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Dr William McCarthy wins the 2024 Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize

Friday, 2 February 2024

Recent graduate of TU Dublin has been recognised for his innovative work addressing the presence of chlorate in dairy products

Science Committees, Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences Committee, Grants and Awards

'Making St Brigit real in the early middle ages' by Elva Johnston

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Brigit has been treated differently to Irish male saints, becoming a secondary character in her own biographies, reductively overshadowed by a barely attested goddess. 

Publications

ARINS Podcast 30: Health Law: convergence and divergence on the island of Ireland

Thursday, 1 February 2024

In this month's ARINS podcast host Rory Montgomery meets Clayton Ó Néill (Senior Lecturer of Law at Queen's University Belfast) and Andrea Mulligan (Barrister and Assistant Professor of Law at Trinity College Dublin).

ARINS - Analysis and Research: Ireland North and South

New Collection in DRI – Irish Postage Stamps: Unadopted Designs

Monday, 29 January 2024

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce that a new collection –  Irish Postage Stamps: Unadopted Designs – has been published in the Repository through An Post Museum and Archive (APMA).

Digital Repository of Ireland

Dr Ivor Browne

Friday, 26 January 2024

Grangegorman Histories was saddened to hear of the death of Dr Ivor Browne, who was the Chief Medical Superintendent at St Brendan’s Hospital, Grangegorman for three decades from 1966.

Grangegorman Histories

Watch: Revealing the Past 2023

Friday, 19 January 2024

If you missed our biennial seminar on 4 December 2023, presenting a selection of recent discoveries from archaeological excavation funded by the National Monuments Service, related research funded by the National...

Humanities and Social Sciences Committees, Standing Committee Archaeology

New Collection in DRI – Kilkenny Traditional Shopfront Signage

Tuesday, 16 January 2024

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce that a new collection – the Kilkenny Traditional Shopfront Signage Project 2021 – has been published in the Repository through Kilkenny County Library.

Digital Repository of Ireland

Good Science Discussion Series: What is Good Science?

Monday, 15 January 2024

The Royal Irish Academy is pleased to launch a series of panel events exploring the topic of 'Good Science'.

Science Committees, Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences Committee

NORFest2023 Recordings and Slides Available

Friday, 12 January 2024

Recordings and slides are available for Ireland’s highly successful inaugural National Open Research Festival (NORFest2023).

Digital Repository of Ireland

Archiving Reproductive Health - Final Achievements

Friday, 12 January 2024

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to celebrate the achievements and final outputs of the Digital Preservation Award-winning Archiving Reproductive Health (ARH) project (2021-2023).  

Digital Repository of Ireland

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