There was a rumble in the media lately about theatre-goers not minding their manners. There were letters in the national press giving out about noisy punters who spoiled the theatre experience for others by clinking glasses, rattling ice and, of course, failing to turn off those ubiquitous mobile phones. Most of the comment was generated [...]
As the 31 October deadline for 2007 tax returns is fast approaching, I thought that it might be useful to recap on the changed landscape of retirement funding in Ireland. Retirement funding is also becoming increasingly important, given that pension contributions are one of the few remaining tax breaks that can effectively reduce an individual’s [...]
Every drug company has a list of historic blunders, but only one can lay claim to the mass marketing of heroin. Synthesised first in 1874 by Alder Wright, an English chemist working at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London, it was first marketed by Bayer 23 years later as an non-addictive morphine substitute and [...]
Born in 1755, James Parkinson would go on to lead an extraordinary life of achievement, endeavour and controversy. He is best known for the disease that now bears his name, but barely remembered for his contributions to geology, society and politics. h4. Early life Born in London to a surgeon and apothecary father, which was [...]
Like many before him and after him, Charles Lever qualified as a medical doctor in early life but later forsook medicine for writing. His lively devil-may-care stories enthralled the public and in his day his novels were as popular as those of his friend Charles Dickens. Charles was born in Dublin on 31 August 1806. [...]
Walter Osbourne was born at 5 Castlewood Ave, Rathmines in Dublin in 1859 to a family that produced doctors and the occasional writer or painter. His father, who was also an artist, specialised in painting animals and made a modest living doing so. The family were nationalist and, unusually, also ‘high church’ Anglican. h4. Wickedness [...]
Sometimes, when I’m wearing my lecturing hat, enthusiastic students ask me what’s the best thing about being a journalist. What is it really like as a job? Who have I met? Who have I interviewed? What were they like? Do you get free tickets to concerts? For some of the young ‘uns, they see it [...]
h4. Kingspan €15.65 Last month Kingspan reported a very strong set of H1 2007 results, with adjusted earnings per share (EPS) up 32 per cent to 52.8. The numbers were ahead of expectations and reflected better than expected results from the insulation and raised access floors businesses (some of Kingspan’s main products), a lower effective [...]
Introduced by Maeve Binchy, LifeStory is a unique book which has been created to enable Irish families, couples and individuals to begin the process of compiling and writing their own life histories. It was launched by television and radio presenters Miriam O’Callaghan and Eamon Dunphy. Edited by journalist John Waters, the book is divided into [...]
The British NHS has handed over the keys of the Radcliffe Infirmary to Oxford University. A new book casts an affectionate backward glance at two centuries of outstanding medical achievement by Oxford’s first hospital. Some of the greatest innovators in medicine have walked along the endless corridors of the Radcliffe Infirmary, generating its worldwide, pioneering [...]
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