Media

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-61726811

The following media have covered topics related to the story of gigantism in Northern Ireland or Prof. Korbonits’ research.

  • RTE Radio 1 – Liveline, “On Charles Byrne Skeleton” February 16, 2018
  • BBC Radio 4, “Bone Stories” and “Irish Giant” August 15, 2017
  • BBC Television ‘The One Show’ -“Why is mid Ulster identified as a ‘giant hotspot’?” August 11, 2017
  • “The Saga of The Irish Giant’s Bones Dismays Medical Ethicists,” Nell Greenfield Boyce, March 13, 2017, NPR, All Things Considered, https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/13/514117230/the-saga-of-the-irish-giants-bones-dismays-medical-ethicists
  • “ ‘Incredible hulk’ mystery of tallest ever Irishman solved,” Patrick Cooper, June 16, 2016, https://www.irishcentral.com/news/incredible-hulk-mystery-of-tallest-ever-irishman-solved-
  • BBC Radio Ulster, Interview with Brendan Holland and Thomas Munzier regarding the skeleton of Charles Byrne, Talkback, August 23, 2013
  • BBC Television Report, “Scientists testing for Northern Ireland giant gene” February 8, 2013
  • BBC Radio 4, “A Tall Story,” February 28, 2011
  • “How an Irish giant and an 18th-century surgeon could help people with growth disorders,” Vivienne Parry, January 11, 2011, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/11/irish-giant-genetic-mutation-growth-disorder
  • BBC World Service Radio- Science in Action with Vivienne Parry, January 6, 2011
  • “In a Giant’s Story, a New Chapter Writ by His DNA,” Gina Kolata, January 5, 2011, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/health/06giant.html