Events / Media

ARC Cancer Support Centre  I will be giving an information meeting for prostate cancer October 26th, 11:30am-12:30pm at ARC 65 Eccles St. Dublin 7. To book your place please contact Tricia Pugh Mobile: 086-7750735 (admission free).

The Elbowroom Dublin’s Favourite Wellbeing Hub I will be giving a free open session September 8th 7:00pm at The elbowroom 32 North Brunswick Street Stoneybatter, Dublin 7.  Book your place on this FREE open session or email shane@the-elbowroom.com for group bookings.

Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer with the ‘Murphy METs Programme’  When it comes to reducing breast cancer risk, exercise is increasingly looking like a good bet. Know your METs  If you don’t know your METs, you won’t know if you are getting the right level of exercise you need to reduce your risk of breast cancer or a cancer recurrence.

The Elbowroom DUBLIN’S FAVOURITE WELLBEING HUB I’m delighted to be joining The elbowroom team where I’ll be bringing my 12 week METs programme in September. I’ve heard wonderful things about the centre and I feel my programme is a perfect fit with the ethos of The elbowroom community. Starts September 17th through December 3rd.

ARC Cancer Support Centre  I will be giving an information meeting for prostate cancer June 15th, 11:30am-12:30pm at ARC 65 Eccles St. Dublin 7. To book your place please contact Tricia Pugh Mobile: 086-7750735 (admission free).

Marie Keating Foundation is getting ready for another ‘Survive & Thrive’ programme in Dublin. I will be giving a talk on “Physical Activity and Stress Management” April 20th, 7:30pm at the Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire. For further information please see Survive & Thrive

ARC Cancer Support Centre I will be giving an information meeting for people with secondary cancer Wednesday March 9th, 11:00am-12:00pm at ARC 65 Eccles St. Dublin 7.  To book your place please contact Tricia Pugh Mobile: 086-7750735 (admission free).

ARC Cancer Support Centre I will be giving an information meeting for prostate cancer survivors Monday March 7th, 11:00am-12:00pm at ARC South Circular Road. To book your place please contact Tricia Pugh Mobile: 086-7750735 (admission free).

Galway Cancer Care West Support Centre Annual Patient Conference Thursday February 19th at the Westwood Hotel, Galway (admission free). My workshop on exercise & nutrition recommendations for cancer recovery runs from 2:00pm – 5:00pm. :cancercaresupportcentre 

East Galway & Midlands Cancer Support will be launching the Murphy (METs) Programme January 14th 7:30pm Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co Galway.  East Galway & Midlands Cancer Support is the first in the country to offer my full programme; cardiovascular, resistance and nutrition.  To hear interview on the Keith Finnegan Show clink link and fast forward 63 minutes. To read article in Ballinasloe Life magazine go to page 21.

Marie Keating Foundation is getting ready for another busy Men’s Cancer Awareness Month for 2015.  As part of their ‘Survive & Thrive’ programme in Galway I will be giving a talk on “Nutrition for Cancer survivors” November 19th, 7:30pm Shearwater Hotel, Co Galway.  For further information please see ‘Survive & Thrive’

MMI Patient & Family Awareness Day 2015 November 12th, GlenRoyal Hotel Maynooth.   I will be giving two workshops on Exercise and Nutrition to Minimise the Symptoms of Myeloma.  To view programme please see link Multiple Myeloma Ireland or should you have any questions please call +353867804007.

ARC Cancer Support Centre  I will be giving an information meeting for prostate cancer October 21st, 11:00am-12:00pm at ARC 65 Eccles St. Dublin 7. To book your place please contact Tricia Pugh Mobile: 086-7750735 (admission free).

ARC Cancer Support Centre I will be giving an information meeting for people with secondary cancer at ARC South Circular Road, October 5th, 11:00am-12:00pm.   To book your place please contact Tricia Pugh Mobile: 086-7750735 (admission free).

ARC Cancer Support Centre  I will be giving an information meeting for people with secondary cancer June 26th 11:00am at ARC 65 Eccles St. Dublin 7. To book your place please contact Tricia Pugh Mobile: 086-7750735 (admission free).

ARC Cancer Support Centre  I will be giving an information meeting for prostate cancer at ARC South Circular Road, June 11, 10:00am.   To book your place please contact Tricia Pugh Mobile: 086-7750735 (admission free).

Ballyfermot Library

A series of talks will take place during the month of May. I will be speaking on cancer prevention and recovery, Thursday May 21, followed by a physical activity workshop Thursday May 28. Please see Ballyfermot Library talks for further information and bookings (admission free).

Irish Cancer Society

Workshop : ‘Strides for Life’ based on the Murphy Cardiovascular Programme, Wednesday, May 20, at Cuisle Cancer Support Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.

Galway Cancer Care West Support Centre Public Information Meeting Cancer Recovery: Exercise & Nutrition recommendations at 72 Seamus Quirke Road, Westside, Galway Thursday April 16 7:30pm (admission free) cancercaresupportcentre

ARC Cancer Support Centre  I will be giving an information meeting for people with secondary cancer at ARC South Circular Road on the 23rd February 10:00am.   To book your place please contact Tricia Pugh Mobile: 086-7750735 (admission free).

