Watson campus: Right call by UCC to distance themselves from scientist

Two years ago, management at University College Cork (UCC) made a decision to name a campus building after Professor James Watson, the scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962, with Professor Francis Crick, for describing the double helix structure of DNA.

That was a deeply flawed decision which has now, thankfully, been reversed after Watson repeated earlier odious comments he made about race. In a recent documentary, he claimed there is a direct correlation between intelligence and race, reflecting comments he made in a 2007 interview.