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Focuses on the Second Irish Crop Protection Conference in Dublin, Ireland on October 18-19, 1966, organized by An Foras Taluntais or The Agricultural Institute of Ireland and the Irish Agrochemicals Association. Number of delegates who attended the conference; Topics discussed at the conference.

The article throws light on the industrialization and regional development in Ireland between 1958-72. Ireland lagged in industrial growth not only far behind Great Britain but also the rest of Northern Europe. Owing to the inability of the Irish Government to engender a viable economy, the 1950s were years of economic, social and psychological depression. In 1958 the first program of Economic Development was launched, marking the cessation of hostility toward foreign investment and the dismantling of protectionist barriers. The new economic strategy, implemented under the aegis of the Industrial Development Authority (I.D.A.), called for vigorous encouragement of foreign industry and promotion of a healthy export oriented economy. in Ireland the incentives surpass those offered elsewhere in Europe. Foremost among those are non-repayable cash grants for the cost of fixed assets of up to 35 per cent of the total cost. To promote a more harmonious regional balance the I.D.A. adopted a strategy of economic decentralization, meaning the discouragement of further industrialization in the immediate Dublin, Ireland, area.

The article discusses the history of dermatology in Dublin, Ireland. The story of dermatology in Dublin begins in 1804, when Thomas Moriarty, published in Dublin a neat little octavo volume of 64 pages, "A Description of the Mercurial Lepra," giving a clear account of the course, clinical appearances and origin of the mercurial drug eruption. Abraham Colles also made great contributions for dermatology in Dublin. His largest and most important work was his "Observations on the Venereal Disease and the use of Mercury," published in Dublin and London, England in 1837.