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The Royal Irish Academy today hosted a breakfast briefing on the latest report by the European Academies Science Advisory Council on Valuing Energy Storage in Electricity Grids.
The Royal Irish Academy in partnership with Accenture won the Allianz Business to Arts Award 2017 for Best Large Sponsorship (over €50,000) for Women on Walls.
The Charlemont Grants are unique in that they offer young Irish researchers the opportunity to travel internationally, make important connections and further their research networks in any discipline.
Learning to read Irish manuscripts is a first step to perpetuating the scholarly tradition cultivated by eighteenth-century Irish scribes and scholars. Latest blog post by Bernadette Cunningham, Deputy Librarian.
Applications for the 2018 Engineering and Computing Academy Speaker now open.
Lots to do and see this Culture Night at Academy House
To launch the publication of Debating austerity in Ireland: crisis, experience and recovery (eds Emma Heffernan, John McHale and Niamh Moore-Cherry) we will host a panel discussion posing the question:
An tOllamh Michael Cronin, MRIA. Á eagrú ag Coiste Léann na Gaeilge, Litríocht na Gaeilge agus na gCultúr Ceilteach, Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann.
A one day conference presenting a selection of recent discoveries made through research excavations and smaller projects which have been supported by the Royal Irish Academy's Standing Committee for Archaeology.
Fields Medallist Professor Wendelin Werner will give the annual Hamilton lecture on Monday 16 October Hamilton Day.
