National Tongue Tie Centre

National Tongue Tie Centre Ireland's specialist tongue tie clinic. Consultant Paediatrician + Physiotherapist, both IBCLCs.

05/08/2026

If it has seemed quiet on here lately, it is because things have been anything but.

Our Kildare clinic has moved to a brand new, purpose-designed home in Caragh, with more room and a calmer feel for the families we see. Down in Tipperary, our reception has had a makeover too, so there is a warmer welcome waiting when you walk through the door.

And later this month, Kate and Justin head to Perth to teach a clinical masterclass, then on to Bali for the ASTOT conference (Australasian Society for Tethered Oral Tissues), exchanging ideas with colleagues from around the world.

New spaces, new places, same purpose. We will bring you along for all of it, so keep an eye on this page. 🇮🇪✈️

📍 NTTC Kildare, Caragh | NTTC Tipperary, Clonmel

When you bring your child to the National Tongue Tie Centre, you want to know they are in safe, skilled hands. That is e...
25/06/2026

When you bring your child to the National Tongue Tie Centre, you want to know they are in safe, skilled hands. That is exactly what our paediatric nurse specialists are here to provide.

Our nursing team holds advanced competencies in conscious sedation, bringing specialist paediatric training and clinical experience to your child’s experience at our clinic.

They work directly as part of our surgical team, and they are trained in infant feeding, supporting families who are bottle feeding and working closely with our physiotherapy team to ensure continuity of care across every aspect of your child’s feeding journey.

Paediatric nursing at this level of specialism is something we have invested in deliberately, because your child deserves a team built around their specific needs.

We are proud of them.

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📍 Co. Tipperary | Co. Kildare

19/06/2026

We started in our own clinic.

This is what it looked like when we certified our own clinical team in The PRIME Feeding Method. Every clinician at the National Tongue Tie Centre, trained in the same framework, speaking the same clinical language.

Three babies attended on the day, bringing real feeding presentations into the room for live clinical demonstration.
Our team are already clinicians of the highest standard. The PRIME Feeding Method gives them a common clinical foundation to keep refining and elevating what they already do so well.

The next one is open to you. Live and virtual. Tuesday 22 September 2026.

Comment MASTERCLASS below and I will send you the details, whether you are joining us virtually in September or want to be first to know about the next live in-person event.

Earlier this month we had the privilege of attending Linda D’Onofrio’s advanced orofacial myofunctional disorder (OMD) c...
03/06/2026

Earlier this month we had the privilege of attending Linda D’Onofrio’s advanced orofacial myofunctional disorder (OMD) courses in Dublin. Linda is a leading international educator in OMD and it was an opportunity we were not going to miss.

Manar completed the Diagnostic and Treatment Process for OMDs, and Kate the Advanced OMD Topics for SLPs. A significant investment in understanding the relationship between oral motor function and clinical presentations at a deeper level.

Linda also made the journey to our clinic in Tipperary to collaborate on a patient. That kind of generous, peer-to-peer clinical exchange is where really meaningful learning happens.

We have known Linda through the international conference circuit for some time, and it was genuinely good to have her on home ground.

Staying connected to global clinical thinking is how we keep raising the standard of care here in Ireland.




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Oral function, regulation, and the bigger picture.Tongue tie and the neurodivergent child.Oral function does not exist i...
26/05/2026

Oral function, regulation, and the bigger picture.
Tongue tie and the neurodivergent child.

Oral function does not exist in isolation. For the neurodivergent child, restriction in the mouth can affect regulation, sleep, eating, and how comfortably a child moves through their day. When we address
the oral piece, the wider picture can shift.
This Wednesday on Tie Talk, we are focusing on tongue tie in children with neurodivergence
and sensory processing difficulties, and what it actually takes to assess, treat, and support this population well. We will cover how to
adapt your evaluation so it is non-overwhelming and reveals true functional potential rather than a stress response. How to individualise treatment and surgery to meet the needs of the child and their family. And why raising the sensory threshold in these children,
through optimising oral function and supporting nervous system regulation, can meaningfully improve sleep quality, eating, and family quality of life. These children often carry both oral motor difficulty
and sensory food aversion. The two compound each other, bringing overwhelm closer. Getting the oral piece right matters.
Wednesday 27th May | 9am IST | Link in bio to register.

