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Report from Twenty Years after the Belfast Agreement 1998: A Young Person’s Guide to the Future
Thursday, 28 June 2018A succinct report from the conversation about the main issues facing young people in Ireland twenty years after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

The tercentenary of the 1718 migration from Ulster – the Craighead family
Thursday, 28 June 2018The 1718 emigration is one of the earliest known planned group migrations from Ireland. Migrants from the Bann valley founded towns in New England.

Member Profile: Gerardine Meaney
Thursday, 28 June 2018Gerardine Meaney, known for her highly cited publications, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018

Member Profile: Christopher McCrudden
Wednesday, 27 June 2018Christopher McCrudden, a human rights lawyer academic who has been cited in the European Court of Justice, the House of Lords and the US Supreme Court, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.

Member Profile: Martin Mansergh
Tuesday, 26 June 2018Martin Mansergh who played a key role in the Northern Ireland peace process was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018

Caroline Herschel – ‘Comet-searcher’
Monday, 25 June 2018First in our Blog post series on five Honorary Members featured in our exhibition 'Prodigies of learning: Academy women in the nineteenth century.' This month we look at Caroline Herschel.

SAPEA Call for nominations "Making Sense of Science"
Monday, 25 June 2018SAPEA call for nominations on the topic "Making Sense of Science" to provide scientific advice witin the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism.

Member Profile: Patrick Lonergan
Monday, 25 June 2018Patrick Lonergan one of Ireland's foremost theatre scholars and an academic leader of the Digitisation of the Abbey and Gate Theatre archive was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.

Member Profile: Alan Kramer
Friday, 22 June 2018Alan Kramer, historian and general editor of 1914-18 online 'International Encyclopedia of the First World War' was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.

Clinical Trials
Friday, 22 June 2018Our Life and Medical Sciences Committee have released a statement on Clinical Trials in Ireland looking at clinical trials and examining good clinical practice, patient consent and the economy of clinical trials.