{"id":356606,"date":"2026-03-20T19:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/356606\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:19:21","slug":"two-limerick-women-to-speak-at-national-conference-on-type-1-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/356606\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Limerick women to speak at national conference on Type 1 diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TWO LIMERICK women who live with Type 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/750\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">diabetes<\/a> will speak at a national event in Dublin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thriveabetes 2026 in the Crowne Plaza, Dublin, takes place on April 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Organised by volunteers from across the country, the conference will feature educational talks, panel discussions, opportunities to meet others living with Type 1 diabetes and access to the latest technological developments.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 30,000 people in Ireland live with Type 1 diabetes and take insulin multiple times a day or use an insulin pump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patients need to monitor their glucose levels carefully, follow an activity plan and engage with ongoing education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jean Langford is originally from Caherdavin and now based in Edinburgh &#8211; she was diagnosed at the age of 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jean works as a diabetes peer support worker with the NHS and is a passionate advocate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/education\/2030891\/limerick-students-to-take-to-the-runway-to-raise-funds-for-an-outdoor-classroom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick students to take to the runway to raise funds for an outdoor classroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She will speak about the power of sharing stories and experiences and will lead a practical workshop on navigating adulthood with Type 1 diabetes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aisling White is a Limerick primary school teacher who has lived with diabetes for almost 30 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She helped to develop the young adult programme for the conference and is a long-time advocate for diabetes awareness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She also delivers professional development courses for school staff on how best to support children with diabetes in the classroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s conference will welcome more than 200 attendees for a day of sharing stories, psychological support and access to the latest technologies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There will also be an exhibition area featuring devices and supports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For information and tickets, see www.thriveabetes.ie.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TWO LIMERICK women who live with Type 1 diabetes will speak at a national event in Dublin.\u00a0 Thriveabetes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60,1396],"class_list":["post-356606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}