The Irish Times

Coronavirus: forgotten lessons of the Spanish flu pandemic

There’s a ‘collective amnesia’ in Ireland around the deadly outbreak of 1918-19

Fri Apr 24 2020 - 05:29

From the Archive: A reluctance among mothers to breastfeed coupled with poor hygiene was blamed for many infant deaths

Fri Sept 20 2019 - 06:01

Newspaper notices and accounts of lectures at the time shed some insight into social conditions and the state of the nation’s health

Fri Dec 21 2018 - 06:01

Diarmaid Ferriter: Politicians’ threats have never meant much in practice

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00

In 1904 a ‘tramp’ named Thomas Coyne learned Mary Carrol was ill and insisted he could cure her

Sun Aug 20 2017 - 09:00