Name: Dublin: Informal ME/CFS social meet-up hosted by Tom Kindlon (Irish ME/CFS Association)
Start: 2026-01-07T14:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-07T16:00:00+00:00
Location: The Bell Pub

$Dublin: Informal ME\/CFS social meet-up hosted by Tom Kindlon (Irish ME\/CFS Association)$

2:30 PM-4 PM, Wednesday, December 3 at The Bell Bar & Restaurant, Dublin 15, D15 EW77, Ireland https://www.thebell.ie/
Transport/travel: Venue is close to the M50 junction 6. There is a quite big car parking on site which should have plenty of spaces at this time of the day. Castleknock train station is 400 m away. There are bus stops very close.
All welcome. You don’t need to be a member of the Irish ME/CFS Association.
Register your interest (optional) by emailing me at [email protected] . Useful if we were to have to cancel it (hopefully unlikely) or you can't find us on the day. I don't promise to be able to reach everyone who hasn't registered if we did have to cancel.
Format: None. People chat spontaneously with others either on a one-to-one basis or in small groups.
Entrance: Free
Refreshments: People buy their own food and/or drink.
Length: People are free to stay on after 4 PM. But that is getting close to my energy/similar limit so I'll probably leave around then.
Inside or outside? I'm afraid given typical Irish weather in January, I can't see that being outside will suit.
Background: We've had a number of meet-ups here that went well. I'll be buying lunch for myself however other people don't need to buy lunch if they don't want: you can simply order a drink including tea or coffee. Carvery lunch is sold till 3 PM and that is what I'll be getting but there is also a general food menu that is available all day (though the general food menu is more expensive; I tend to get the half-portion carvery lunch which is a good size and costs €11.95 and free tap water). Our previous meet-ups here have had 6, 6, 8, 6, 4, 4, 5, 5, 2, 2, 3, 5 &3 people at them respectably.
A place which I hope to meet at within the Bell is the carvery room (“carvery” over the door) where the carvery food is served. We have had it to ourselves a few times after the food stopped being served. It also has low stools that are a good height for me to put my feet up on.