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Paul McNally

Ireland Has Highest Rates of Cystic Fibrosis in the World, But is Leading With Research

By Maggie Holland, Editorial Assistant
January / February 2019

December 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment

1 in 19 people in Ireland are carriers of the Cystic Fibrosis gene. In 2010, Professor Paul McNally and Dr. Barry Linnane set up the SHIELD Cystic Fibrosis study, a wide-ranging long-term study into Cystic Fibrosis. It involves over 250 children who have attended Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Tallaght, and Limerick. As a result of the combined efforts of research … [Read more...] about Ireland Has Highest Rates of Cystic Fibrosis in the World, But is Leading With Research

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June 4, 1820

On June 4, 1820, Henry Grattan, outstanding orator and dominant figure in the Irish parliament, died. Grattan entered the Irish Parliament in December 1775. He was the leader of the Patriot movement that won legislative independence for Ireland in 1782. Later he headed opposition to the union of England and Ireland. Grattan spent the last 15 years of his life on the British House of Commons after being elected in 1805.

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