Profile of the Social Sciences in Ireland

An overview of the work being carried out in Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Ireland published by the Social Sciences Committee.

Royal Irish Academy Brexit Taskforce Survey now Online

The RIA Brexit Taskforce invites all academics to complete a short survey.

Research in Data Science: public vs privately funded

The RIA Engineering and Computer Science Committee is sponsoring a panel at the Government's Data Summit on 15 and 16 June 2017 in the Convention Centre, Dublin.

Launch of Archaeology 2025

On 2 May Dr Ann Lynch officially launched Archaeology 2025: Strategic Pathways for Archaeology in Ireland at an event in Academy House. 

Information Session on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - 6th Assessment Cycle

The Environmental Protection Agency organised an information session on the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during its 6th Assessment Cycle on 12 April. The event was hosted by the Royal...

IHTA Towns in the eighteenth century now available online

Irish Historic Towns Atlases of Maynooth, Dundalk and Dublin, part II, 1610 to 1756 are now freely available to search or download. 

Launch of Archaeology 2025: Strategic Pathways for Archaeology in Ireland

Archaeology 2025: Strategic Pathways for Archaeology in Ireland will be launched by Minster Heather Humphreys on Tuesday, 2 May at 18:00.

Our new President

Professor Michael Peter Kennedy, a world expert in wireless communications, is the 56th President of the Royal Irish Academy.

This is a live stream for the information event on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during its 6th Assessment Cycle. The event will begin at 11am on Wednesday 12 April.

The Haliday Collection & the DIB: J. P. Prendergast

John Patrick Prendergast, author of The Cromwellian settlement of Ireland (1863), supported the publication of Haliday's Scandinavian kingdom of Dublin (1882), and recorded details of Haliday's life for posterity.