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‘Digital Preservation of Reproductive Health Resources: Archiving the 8th’
Friday, 6 March 2020DRI is celebrating the launch of a new project providing preservation and access to materials generated during the approach to the 2018 referendum on the 8th Amendment.
A Tree Academy at the Academy
Thursday, 5 March 2020The Future Earth Ireland working group were delighted to partner with Easy Treesie to host a Tree Academy at the Academy on the 25th of February, 2020. Children from the Malahide and Portmarnock Educate Together primary...
'Church of Ireland: Disestablishment and beyond'
Thursday, 5 March 2020If you missed our sell out conference on the 27 February 2020 commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland you can listen to it now.
Irish would-be assassin Violet Gibson makes feature film debut
Thursday, 5 March 2020Forgotten for many years, the Irish woman who shot Benito Mussolini is the subject of a new film premiering at the Dublin International Film Festival this month. Read the DIB's recent entry on her remarkable life.
Inside 'A history of Ireland in 100 words': Ríomhaire
Thursday, 5 March 2020Did you know that Saint Columba could 'number the stars' and predict the course of the moon? Find out more in today's entry on star-counting.
European Academies of Science: European GMO Laws no Longer fit
Wednesday, 4 March 2020The current EU rules on genetically modified organisms (GMO) are not fit for purpose anymore, leading scientists warn in a newly released EASAC commentary.
New DIB 'missing person': Mary Young
Wednesday, 4 March 2020Another fascinating missing person recently added to the DIB, Mary Young (aka Jenny Diver), was a thief from the north of Ireland who gained notoriety as head of a gang of pickpockets in early 1700s London.
Inside 'A history of Ireland in 100 words': Caoch
Tuesday, 3 March 2020Why can't the one-eyed man be king? Find out in today's entry on blindness, blemishing and being ‘blind drunk’!
Inside 'A history of Ireland in 100 words': Grá
Sunday, 1 March 2020What exactly is a ‘love-spot’? Find out in today's entry on affairs of the heart.
Inside 'A history of Ireland in 100 words': Cróga
Saturday, 29 February 2020Why does this Cú Chulainn have apples spiked on his hair? Find out in today's entry on bravery, bloodiness and the infamous ‘warp spasm’!