ICO Winter Meeting & Montgomery Lecture

27 November 2026

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2

Winter Meeting: 2- 5pm

Introduction and Welcome: Mr Gerry Fahy, President, Irish College of Ophthalmologists

2pm:       Modern Diagnostics 

Cornea: Ms Sarah Moran, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Cork University Hospital

Retinal Genetics: Mr Kirk Stephenson, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Children's Health Ireland and Mater Private Network

Glaucoma: Mr Edward Dervan, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin 

3.30pm     Refreshments 

4pm:        The Role of The Expert Witness in Irish Ophthalmology

Yvonne Joyce, Partner at Comyn Kelleher Tobin

A spokesperson for the Irish Hospital Consultants Association will also join the panel.

Annual Montgomery Lecture 2026

5.30pm:    Drinks & Canapés Reception

6.15pm:    Lecture

Mr Paul Kenna, Research Foundation, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin