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Olympian Jerry Kiernan dies aged 67 Updated / Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 22:03 Irish Olympian Jerry Kiernan has died at the age of 67. A long-distance runner, the Listowel native represented Ireland at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he finished ninth in the mens marathon. He won the Dublin Marathon in 1982 and 1992 and was the seventh Irishman to run a sub-four-minute mile. He also won the national cross country title in 1984. Kiernan would go on to coach a number of athletes inclu...

Feature   open Meredith Smith, Kari Apter and Samantha Hornback Congratulations to the 118 members of the 2021 class of OSA Fellow Members, who will be recognized at OSA conferences throughout the year for scientific, engineering and technological contributions, as well as industry leadership and service to OSA and the global optics community. The 2021 class of Fellows reflects the diverse and inclusive community that OSA serves. A record 261 nominations were received, making this program very...

Dr John Travers’ reflections were the winning postgraduate essay in the RCGP-ROI Sheppard Memorial Awards Dr John Travers An award-winning essay of reflections during the early part of the pandemic by a Dublin GP Registrar has just been published in the current edition of the primary care research journal, British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) Life. Dr John Travers’ essay “The Longest March: Reflections during the early pandemic” was the recent winning postgraduate essay in the Ro...