screened by Tick Talk Ireland on April 15th at 7 to 9 pm at the Diseart Centre in Dingle Co. Kerry. Prior to this in 2009 screenings took place in Galway at Ballinasloe Library on the 18th June and Westside Library on the 20th June. Thanks to all who turned up. We hope to be continuing these screenings this year.
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