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27th Annual General Meeting
(66th AGM since The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland’s foundation)

Date: Wednesday, 30th September 2026
Time: 1.00 p.m.
Venue: Ballyroan Community & Youth Centre, 103 Marian Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, Co. Dublin, D14 R7Y7, and online via Zoom. 

In this episode of the Living with MS Podcast, we are joined by Dr Conor Kerley, nutritionist, researcher and a person living with MS.

The MS Ireland National Conference 2026 will take place at the Clayton Hotel Galway on Saturday, 17 October. A Gala Dinner will be held on Friday, 16 October.

MS Ireland has announced the launch of a new physiotherapy service for people living with neurological conditions in South West Dublin. The service will be based at MS Ireland’s newly developed facilities at the MS Ireland Care Centre in Bushy Park, Dublin 6.

Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Emer Higgins TD, visited the MS Ireland Care Centre in Rathgar, Dublin, on Friday, 31 July.

Niall O’Brien and a group of friends are preparing to take on an extraordinary cycling challenge this August, travelling 687km from Mizen Head in Cork to Malin Head in Donegal to raise funds for MS Ireland.

MS Ireland's STEPtember Challenge is back for 2026, and this year we are making it more inclusive than ever.

Instead of aiming for one target, we are encouraging everyone to set their own movement goal. Whether it's 10,000 steps, 1,000 steps, 100 steps, wheeling, rolling or daily arm exercises, STEPtember is about choosing a goal that works for you and challenging yourself throughout September.

The University of Galway is now recruiting people living with MS in Galway and Dublin to take part in the COB-MS programme.

MS Ireland CEO Ava Battles, Dr Rebecca Maguire and Dr Christina Kini-Seery of Maynooth University, recently met with Minister of State for Mental Health, Mary Butler TD, to discuss the PROMISE research project and the urgent need to improve mental health supports for people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

An international study is exploring whether an online physiotherapy system called WizeCare is practical and easy to use for a personalised home exercise programme, and whether it can improve strength, balance and walking for people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).