Niall Tubridy was awarded his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1991. He went on to work in hospitals in Dublin, London, Paris and Melbourne. Since 2004, he has been a consultant neurologist at St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin. He is also a professor of clinical medicine at University College Dublin.
Compelling ... colourful, thoughtful * Sunday Independent * [My brother] has written a book which has to be one of the most extraordinary books written in Irish medical history! I would say that, wouldn't I? But it is great. It's really good, really accessible, a super read. We're all very proud of him -- Ryan Tubridy [Tubridy] renders sometimes complex medical concepts understandable for the general reader ... good on the sometimes unbearable pressures on doctors * Irish Times * Fascinating -- Liz Nugent It's a most readable book. There's no jargon in it -- Sean O'Rourke * RTE * [Oliver] Sacks hoped that his neurological tales ... could bring us closer to where the psychic and the physical meet ... Tubridy's concerns are less rarefied. He wants us to understand the human toll that illness takes * Sunday Times * Niall's sense of wonder at the human brain is enormously clear even with almost three decades of work in the field under his belt * RTE Lifestyle * Very interesting and very entertaining -- Pat Kenny Fascinating ... The book teems with interesting characters * Sunday Business Post * Will make you think in a whole new way about the human brain * Ireland AM * A book that will fascinate you with the patients' tales but leave you at the end pondering the notion of what life really is * Journal.ie * Simple and illuminating * Irish News * Written in a very accessible way for non-medical people, like myself -- Dave Fanning * RTE *