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Vaccination isn't a personal choice, it's a public one
Friday, 11 December 2020The risk posed by not vaccinating is far greater than any risk associated with receiving a vaccine says the Royal Irish Academy's Life and Medical Sciences committee who wants to help the public make more informed...
Adapting to a changing climate: How can we build resilience?
Wednesday, 18 November 2020We must build resilience to a range of challenges, including that of climate change. Individuals play a critical role in our combined path to a resilient economy and society. Find out more in this blog by Dr Olga M...
From a degree in Computer Science to the Oscars red carpet
Monday, 2 November 2020For our first profile, highlighting the interesting jobs a computer science degree can bring you we sat down with Darren Britton, a TU Dublin graduate working for Shutterstock, to find out more about how he went from...
Hamilton Day 2020 Review
Friday, 23 October 2020Professor Terence Tao, UCLA, delivered the Royal Irish Academy's 2020 Hamilton Lecture on the topic ‘The Cosmic Distance Ladder’
Top nine final year math’s students get Hamilton Prize
Friday, 16 October 2020Sponsors Ibec see developing STEM talent as a key role in safeguarding Ireland’s economic future.
Creating sustainable futures through a Circular Economy
Friday, 2 October 2020Circular pathways - our future for regenerative and sustainable living.
Old data to the rescue: recovering weather observations to shed light on our past and present climate
Friday, 14 August 2020There are many paper records from the nineteenth century containing handwritten weather observations from various sites around Ireland. Finding these records and rescuing the data from them is not an easy task but could...
COVID-19 recovery and green growth: What is holding up implementation of the Paris Agreement?
Tuesday, 21 July 2020In just a few weeks, the Covid-19 pandemic has led us to mobilise crisis response and best determine how we can live with the pandemic in the short term. The next stage, and one that we eagerly await, is how we can...
Climate Governance and Fundamental Rights before the Supreme Court
Monday, 22 June 2020On 22 and 23 June 2020 the Supreme Court will hear the appeal in Climate Case Ireland, a challenge to the State’s National Mitigation Plan.[1] This case raises important issues of constitutional law, human rights law...
Drought: a risk being overlooked in Ireland?
Tuesday, 2 June 2020The year 2018 revealed the vulnerabilities of Irish society to drought across multiple sectors, particularly water supply, agriculture and ecology. Now, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, another drought is brewing.