GPWorks

In this episode, Prof. Susan Smith brings strong insights into the varied life of a GP and academic. She describes how she became a GP, and the journey into academic general practice. Sharing her time between the...

In this episode, Dr Mike O'Callaghan takes us into the fascinating world of GP data, an area that enables us to learn more about the impact of general practice on Irish healthcare. Formerly with Intel, Mike changed...

At the end of a very busy year for the Irish College of GPs, our CEO Fintan Foy reflects back on 2024, and reviews the challenges of a rapidly expanding College in 2025. This interview gives a great insight and update...

The College's President, Dr Pat Durcan, has been a GP in Mayo, and CME trainer in Galway or 40 years, and brings a depth of knowledge and expertise to his role. In this interview, he described how becoming a GP was a...

As the College celebrates its 40th anniversary, we talk to Fionán Ó'Cuinneagáin, the College's first CEO, who helped guide the fledgling College from its earliest days. His insights are a reminder of the huge strides...

Recently qualified GP Dr Oisin Brady Bates explains why he is attending the prestigious WONCA Europe conference in Dublin at the end of September. Find out more about this conference and the pre-conference events at...

In this episode, the Director of Women's Health, Dr Laura Cullen, describes the influence of Dr Austin O'Carroll in her decision to become a GP; how the city-born GP became a rural doctor, the challenges of rural...

Did you know that the ICGP is hosting the Wonca Europe conference in Dublin in September? Thousands of GPs will gather for several days in the Convention Centre in Dublin in late September to hear the latest...

Dr Noreen Lineen-Curtis is a GP on 3 western islands off the coast of Mayo - Clare Island, Achill Beg and Inishbiggle. She's been a GP for over 20 years, and is the daughter of a GP as well. She describes how...

In a wide-ranging interview, well-known GP Dr Rita Doyle gives us her insights and experience of 40 years in general practice, in Bray Co. Wicklow. She was the first GP to become President of the Medical Council, and...

DR Suzanne Kelly talks about taking on the role of Assistant Medical Director of the Irish College of General Practitioners, following a successful few years as Clinical Lead for Diabetes. Ballincollig-based, and Dublin...

Prof. Claire Collins has been Chief Operating Officer for 14 months now, succeeding Dermot Folan in the ICGP's pivotal role at a time of huge expansion and change in the College. Most people in the College knew Claire...

The ICGP's new Board chair, Dr Deirdre Collins, a GP in Kilcullen, Co Kildare, talks about how she became a GP, new leadership initiatives, and how the College can help with the growing workload facing GPs and their...

The ICGP's new President Dr Eamonn Shanahan is the third generation of Shanahans to provide general practice to the communities around Farranfore, in Co Kerry. In this podcast interview, he talks about how general...

The ICGP, with the support of the HSE and the Department of Health, has begun the non-EU Rural GPprogramme, an initiative to enable non-EU highly qualified GPs to work in mostly single-handed GP practices in rural...