We are looking for two baby models this week for our very first PRIME Masterclass, taking place this Thursday 28th May i...
24/05/2026

We are looking for two baby models this week for our very first PRIME Masterclass, taking place this Thursday 28th May in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

The PRIME Feeding Method is a clinical framework for assessing and supporting infant feeding. Thursday’s Masterclass will demonstrate how PRIME applies across a range of feeding presentations, including tongue tie.

We have two spaces available:

Space 1: Baby under 12 weeks with suspected tongue tie
Come for your full evaluation at NTTC tomorrow, Monday 25th May, with follow-up attendance on Thursday 28th May as part of our live Masterclass.

Space 2: Any baby under 6 months with a feeding challenge
No tongue tie diagnosis needed. If your baby is struggling to feed, this space is open to you. Attend on Thursday 28th May for a full clinical evaluation as part of the Masterclass.

As a Masterclass model, your baby’s session will form part of our live teaching day and will also be filmed for use in our PRIME courses and online clinical content. We ask that you are comfortable consenting to both.

What’s included, at no cost to you:
A full in-person feeding assessment with Kate Roche (Chartered Physiotherapist, IBCLC) and a medical evaluation with Dr. Justin Roche (Consultant Paediatrician, IBCLC). Where a frenectomy or frenuloplasty is indicated following assessment, this will be scheduled at a separate appointment, not on the day. All care, including any subsequent procedure and post-procedure follow-up, is provided at no cost and here in Tipperary.

To register your interest, email [email protected] as soon as possible.

📍 National Tongue Tie Centre, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

The procedure goes well. The family does everything right. And yet something is off.This is the clinical reality that do...
11/05/2026

The procedure goes well. The family does everything right. And yet something is off.

This is the clinical reality that does not get talked about enough, and it is where your reasoning skills matter most.

This Wednesday on Tie Talk we are covering what happens when post-release recovery does not follow the expected path.
Infants, older children, adults.
This Wednesday, bring the complicated cases

Two weeks ago we worked through the adult presentation and assessment process.This week we’re picking up from there.We’r...
28/04/2026

Two weeks ago we worked through the adult presentation and assessment process.
This week we’re picking up from there.
We’re getting into prehab, surgery, and rehab.
What needs to happen before a frenuloplasty, what the procedure involves, and why the work after release is where the real gains are made.
If you missed Part 1, the recording is in the community.
Questions welcome below or by DM.
Prehab

15/04/2026

Adult tongue tie is one of the most underrecognised presentations in clinical practice. This week in Tie Talk we started the conversation.
Part one covered what makes the adult patient fundamentally different from the infant and child population, and the assessment considerations that follow from that. We went deep on the compensation piece, not just fascial, but the full functional and adaptive picture that builds up over years of living with an unaddressed restriction.
The recording is available now within the Tie Talk community.
Part two is in two weeks. We will be covering pre-release preparation, surgical considerations, and what a structured rehabilitation programme looks like for an adult patient.
If this is a gap in your clinical training, this is where to start.
Join via the link in bio.

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Most tongue tie training stops at infants.But tongue tie does not stop at infancy. Adults struggle with tongue tie too...
13/04/2026

Most tongue tie training stops at infants.

But tongue tie does not stop at infancy.
Adults struggle with tongue tie too.
With years of fascial compensation, layered symptom patterns, and a very different rehabilitation demand than anything you see in newborns.

This week we start the conversation about adult assessment, pre and post release rehabilitation, and the whole-body approach, including considerations specific to adult patients.

Fortnightly sessions. Free to join as an Alliance member.

Link in bio.

Address

The National Tongue Tie Centre, Amber Hill, Park, Knocklofty
Clonmel
E91F8X8

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8am - 5:30pm
Friday 8am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+353852022244

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