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Dr John Wallace looks at the influence of Scottish medical schools on medical education in Ireland Founded in 1413, St Andrews is Scotland’s oldest

Perennial patient Sheilagh Foley on the joys of St James’ Hospital and the humour of patients and staff Every now and then my smartphone will ask me a

In the 1916 Easter Rising, she became a fully-fledged officer in the Irish Citizen Army and had fought in St. Stephen’s Green during the uprising, eventually surrendering and then sentenced to death. Because she was a woman, however, Markievicz was spared the death penalty and was given a life sentence. One year later, in 1917, the Countess was given amnesty and released from Ailsbury Gaol in England. In 1918, Markievicz was elected as a member of Sinn Féin, but due to the abstentionist poli...