Tallaght Cancer Support Group

Physical Activity Programme: Information Meeting at Tallaght Cancer Support Group Thursday February 19th 2015 at 8:00pm.  This programme is designed for people who have or had cancer. To book your place please text or phone 0864002736 (admission free)

ARC Cancer Support Centre

I am speak­ing on Exer­cise and Nutri­tion Recommendations for Breast Cancer Patients/Survivors at the ARC Cancer Support Centre for patients, fam­i­lies, sur­vivors, and health pro­fes­sion­als Wed. 29th Octo­ber 2014 10:30am -12:00 at 65 Eccles St. Dublin 7  For more details please call 01 830 7333 ARC Breast Cancer Awareness

Good Counsel G.A.A. Club

I will be giving a talk for patients, families, survivors and health professionals Thursday, 16 October 7:30pm–9:00pm at Good Counsel G.A.A. Club, Davitt Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12. Marie Murphy_Breast Cancer Awareness Month_Save the date

Drimnagh Ladies Club

I will be giving a talk to Drimnagh Ladies Club Tuesday October 14th 9:00pm at Our Lady’s Hall, Mourne Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12.

Marie Keating Foundation

I am speak­ing on Exer­cise and Nutri­tion Recommendations for Breast Cancer Patients/Survivors at the Marie Keat­ing Foun­da­tion Forum for patients, fam­i­lies, sur­vivors, and health pro­fes­sion­als Mon­day 13th Octo­ber 10:00am — 12:00 at New­man House 85 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2. For more details please see: Marie Keating_Breast Can­cer Aware­ness Month_save the date

The Irish Cancer Society

Workshop: ‘Strides for Life’ training for walking leaders has been booked for 17th July at the offices of the Irish Cancer Society 43/45 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4. The training will be delivered by Eimear Cotter, Health Promotion Officer and Marie Murphy, fitness expert and founder of the Marie Murphy METs programme which Strides For Life is based on.

 

In March I spoke on the Importance of Exercise for Cancer Recovery at the Annual National Conference of the Irish Association for Nurses in Oncology which took place on Saturday, March 29, 2014 in the Ormond Hotel, Kilkenny.  Living well and improving outcomes in cancer – overview of annual conference

With the Irish Osteoporosis Society, I spoke at Bunclody Public Library in Bunclody, Co. Wexford on Thursday, February 20 at 7pm. My talk highlighted the benefits of exercise and nutrition for people with osteopenia and osteoporosis. More details from Bunclody Library.

Media

Ballinasloe Life Magazine Exciting project for cancer survivors & their families (page 21). The Murphy (METs) Programme was launched at East Galway & Midlands Cancer Support, Ballinasloe January 14th 2016.

I recently spoke with Ruth O’Connor from the Irish Times about the inclusion of food supplements in our diets and why they are not a substitute for good food.

Pills, thrills and aches ; why diet comes first (Irish Times ,November 15, 2013).
Read it here.

Europa Donna Ireland

Breast Health Day

October 15, 2013

The Murphy (METs) Programme

The Central Hotel,

1-5 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2.

Breast Health Day.

Irish Osteoporosis Society

Annual Medical Conference

Saturday, October 12, 2013

The Murphy (METs) Programme

UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

Caryfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

Conference Programme

FSEM Annual Scientific Conference 2013

The Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, RCPI & RCSI

10th Annual Scientific Conference

Friday, September 20 and Saturday, September 21, 2013

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

123 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

Conference Programme

Thursday, September 12, 2013 7:00pm Public Information Meeting Tuam Cancer Care Centre, Cricket Road, Tuam, Co. Galway. Presentation: Murphy (METs) Programme

Friday, June 28,2013 The Irish Cancer Society 43/45 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4. Workshop: Murphy (METs) Programme

Thursday, June 27, 2013 Cuisle Cancer Support Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Workshop : Murphy (METs) Programme.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Yeats County Hotel Rosses Point, Sligo, Co. Sligo. Workshop : Murphy (METs) Programme.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Carmelite Community Centre, 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2. Workshop : Murphy (METs) Programme.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, Health Sciences Centre,Belfield, Dublin 2, Workshop : Murphy (METs) Programme.

Spokes-Person Bikram Yoga Dublin Sunday 20 January 2013  In coordination with the Yoga Sports Federation of Ireland, Bikram Yoga Dublin hosted the very first Irish Yoga Asana Competition in preparation for the Bishnu Ghosh Cup, held in Los Angeles CA. See it here.

Europa Donna Ireland News Newsletter of the Irish Breast Cancer Campaign / The Murphy (METs) Programme : Reducing Your Risk/Recurrence of Disease. Europa Donna Ireland Newsletter

2012OvaCare Ireland Ovarian Cancer Patient Day Cork, Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, March 31st Video:Exercise and Nutrition: Lowering Your Risk

Tuam Cancer Care Centrestarts a pilot programme with Marie Murphy (Sept.2012).

Marie’s studies presented at NUI Galway’s 16th Annual Health Promotion Conference (see page 32).

Marie’s work is featured in a new book by Cathy McCarthy – Not the Year You Had Planned (Dublin: Ashfield Press, 2011). Cathy participated in the ICS Pilot Study (2010) for breast cancer survivors, and recalls her experience with the programme in the book (Excercise, p. 115).

Marie on RTE’s Four Live (Oct 4, 2011)

Breast Cancer Survivors Get Fresh Start with Fitness Plan (London Daily Mail, Sept 2011)

Breast Health Day 2010 (Europa Donna, Oct 2010)

Europa Donna Ireland AGM + Info Session (May, 2010)

Optimizing Wellness Simms/Mann News: Spring 2008

Cancer and Nutrition – Lifestyle Matters Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology Dec. 2007

Marie Murphy wins the More Marathon (New York Times, 2004)

Running in Dublin brings back some great memories for Marie (Evening Herald, Oct 2004)

More Marathon 2004 – History in the Making (MarathonGuide.com, March 2004)

Published Articles by Marie

Getting Motivated to Run Another Marathon (Run the Planet.com)

Get Motivated! (Irish Runner, 2004)

Marie’s Marathon Memories (Irish Runner, 2004)