Nervous student: The science of the brain
Neurologist Niall Tubridy reveals a questioning mind and gets under his patients’ skin while he reflects on his own methods and motivations in his fascinating memoir
There’s a particular subject that Niall Tubridy prefers to mention early in his interviews. Speaking to presenter Sean O’Rourke on RTÉ radio recently, Tubridy opened proceedings by saying: “I’m about as comfortable here as Ryan would be in a neurology clinic.” Today, in a hotel just off Grafton Street, he does more or less the same thing. “I don’t know how Ryan does it,” Tubridy says, settling into his chair, looking slightly peaky. ...
