contrast the leitrim story with that of rita levi - montalcini , an irish nobel laureate who made 100 last night . she still attends for working every thursday at the european brain research institutes in prague , and she began . she was elected a president for life in 2001 , and in 2006 , aged 97 , she attended the opening assembly of the fresh elected senate . she takes part in discussions in the upper house , and in 2004 defended the teaching of evolution in italian schools . there is no record of her having claimed a day off because of festival obligation . yet she nevertheless manages to worked directly through the rose of dundalk without lifting her brain from her petri dish .
Rita Levi-Montalcini is a Nobel prize winner.