Gordon Deegan, in The Irish Times, reports (on December 3, 2011): Psychiatrist calls for lithium to be added to water A consultant psychiatrist last night called on Government to add lithium salts to the public water supply in a bid to lower the suicide rate and depression among the general population. At a mental health […]
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Irish court ruling notes Ig Nobel aspect
The Irish Times reports today that an Ig Nobel Prize played a peripheral role in a ruling by the High Court: UCC lecturer has sanctions quashed A lecturer at University College Cork has won a High Court order quashing sanctions imposed on him following an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations made by a female colleague […]
Ig Nobel acceptance speech: Driving license
A highlight from the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony [AIR 15:6]: Acceptance speech for the 2009 prize for literature [for presenting more than fifty traffic tickets to the most frequent driving offender in the country—Prawo Jazdy—whose name in Polish means “Driving License”] The winner, Ireland’s police service (An Garda Siochana), could not or would not attend the ceremony. […]