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Chris Bean discusses 'Recent insights into how the Earth works: embracing uncertainty'
Wednesday, 10 October 2018Watch an interview and full discourse with Professor Chris Bean in which he discusses predictability and uncertainty in forecasting volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides.
The sinking of the RMS Leinster, 10 October 1918
Monday, 8 October 2018The sinking of RMS Leinster on 10 October 1918 is the worst maritime disaster recorded in the Irish Sea. It also had the potential to become an issue in attempts to bring the First World War to an end.
Irish Historic Towns Atlas collaborate with the Heritage Council and Dublin Festival of History
Friday, 5 October 2018The collaboration between the Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) and the Heritage Council was celebrated this week with the launch of the IHTA Layer on HeritageMaps.ie and the Digital Atlas of Fethard as well as...
Michel Déon Prize Shortlist Announced
Friday, 5 October 2018The six shortlisted titles for the inaugural Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction has been announced today.
DIFP on the road, 6-13 October 2018
Wednesday, 3 October 2018We'll be on the road throughout early October.
Royal Irish Academy Represented on EASAC Energy Steering Panel
Wednesday, 3 October 2018The Academy congratulates Professor Brian Norton MRIA on this recent nomination to the EASAC Energy Steering Panel.
10 years on, was austerity worth it? Debating Austerity, the RIA’s volume on the crisis and recovery, is now free to download
Wednesday, 26 September 2018Free from the RIA to mark ten years since the bank guarantee: our definitive volume on the crisis and recovery
The Royal Irish Academy host the ALLEA Permanent Working Group on Science and Ethics
Monday, 24 September 2018ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, was founded in 1994 and currently brings together almost 60 Academies in more than 40 countries from the Council of Europe region.
The Royal Irish Academy host the EASAC Environment Steering Panel
Monday, 24 September 2018The EASAC Environment Steering Panel recently met in Dublin.
Margaret Stokes: antiquarian scholar with an artist’s eye
Thursday, 20 September 2018We continue our Blog post series on the five Honorary Members featured in our exhibition 'Prodigies of learning: Academy women in the nineteenth century'. This month we look at Margaret Stokes