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IFAN declares that its officers’ and members’ independence of judgement is the basis of its advocacy and educational roles and is not influenced by the financial support received. Any views expressed in IFAN’s literature, website or presentations are sincerely held. If any person identifies any conflict or ambiguity IFAN will address the issue immediately, and will publish any clarifications or alterations required.

December 2018.

School hit with €3.5 thousand penalty for discrimination due to nut allergy

IFAN welcomes the judgement of November 11th 2019 by the Workplace Relations CommissionÂ (WRC) that a pupil with food allergies was discriminated against by a schoolâ��s failure to provide reasonable accommodations to attend a school trip and that other o

Adrenaline training.

The Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council are responsible under law for approving and accrediting providers of training courses in Ireland for emergency cardiac first response (CFR) including giving adrenaline (Epinephrine). If you are in need of trainin

Travel Bursary

A limited number of travel grants are now being offered by IFAN to members presenting original work, relevant to the field of Food Allergy at an International meeting. To be eligible for a grant, the applicant must be: The first author of an abstr