New Principles of Functional Nutrition course starting in September 2014. Details here

Increase your knowledge and skills in 2014 with the IHS e-Learning Certificate in Dietary Counselling or Diploma in Diet, Health & Wellness Coaching. New practical elements added.

In-class version running in Cork and Dublin from September 2014


Interviewing now for our Diploma in Nutritional Therapy (Dublin), Diploma in Diet, Health and Wellness Coaching (Dublin & Cork) and in-class Dietary Counselling Certificate (Dublin & Cork) starting in September 2014




IHS Open Days
Saturday 21st June 2014 10am - 2pm, Education & Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospice,Harold's Cross, Dublin
Saturday 28th June 2014 9.30am - 1pm, Bru Columbanus, Cardinal Way, Wilton, Cork
Meet staff and current students, talks on our various courses. Attend an IHS lecture. Please contact the office to book your place

The Intermittent Fasting Diet (5:2 Diet), by Caroline Noonan

January 31, 2013 | In Health, News

Forget depriving yourself every day, the new diet on the block suggests you only have to limit food intake 2 days a week to lose weight and improve your health. Too good to be true? Continue reading The Intermittent Fasting Diet (5:2 Diet), by Caroline Noonan…





Stress Management Weekend - Dublin 26th & 27th January 2012

January 16, 2013 | In Health, News

This weekend is designed to address one of the biggest threats to health and wellbeing in the modern world – stress. The term ‘stress’ has actually become an umbrella term for a broad range of factors that influence the mind and body in a negative way. However, all stress - be it mental, emotional or physical - has an effect on the body at a cellular level and the modern world is rapidly coming to terms with the fact that stress plays a huge role in the prevalence of illness in the developed world Continue reading Stress Management Weekend - Dublin 26th & 27th January 2012…