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Member Profile: Alan Barrett
Friday, 31 May 2019Alan Barrett, Director of the Economic and Social Research Institute was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.

Archaeology Research Grants 2019
Thursday, 30 May 2019The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to announce the awarding of six Archaeology Research grants, under this annual scheme which is run in partnership with the National Monuments Service.

Member Profile: Richard Sharpe
Thursday, 30 May 2019Richard Sharpe, Professsor of Diplomatic at Oxford University, was admitted as an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.

Member Profile: John O'Keefe
Wednesday, 29 May 2019John O'Keefe, a Nobel Prize-winning cognitive neuroscientist, was admitted as an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.

Call for Nominations for the 2019 World Data System Data Stewardship Award
Tuesday, 28 May 2019Annual prize celebrating contributions of early career researchers to the involvement of scientific data stewardship through their (1) engagement with the community, (2) academic achievements, and (3) innovations.

DIB entry of the day: Mary Ann Hutton
Tuesday, 28 May 2019Today we present the biography of the remarkable Irish-language scholar and writer Mary Ann Hutton (1862–1953): the first woman to be proposed for, and refused, membership of the Royal Irish Academy.

Member Profile: Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Tuesday, 28 May 2019Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, a world leading scholar and practitioner in fields of law, political science and public policy, was admitted as an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.

Two women and the Royal Irish Academy
Monday, 27 May 2019In this month's Library Blog post, Turlough O'Riordan of the Dictionary of Irish Biography, looks at the issues surrounding the election of women to the Royal Irish Academy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Nicola Sturgeon in Conversation with Dearbhail McDonald
Monday, 27 May 2019Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon participated in a wide-ranging discussion with journalist Dearbhail McDonald including a short Q&A session to close in the Royal Irish Academy on 27 May 2019.

Revolutionary women and the wider world: Maud Gonne MacBride
Sunday, 26 May 2019Kate O'Malley of the Dictionary of Irish Biography will be talking about Maud Gonne MacBride and her connections with India in Portlaoise Library on 28 May. MacBride's DIB entry, written by Margaret O'Callaghan and...