1980s

Brian Harvey

MA 1987

lives in Ireland and is a writer. His new book, China in Space – The Great Leap Forward, an account of China’s space programme, has just been published by Praxis-Springer.

Michael Lowry

BSc 1985

lives and works in the UK as a senior inspector. Memories of UCD: My wife and I met at UCD and were married By Fr Shan O’Cuiv at Belfield Church in 1988.

Raymond Clarke

MB BCh BAO 1981, BSc 1983

(MB BCh BAO 1981, BSc 1983) lives in the UK and is an ENT surgeon at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and professor and associate dean at the University of Liverpool.

Memories of UCD: Physiology labs in the Terrace; Hartigans; the Iveagh Gardens.

Peter Collins

BE 1986

(BE 1986) lives in the UK and is chairman of Inflowmatix Limited.

Memories of UCD: The canteen at Merrion Street; convincing the gentlemen in uniform at the gates in Merrion Street to let us in long after dark to retrieve our stuff after an evening in Doheny & Nesbitt; Professor Seamus Timoney’s first lecture.

John Church

BSc 1986

(BSc 1986) lives in Ireland and is the chief executive of the ISPCC. Memories of UCD: Playing in the rugby freshman colours game. Competing on the old athletics track. Hanging out by the lake during summer exams. Great concerts in the LGs such as the Benzini Brothers (later to become The Hothouse Flowers) and Christy Moore.

Antoinette Devine

BA 1985

(BA 1985) lives in Scotland and is an independent consultant. In the last year she represented the UK in an environmental standards development group. Memories of UCD: I loved the Library.

Mairéad Phelan

BE 1984

(BE 1984) lives in Ireland and works as national building control officer for Dublin City Council.

Memories of UCD: Walking into Earlsfort Terrace late for my first lecture and being stunned at all the males in attendance (I didn’t notice the other eight females). I went to all-girls primary and secondary schools and nobody told me engineering was (at that time) a largely male profession.

Brian Harvey

MA History 1987

(MA History 1987) lives in Ireland and is a writer. His book Discovering the Cosmos with Small Spacecraft: The American Explorer Programme was published by Praxis/ Springer to mark the 60th anniversary of the first Explorer satellite.

Patrick Flynn

BCL 1983

(BCL 1983) lives in Ireland and is the managing partner at Flynn O'Driscoll Business Lawyers in Dublin and Galway. Memories of UCD: The Law Society on Thursday nights and the L&H on Friday nights. In the 1980s, the Library closed at 10pm and on Saturdays at 1pm. Now it seems to open 24/7. The Law Library and Miss Semple, the boss, a sweet, dedicated librarian who resembled Miss Marple and found everything for us.

Kareena MacLeod

BSc 1989

(BSc 1989) lives in Ireland and is the founder and director of Cloudware Ltd t/a Aladdin Schools. This year the company launched Aladdin Connect, a mobile phone app companion to the Aladdin MIS, which keeps parents appraised of their child’s progress in primary school.

Memories of UCD: Founding SciDay, demonstrating for a year after graduation in the Computer Science Department and lifelong friendships.

Oliver O’Connor

BA 1982

(BA 1982) lives in Ireland and is chief executive of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association. Memories of UCD: I was delighted to meet former UCD President, and Professor of Philosophy, Paddy Masterson, at the 30th anniversary dinner of Newman Fellows. A wonderful achievement on his and UCD’s part.

Maher L D Salim

PhD 1989

(PhD 1989) lives in Jordan and is the president of Amman Arab University.

Memories of UCD: I enjoyed every moment at UCD, in the Department of Biochemistry, under the supervision of Professor Harrington. I played basketball, tennis and volleyball with my department colleagues and was a member of the International Society. We organised a lovely international night on the campus.

Ailish Dalton

BPhysio 1989

(BPhysio 1989) lives in Ireland where she works as a physiotherapist in her own clinic.

Memories of UCD: Friends! We are having a 30-year reunion on 5 October at the Midlands House Hotel in Portlaoise.