u/moistawareness1

As title suggests don’t want to give my church painful coldsores. Thank you!

Not sure if anyone here can help, but I am on track to complete my PhD in 2027.

I’ve always wanted to be a clinical microbiologist, I chose my degree in Trinity in Biological and Biomedical science when I was 17 and didn’t realise it wasn’t CORU accredited, I was just so excited to get accepted to trinity, my 17 year old self never checked it was CORU accredited.

Fast forward 10 year later I graduated my undergraduate degree specialising in microbiology, worked as a research assistant at another university in a microbiology lab, then went on to do a PhD researching Antimicrobial resistance and my PhD will be a medical science PhD from a decent university in the UK.

I still regret not doing a CORU accredited degree,and still want to be a clinical microbiologist, even with a PhD in Medical Science, im not accredited to work in Ireland as a medical scientist.

I’m looking at doing a Higher Diploma in Medical Science which will get me an accreditation but I don’t think I have another 2 years of my life or €15,990 to spare.

I also have no interest in learning about anything not relating to microbiology, I’ve been there and done that during my undergraduate, and doing another degree would require me to do this.

Does anyone know of any alternative routes to get this accreditation??????

Ireland Specific:

Not sure if anyone here can help, but I am on track to complete my PhD in 2027.

I’ve always wanted to be a clinical microbiologist, I chose my degree in Trinity in Biological and Biomedical science when I was 17 and didn’t realise it wasn’t CORU accredited, I was just so excited to get accepted to trinity, my 17 year old self never checked it was CORU accredited.

Fast forward 10 year later I graduated my undergraduate degree specialising in microbiology, worked as a research assistant at another university in a microbiology lab, then went on to do a PhD researching Antimicrobial resistance and my PhD will be a medical science PhD from a decent university in the UK.

I still regret not doing a CORU accredited degree,and still want to be a clinical microbiologist, even with a PhD in Medical Science, im not accredited to work in Ireland as a medical scientist.

I’m looking at doing a Higher Diploma in Medical Science which will get me an accreditation but I don’t think I have another 2 years of my life or €15,990 to spare.

I also have no interest in learning about anything not relating to microbiology, I’ve been there and done that during my undergraduate, and doing another degree would require me to do this.

Does anyone know of any alternative routes to get this accreditation??????

Hello, Irish in the UK, friend of mine passed away about 5 days ago and the funeral won’t take place for another 11 days.

In Ireland, funerals take place within 2-4 days of death under “normal” circumstances, i.e. no foul play suspected.

Why do funerals take place so late after death here?

How do you guys cope with such a long gap before you get to say goodbye to your loved ones?

Best wishes, thanks for having me.

Edit: WOW! Thank you all for all your responses i wasn’t expecting so many so soon!

Thank you for explaining, this has given me a lot of insight and helped me to understand the process.

Edit 2: please don’t interpret this as a “whose funeral traditions are better” conversation, it’s not. Different strokes for different folks. There is no one correct way to grieve.

I just wanted to understand and make better sense of what was going on with my friend. I wanted to also understand how you guys feel about, what to me feels like a “long gap”.

I love and respect my UK friends.

God bless❤️