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Rural Conversation Podcast No. 2: 'Enhancing social cohesion among communities in rural Ireland'
Wednesday, 6 March 2019Rural Conversation No. 2: ‘Enhancing social cohesion among communities in rural Ireland’, the second in the series was held on 28 February 2018 in Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT)
New Executive Secretary appointed
Tuesday, 26 February 2019Ireland’s leading body of experts in the humanities and sciences, the Royal Irish Academy, has appointed Dr. Tony Gaynor as its Executive Secretary.
'The Irish dimension to British history: from the Act of Union to Brexit'
Monday, 25 February 2019Listen to Sir David Cannedine addresses the key issues in Irish history within the context of British history from the early 1800s and the Act of Union, through to the current Brexit situation.
RJ Hunter Fellowship Event
Monday, 25 February 2019Listen to Gerard Farrell speak about ‘An ethnohistory of Gaelic Ulster, 1500-1700’ and David Heffernan on ‘The Goldsmiths Company of London and the Londonderry Plantation under James I, c. 1609–25'.
'Women in government: four Tanaisti in conversation'
Friday, 25 January 2019View our discourse marking the centenary of the 1918 parliamentary elections online now.
Suffrage poem reading at the United Nations
Tuesday, 4 December 2018Watch author Eavan Boland, Hon. MRIA, read her commemorative poem on UN television
Winner of €10,000 Michel Déon Prize announced
Tuesday, 4 December 2018The winner of the inaugural Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction is Breandán Mac Suibhne for his book The End of Outrage: Post-Famine Adjustment in Rural Ireland
Chris Bean discusses 'Recent insights into how the Earth works: embracing uncertainty'
Wednesday, 10 October 2018Watch an interview and full discourse with Professor Chris Bean in which he discusses predictability and uncertainty in forecasting volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides.
Michel Déon Prize Shortlist Announced
Friday, 5 October 2018The six shortlisted titles for the inaugural Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction has been announced today.
Royal Irish Academy Public Discourse Series 2018/19 sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran
Wednesday, 19 September 2018Between September 2018 and April 2019, this Series will include expert speakers on a wide range of subjects including cybersecurity, the experience of female politicians at the highest ranks of Irish parliamentary...