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Glaoch Oscailte freastal ar Choistí Ildisciplíneacha
Monday, 22 January 2018Is iad aidhmeanna Choistí an Acadaimh ná saineolas eolaíochta agus léannta a chur ar fáil agus luach na n-eolaíochtaí, na ndaonnachtaí agus na n-eolaíochtaí sóisialta a chur chun cinn.
435 million year old fossil starfish discovered in Maam Valley
Monday, 22 January 2018A new species of fossil starfish discovered in the Maam Valley of County Galway is described in the latest issue of the Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, published by the Royal Irish Academy.
Applications open for RIA/RS International Exchange Cost Share Programme
Monday, 15 January 2018The Royal Irish Academy - Royal Society International Exchange Cost Share Programme is designed to enable international collaboration between two teams or individuals- one based in Ireland, and the other in the UK.
100th anniversary of the birth of Sheila Tinney, MRIA
Friday, 12 January 2018We are commemorating the100th anniversary of Sheila Tinney's birth one of our first female Members on 15th January 2018.
2018 Suffrage Centenary
Tuesday, 9 January 2018As part of the Academy's 2018 theme of Diversity, the Suffrage Centenary was commemorated at the Academy with a conference, which was held on 1 February 2018 in association with the Houses of the...
Fifty-seven new lives added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online
Monday, 8 January 2018Amongst the 57 new lives added to the DIB online in December 2017, our third batch of ‘Missing Persons’, you can read about the architect Hebert Simms (1898–1948), Theosophist and man of letters.
Academy House closed on Tuesday, 10 April
Monday, 1 January 2018The Academy (including the Library) will be closed on Tuesday, 10 April to facilitate staff training. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
“The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.” - Benjamin Disraeli
Friday, 22 December 2017Ray McGrath, UCD, on the publication of the IAP Climate Change and Education Statement.
‘Causes and consequences of obesity; lessons from human genetics’
Thursday, 21 December 2017Professor Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, Hon. MRIA talks about his recent Academy Discourse