Welcome to the Coeliac Society of Ireland


40th AGM and National Convention 2010

The Coeliac Society of Ireland is delighted to announce details of our National Convention 2010 and our 40th Anniversary celebrations, for a bumper packed weekend on 23rd - 25th April. While the surroundings will be plush for this birthday celebration in the 4 Star Portlaoise Heritage Hotel, we kept prices very competitive, with our weekend package being €50pps less than our 2008 Convention in Limerick!

We have carefully examined feedback from previous events in relation to the format of our meetings. This year our revamped agenda, reflects your suggestions, being more interactive, focused and targeted to needs of regular attendees and newly diagnosed coeliacs alike.

This will be an exciting event to celebrate our 40th birthday, with a Nutrition Point Cookery demonstration, a keynote speaker and facilitated forum sessions with a Doctor, Dietitian and so forth, instead of usual presentations - giving attendees more opportunities to mingle and to access expert information. For more information telephone: (01) 872 1471.

We hope that this teaser will tempt you to get booking as soon as possible and help make this 40th Anniversary Convention a memorable event. We look forward to seeing as many old faces (and new) as possible. We have come a long way as a Society and should be very proud of what has been achieved for coeliacs and ready to shout it from the rooftops – come help us do that!

Accommodation Options

A. Complete Weekend €190 (€90 for under 12s)

Hotel: Friday & Saturday night (pps)
Meals: Saturday & Sunday breakfast, Saturday Lunch and Gala Dinner
Plus: Tea and Coffee breaks & Full Convention

B. Convention and Saturday Hotel stay €130 (€55 for under 12s)

Hotel: Saturday night (pps)
Meals: Saturday Lunch and Gala Dinner
Plus: Tea and Coffee breaks & Full Convention

C. Convention and Friday Hotel stay €90 (€40 for under 12s)

Hotel: Friday night (pps)
Meals: Saturday Lunch
Plus: Tea and Coffee breaks & Full Convention

Notes:

PPS: Per person sharing. There is a single room supplement of €30 per room.
Prices for Children: Children under 12 sharing accommodation with parents will be charged for "children's food portions" at half the normal rates.

Options Excluding Accommodation

D. Convention excluding Hotel stay €75 (€35 for under 12s)

Meals: Saturday Lunch & Gala Dinner
Plus: Tea and Coffee breaks & Full Convention

C. Convention excluding Dinner €32.50 (€15 for under 12s)

Meals: Saturday Lunch
Plus: Tea and Coffee breaks & Full Convention

F. Convention excluding Meals €10 (Free for under 12s)

Plus: Tea and Coffee breaks & Full Convention

Parking

Parking charges at the hotel are extra at €1.30 per hour. Overnight residents are free of charge once they validate their tickets at the hotel.


Updates to the Food List 2010

Please find the additions to the Food List 2010 for March and the deletions for March are available here.

The 2010 Food List will be arriving in your letterbox early April for all new members and those that have renewed their membership for 2010. We would kindly ask that you renew your membership in the next few weeks so we can get the Food List out to you as soon as possible.

Anne will be providing updates to the Food List as she received up to date information from manufacturers on their products that are in line with the new Codex Standard as before.

Good news for fish and chips lovers on the Northside of Dublin!

Beshoff Bros will be extending their popular gluten-free weekends to their Clontarf shop on Vernon Avenue, as well as in the Mespil Road shop in Dublin 4. They will be serving up Gluten Free Fish and Chips and other gluten-free treats starting on January 9th from 12pm to 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

Beshoffs would like patrons to know so there's no disappointment, that the Clontarf shop has limited seating compared to the Mespil Road shop.



Rice Flour for Gluten-Free Bakeries

Beneo Remy Rice Flour in Catering Size, 20kg to Bulk Delivery (not available to the retail market), Rice Flour arrives on the Irish market in sealed bags and is tested and guaranteed < 20ppm.

This rice flour is suitable for gluten free baking and is available from:
The Healy Group
HCL House, Second Avenue, Cookstown Industrial Estate, Bandon Hill, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Phone: 01-404 9200

New Odlums Tritamyl Flour

The newly launched Odlums Tritamyl Gluten and Wheat Free Self Raising Flour, in line with the new codex standard, is now available in shops nationwide.




Catering Booklet 2009

The 2009 Coeliac Society Catering list is now available to the foodservice industry. This comprehensive Handbook and Food List combined, is tailored for the hospitality industry to ensure that chefs, hospital catering officers and restaurant managers planning to provide gluten-free meals have access to accurate information on the gluten-free status of catering sized products and general foods suitable for the gluten-free diet.

This booklet is not intended for day-to-day use by members or visitors to Ireland. The 2009 Food List and updates continue to be the "bible" for remaining gluten free in Ireland and should be applied for through info@coeliac.ie

The Coeliac Society Catering Booklet 2009 is available to the foodservice industry only. Chefs/Hotel/Restaurant Managers/Catering managers can request a pdf copy by email from coeliacmanulist@eircom.net or send in an A5/C5 stamped addressed envelope (€1.35 in stamps) to:

The Coeliac Society,
Carmichael House,
4 North Brunswick St.,
Dublin 7

Updates to the Catering Booklet will be available during 2009 from the website. To be included on our email distribution list for catering updates please email coeliacmanulist@eircom.net.

Members - don't forget to tell your favourite restaurant about this booklet so you can be sure your needs are being catered for!

Please remember that limited copies are available so please do not request this unless it is for use in a catering setting, so that we can maximize the availability to those who are catering for Coeliacs.




CONTACT
Coeliac Society of Ireland
Carmichael House,
4 North Brunswick Street,
Dublin 7.

Telephone: 00-353-1-872 1471.
Email: info(at)coeliac.ie
(please replace the (at) with the @ symbol on your keyboard to email us)