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RIA Publications Senior Editor appointed to ALPSP Training Committee
Friday, 24 January 2020Helena King, RIA Publications Senior Editor, has been appointed as a member of the Training Committee of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP).
Turin Academy of Sciences 2020 Prizes
Friday, 24 January 2020The Turin Academy of Sciences invites nominations for their scientific prizes.
The International Balzan Foundation Prize
Friday, 24 January 2020Nominations are now being welcomed for the 2020 Balzan Prizes.
Call for applications for the US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards
Friday, 17 January 2020Entry to the 2020 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards has now closed.
New DIB 'missing person': Fay Taylour
Thursday, 16 January 2020Pioneering motorist Fay Taylour joins the DIB in our latest batch of 'missing persons'. Born in Offaly in 1904, she won multiple major motorcycle and car racing titles against both male and female competitors.
Brehon law manuscripts reunited for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture
Wednesday, 15 January 2020This month's Library Blog post looks at the sixteenth-century Irish law manuscript from the Academy collection currently on display in Galway City Museum.
Brendan O'Leary Hon. MRIA in conversation with Ben Lowry, Deputy Editor, News Letter
Wednesday, 15 January 2020Listen to Brendan O’Leary Hon. MRIA discuss his latest three volume book A Treatise on Northern Ireland with Ben Lowry, Deputy Editor, News Letter.
New DIB 'missing person': Nicholas Nolan
Tuesday, 14 January 2020Another new 'mssing persons' entry to the DIB is Nicholas Nolan (pictured above holding gloves), secretary to the Government and secretary of the Department of the Taoiseach (1961–72). A painstakingly efficient...
New DIB 'missing person': Pat Tierney
Monday, 13 January 2020Street poet and activist, Pat Tierney, has recently been added to the DIB as a 'missing person'. In his writings Tierney candidly explored the trauma and abuse he experienced as a child in industrial schools.
New DIB 'missing person': Mary Bonaventura Browne
Friday, 10 January 2020Our latest batch of 'missing persons' adds sixty-six fascinating figures from Irish history to the DIB. Today we're publishing Terry Clavin's new entry for Mary Bonaventura Browne, an abbess of the Poor Clares order...