Information Evening & AGM

Posted on October 17th, 2011

Venue: Merrion Room, Red Cow Moran Hotel, Naas Road, Dublin 22. (see location map below).

Doors open from 7:30pm. Admission is free, all are welcome.

Topic: “A to Z of Cleft Surgery”.
We are delighted to have two eminent speakers from the Dublin Cleft Centre for this event:.

Mr David Orr, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Our Ladies Hosptial Crumlin and Saint James’s Hospital.
Mr Gerry Kearns, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon, Our Ladies Hospital Crumlin and Saint James’s Hospital.

With special guests Ms. Anne McGillivary and Ms. Laura Duggan, Cleft Co-Ordinators for Temple Street and Crumlin respectively

All babies born with cleft in Ireland will have either a lip and / or palate repair. Our speakers will cover these early surgeries. What happens next. Surgical options for improving speech. Surgery, in particular, bone grafting as part of the orthdontal treatment. Final surgeries for the young adult and options for older adults who may want to return for treatment. Each baby born with cleft will have their own unique treatment plan. Some may only ever have one operation, others may have more. The aim of this talk is to inform parents and other interested parties about the surgeries available, preparation, likely outcomes, how to balance surgery with other therapies. We will be looking to the floor for ideas on how to deal with soft food diet regime post surgery espically for teenagers - your input is welcome!

To help us plan numbers, please send a text or leave a message on 087 131 9803 or send an email to info@cleft.ie with your name and indicating numbers attending.

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Annual General Meeting and Information Evening

Posted on February 4th, 2010

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland is holding its Annual General Meeting and an Information Evening on Thursday, 15th April, 2010, at 8pm. Doors open from 7:15pm.

Venue: The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel (near Joel’s), Newland’s Cross, Naas Road, Dublin 22. (Location Map below).

The Information Evening theme is “SPEECH AND HEARING“.

Following our successful event last year, ‘Dental Care All the Way’, this year we are concentrating on Speech and Hearing. We will be looking at each area separately and where they overlap. We are delighted to have three excellent speakers for the event.

• Nicole Prenderville, Senior Speech and Language Therapist, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,  Crumlin.
• Rob Wormald, Senior Ear Nose and Throat Registrar, Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street.
• Julianne Gillen, Community Resource and Access Officer, DeafHear.ie

The information evening is aimed at parents, but will also be of interest to adults born with cleft or medical personnel working in this area.  Carers or close relations are also welcome.  While admission is free, we would appreciate an email, text or call in advance, so that we have an idea of likely numbers attending.

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Information Evening a Great Success!

Posted on April 3rd, 2009

Our Information Evening on the 2nd April was a huge success, with the turnout exceeding all expectations! Approximately 60 people showed up, the topic for the evening (”Dental Care All The Way”) obviously  generating great interest.

Our speakers were Doctor Eleanor McGovern, Clinical Fellow Registrar, Paediactric Dentistry, Eamon McKiernan, Consultant Orthodontist with the national brief for Cleft Treatment, and Doctor Aisling O Mahony, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry. Many, many thanks to our three speakers!

Right: Eamon McKiernan, Doctor Aisling O Mahony, Laura Duggan, Cleft Co-Ordinator.

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Dental Care All The Way - Information Evening, 2nd April

Posted on March 18th, 2009

Topic: “Dental Care All The Way”

(combined AGM & Information Evening)

Doors open from 7:30pm. Admission is free, all are welcome. 

Venue: Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Newland’s Cross, Naas Road, Dublin 22. (see location map below)

We are delighted to have three eminent speakers for this event:

• Doctor Eleanor McGovern, Clinical Fellow Registrar, Paediactric Dentistry.
• Mister Eamon McKiernan, Consultant Orthodontist with the national brief for Cleft Treatment.
• Doctor Aisling O Mahony, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry.

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November AGM & Information Evening / Afternoon

Posted on August 13th, 2008

 We are planning an AGM combined with Information talks for November this year - the AGM is usually held in a Dublin city centre location midweek (evening, c.8pm).

This year we would like your views on whether a Thursday evening or Saturday afternoon would be most suitable. Let us know by e-mail (info@cleft.ie) or by commenting on this post.

We haven’t invited speakers yet but our suggested topics are
“Growing up with a Cleft - Dental Care”
“Growing up with a Cleft - Pyschological Considerations”

Please let us know what suits you best … we would like the talk this year to reach the widest audience …

Kind regards,
Georgina Wade

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Information Evening, Feb’08 - A Report

Posted on February 29th, 2008

Talk from Tanya Knadjian , Changing Faces

We had a very successful Information Evening (Tue 26th Feb), with over 40 people in attendance, and the talk by Tanya Knadjian from Changing Faces was very well received! Tanya gave us invaluable advice on how our children born with cleft can cope with difference in their school and play environments. Tanya engaged very well with the audience, and her advice was hugely practical and enlightening. Many thanks to Tanya and Changing Faces!

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Maternity Pack Launch

Dr Michael Robson, Master of the National Maternity Hospital, who launched our Maternity pack, had very positive words to say about the Pack and the contribution of the Association. 
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