clinic CLAPAI Family Day, nurse June 2010 by CLAPAI, on Flickr” href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/clapai/4730998001/”>The Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland is delighted to announce that its ninth family fun day will be held on Saturday, 22nd June. This year we are returning to Causey Farm, which offers outdoor activities. It is located between Trim and Navan, Co. Meath.

A charity night fundraiser is being held in aid of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland in St. Maur’s GAA Club, Rush, County Dublin, on Friday the 5th April. Doors open at 8.30pm. There will be both a live band (The Hitmen) and a DJ present.For tickets please contact eitherEoin Boyle on 086 8599273, orColm Leonard on 086 8092581Tickets cost €10, and this is a ticket-only event.

Re. Marathon, marathon-relay, half marathon and 6 mile run on 5th May 2013 in and around Limerick city.If participants could fundraise on behalf of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland your efforts can go a long way towards assisting(1) the funding, purchase, installation and fit out of the children’s and adolescents’ waiting room in the National Maxillofacial Centre in St James’s Hospital in Dublin, and(2) the provision of maternity p...

The death has occurred of Professor John Scott of the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College, Dublin. Professor Scott contributed greatly throughout his distinguished career towards efforts to identify the cause(s) of orofacial clefts and neural tube defects (NTDs).The Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland extends its deepest sympathy to the family of Professor Scott.The genetics and biochemistry of orofacial clefts was a pa...

The â €œ Rathangan Runners†who participated in the 2012 Women’s Mini Marathon in order to raise much needed funds on behalf of the Association. Many thanks to Anne O’Brien and her fellow runners (including her son Joe, and seen here in front) for their unending support. (click image to see a larger version.)Let us also add a big congratulations to Michael Sutton who recently completed the Liverpool Tunnel run with all sponsorship going to o...

Notice is hereby given of the 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland, sick to be held on Tuesday, there 4th December, at 8.00pm,  at Bewleys Hotel, Newlands Cross, Dublin. The AGM will be followed by an informal get together of parents and carers.Bewleys Hotel – Location.