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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).
A history of Ireland in 100 words: Christmas special
Friday, 20 December 2019Wishing you all a happy Christmas with one last bonus word: 'Nollaig'.
From the cutting room floor: A history of Ireland in 104 words
Wednesday, 18 December 2019Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 104: Craobh: branching out
From the cutting room floor: A history of Ireland in 103 words
Monday, 16 December 2019Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 103: Tarbh: a bull by the horns
From the cutting room floor: A history of Ireland in 102 words
Saturday, 14 December 2019Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 102: Amadán: fooling around
From the cutting room floor: A history of Ireland in 101 words
Thursday, 12 December 2019Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 101: cró: through the eye of a needle
RIA author John Gibney on RTÉ Radio 1
Tuesday, 10 December 2019Sean O'Rourke interviews Dr John Gibney on our latest book Ireland: a voice among the nations
Launch of 'Ireland: A voice among the nations'
Monday, 2 December 2019On Wednesday 27 November the RIA's new illustrated history of Irish foreign affairs was launched by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney TD.
Adomnán: the man behind the milestone law
Tuesday, 12 November 2019To mark the publication of A history of Ireland in 100 words here is the biography of Adomnán, who makes an appearance in the entry for the word 'Cáin', tax laws, specifically the landmark Cáin Adomnáin (law...
Irish launch for Ireland in the European eye at Goethe-Institut Irland
Friday, 8 November 2019Celebrating the Irish launch of the book with a series of vlogs by the editors and contributors.