A full Stanley Quek Theatre in Trinity Biomedical Science Institute (TBSI) was the setting for a conference on the increasingly topical relationship between concussion and sport hosted by the Concussion Research Interest Group at Trinity, with St James’s hospital. The conference, titled “Concussion: A National Direction”, began with a panel discussion hosted by broadcaster Eoin McDevitt from the popular Second Captains podcast. Guests on the panel included former Irish rugby captains Keith Wood and Fergus Slattery, Dublin University Football Club (DUFC) captain, Niamh Byrne, Tipperary All-Star hurler, Séamus Callanan, and boxer Christina McMahon. Before the panel could get their teeth into the issue of concussion … Continue reading Trinity Hosts Keith Wood, Eoin McDevitt and Séamus Callanan for Conference on Concussion