News
Filter News
Ireland’s decisive choice for Europe
Wednesday, 6 November 2019Listen to Professor Brigid Laffan MRIA discuss how membership of the EU has become Ireland’s geopolitical anchor.
How do we study bats and rats to find the secret of everlasting youth?
Wednesday, 30 October 2019If you missed our Academy Discourse where Professor Emma Teeling, MRIA talks about her research into what bat genetics can teach us about human disease and aging, you can hear it now.
2019/20 Discourse Line-up announced
Monday, 12 August 2019This must-see set of talks brings the very best and brightest minds of our age to a public audience.
Watch: 'Democracy, Truth and Trust in Europe'
Friday, 2 August 2019If you missed our Academy Discourse by Professor Michele Nicoletti, you can watch it now.
'Global food and nutrition security: the role of innovation'
Thursday, 13 June 2019Watch Professor Wayne Powell's (SRUC) Academy discourse where he discussed Global Food and nutrition security in April 2019.
'The Irish dimension to British history: from the Act of Union to Brexit'
Monday, 25 February 2019Watch 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.
'Women in government: four Tanaisti in conversation'
Friday, 25 January 2019View our discourse marking the centenary of the 1918 parliamentary elections online now.
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.
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...
Nobel Laureate, Sir Venki Ramakrishnan on the ribosome, proteins and antibiotic resistance
Sunday, 1 July 2018Nobel Laureate, Sir Venkatraman 'Venki' Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society on 18 June in Academy House presents an Academy Discourse titled ‘Antibiotics and the cell’s protein factory’ - the sixth in the...