Venue: The Courthouse - Meath County Council Stage
While the ‘day job’ as a professor of immunology at Trinity College Dublin keeps him busy, Luke O’Neill has also become the public face of science in Ireland, largely through his weekly appearances on Pat Kenny’s radio programme, first on RTÉ and then Newstalk, where he explains science to the layman in a witty, informative and charismatic style. Winner of the prestigious Boyle Medal in 2009, and a longstanding member of the Royal Irish Academy, Luke is author of the 2018 book Humanology: A Scientist’s Guide To Our Amazing Existence, which advised readers that sex with a caveman was a good idea and that robots will become part of everyday life. A passionate advocate of the mitigation of climate change, Luke will be tackling the issue in his chillingly-titled talk.
