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Favourite DIB lives: Sir Charles Alexander Cameron, medical officer
Monday, 27 April 2020Selected by Dr Frank Cullen (Irish Historic Towns Atlas), Sir Charles Cameron was a Victorian polymath who served as Chief Medical Officer for Dublin and instituted significant advances in health and sanitation for the...
RIA authors of 'Ireland: a voice among the nations' on Talking History
Monday, 27 April 2020Patrick Geoghegan interviews John Gibney, Micheal Kennedy and Kate O'Malley this Sunday, 26 April.
Meet the authors: a new video series
Friday, 24 April 2020Bringing our authors to your homes to help you through these strange times.
Favourite DIB lives: ‘Typhoid Mary' Mallon
Friday, 24 April 2020Selected and written by DIB alumnus Lawrence William White, Mary Mallon was an early-twentieth century ‘super spreader’ of typhoid as cook to New York’s elite. Her biography is part of our ‘Favourite DIB lives’ series.
Does ivermectin kill the COVID-19 virus?
Friday, 24 April 2020William C. Campbell, Hon. MRIA, Ireland's only Nobel prize winner for medicine, shares his thoughts on the subject.
DIFP and other online resources
Thursday, 23 April 2020We recently placed DIFP Vol. VIII, covering the immediate postwar years (1945-48), online on an open access basis. We've also put together a short guide to some complementary online resources.
Memories, manuscripts and medieval ink
Thursday, 23 April 2020Library Blog post. After a visit to the Library last year, Kathleen Reen was inspired to learn more about how the old scribes made ink. Follow Kathleen on her journey.
Favourite DIB Lives: Róisín Walsh, Dublin City chief librarian
Wednesday, 22 April 2020Selected by Dr Kate O'Malley, managing editor of the DIB, Róisín Walsh (1889–1949) was Dublin's first chief librarian, as well as a feminist and republican. This biography is part of our 'Favourite DIB lives' series...
Application period for Green Talents award 2020 now open
Wednesday, 22 April 2020The call for this year’s Green Talents is particularly aimed at young researchers in Sustainability – an initiative by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Favourite DIB lives: Dorothy Stopford-Price, dochtúir
Monday, 20 April 2020Selected by Dr Déirdre D’Auria, Eagarthóir Cúnta, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge, paediatrician Dorothy Stopford-Price conducted groundbreaking research into the treatment of TB in children. Her entry is presented here as...