Interview with Livinia Meenan Transcript of an interview conducted by Ida Milne with Dr Livinia Meenan, a retired public health officer. In the interview Dr Meenan talked about a wide range of topics, including: - the beginnings of her interest in medicine; - medical education in UCD [University College Dublin]; - experience working in St Vincent's Hospital and Temple Street Hospital, both in Dublin, as a student; - time spent working in St Kevin's Hospital, Dublin, [now St James' Hospital] and in England; - period out of the medical profession; - return to education to complete a Diploma in Public Health; - time spent working as an area medical officer with the Eastern Health Board; - the career of her husband Charlie, a consultant dermatologist; - her interest in mycology and tuberculosis; - recollections of Noel Browne's time as Minister for Health, 1948-1951; - poverty in Dublin during her time as a student and a young medical professional; - the positive changes brought about by immunisation programmes and improved public health information; - memories of use of thalidomide; - a polio outbreak in 1947; - the changes brought about by the advent of free education in Ireland. 23 November 2012