A recent study published in the journal Nature has confirmed 108 locations within the human genome that are linked directly to schizophrenia, 83 of which were completely new discoveries. Aiden Corvin, professor of psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin’s school of medicine, was one of the lead authors of the study, which analyzed more than 80,000 genetic samples, including some … [Read more...] about TCD Researchers Help Make
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Ian Paisley
The North’s Dark Star Became a Prince of Peace in a lifelong journey from firebrand to peacemaker. I was at the Battle of the Boyne site in Oldbridge, County Meath, 30 miles from Dublin in May 2007 when Ian Paisley as the First Minister of Northern Ireland made a visit at the invitation of then Irish leader Bertie Ahern. It was an extraordinary time when a power-sharing … [Read more...] about Ian Paisley
Photo Essay:
Dreams of the Old Country
The haunting distinctive photographs of emigrant Richard Fitzgerald
When I began taking photographs of Ireland some forty years ago I felt an immediate connection with Irish emigrants in America, the thousands of people who had left the old country to begin a new life in Boston and New York. The landscape back home was dotted with abandoned stone cottages and derelict … [Read more...] about Photo Essay:
Dreams of the Old Country
A Course Called Quirky
Tom Coyne, whose 16-week jaunt through Ireland’s 38 seaside golf courses led to the best-selling book, A Course Called Ireland, has put together a list of 18 of his favorite quirky Irish golf holes. Quirky: possessing an individual peculiarity of character; an unusual habit or way of behaving; different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity. In compiling my list of … [Read more...] about A Course Called Quirky
Rebranding Limerick
As Ireland’s first City of Culture, Limerick is positioning itself to become a new capital of the arts in the west. Adam Farley traveled there to see how it’s going and what it means for the future of the former “Stab City.” Richard Harris used to drink here. Angela McCourt used to buy single cigarettes here. The Cranberries used to play house shows here. Kevin Barry used to … [Read more...] about Rebranding Limerick