The newest bridge in Ireland is as important for its symbolism as for its ability to carry cars, and both have Irish on each side of the border excited. When completed, the Narrow Water Bridge will be the first ever cross-border bridge connecting the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Funding for the bridge was officially granted by the UK’s Finance Minister in May. The … [Read more...] about Funding Approved for First Cross-Border Bridge
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Irish Methodist Church Elects Its First Female Leader
Reverend Dr. Heather Morris was installed as the new president of the Methodist Church in Ireland this June, becoming the first female to hold not only that post, but the first female head of any of Ireland’s four main churches. Dr. Morris was elected to the position last summer, and the confirmation took place at the church’s national conference in Carrickfergus on June 12th. … [Read more...] about Irish Methodist Church Elects Its First Female Leader
“Rory’s Regulations” Will Fight Sepsis in New York Hospitals
New York has become the first state in the U.S. to mandate a series of protocols to diagnose and treat sepsis before it turns fatal. The protocols have been named “Rory’s Regulations” for 12-year-old Irish American Rory Staunton who died from an undiagnosed case of sepsis on April 1, 2012. Doctors failed to recognize that Rory was suffering from sepsis until it was too … [Read more...] about “Rory’s Regulations” Will Fight Sepsis in New York Hospitals
Study Shows Immigrants Give More to Medicare Than They Take Out
As the United States Congress debates an immigration reform bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants (which includes about 50,000 illegal Irish immigrants), Harvard researchers have published a study that challenges widely-held notions of the relationship between immigrants and the U.S.’s entitlement programs. Published in the May … [Read more...] about Study Shows Immigrants Give More to Medicare Than They Take Out
Quinnipiac Opens State-of-the-Art Medical School
The new Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut is attracting students in primary care medicine. Dr. Bruce Koeppen didn’t just do a double take in 2009 when he first read the announcement that Quinnipiac University was planning to build a medical school. He took action. The Yale-educated Koeppen, then dean for academic affairs at the … [Read more...] about Quinnipiac Opens State-of-the-Art Medical School