Mark McGovern and Alan Fernihough

Congratulations to Mark McGovern, who regularly posts here, on passing his viva defence in UCD last Friday. Mark is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development. Congratulations also to Alan Fernihough who also recently passed his viva defence in UCD. Alan often contributed here also and is currently working on a major ERC project with Professor Kevin O'Rourke formerly of TCD and now Oxford.