The website for convention 2010 in Limerick is now live Click here to view

05/10/2009 - We've just had a spectacular 21st anniversary convention in the Helix in Dublin over this weekend. We were delighted to welcome all our barbershop friends - both home based and from abroad. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. We would like to pay tribute to the convention team that put the show together and made the weekend such a success. We would especially like to congratulate Helena O'Dowd - chair of the convention committee - who, with her team was responsible for making this weekend one of our best ever conventions. Competition results are now available online. Click here for details

 28/09/2009 - It's 'All Systems Go' for Convention 2009 taking place in the Helix in Dublin on Friday and Saturday next (2nd and 3rd October). All the hard work of the Convention committee over the past number of months comes to fruition next weekend. So we look forward to welcoming all our visitors to what promises to be a highly entertaining weekend of Barbershop music  - all the more special since it marks the 21st Anniversary of the founding of IABS!!   Click on the link to the left to go to the Convention 2009 website.

15/09/2009 - DVD's of Sligo Convention 2008 are now available. 

Click here for Sligo Convention 2008 DVD's

19/08/2009 - The IABS committee now has a new email address. We can be reached at iabsexec@gmail.com  All queries sent to our website email address info@irishbarbershop.org are forwarded to this address

Your IABS Executive has been meeting today 15th August 2009. The purpose of the meeting to continue the planning and structure of this new IABS Website. Issues have been resolved and continuous updating now means that all the latest news will be available to all IABS members and friends. All Executive members will be able to make changes and update news from all of the choruses so make sure you know who your nearest Executive member is!  In the near future every chorus will have their own slot where they can have contact details and information about themselves.  This will make it easier for potential barbershop singers to get in touch.

IABS Education Group in response to membership requests invited all members to attend a unique opportunity to sing all day at a Singers Day on Saturday 25th April 2009 at Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon, Co. Longford 10.30 to 4.30.

The day was facilitated by Jon Conway A Natural Voice practitioner.

Jon has delivered workshops, seminars and summerschools in Europe. He is also a barbershopper and member of the British Quartet Champion Chorus 'The BQC'.
Jon also made himself available for coaching in the days immediately following Singers Day.

We are grateful to Jon for the time and care he took to get a larger number of members of different choruses singing in harmony and we look forward to his next visit.