'The Doegen Records: putting faces to voices from the past'

The latest Library blog post commemorates the 90th anniversary of the recording of Irish speakers by Dr Wilhelm Doegen of Berlin and celebrates new images of the speakers thanks to the National Folklore Collection, UCD

To mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the world renowned Eastern Tomb at Knowth, we are publishing free online our six books on Excavations at Knowth via the Digital Repository of Ireland.

Éire signs and the 'Emergency'

The recent hot weather saw a number of archaeological remains come to light across the country, but a gorse fire on Bray Head revealed a remnant of the more recent past: a World War Two vintage 'Éire' sign.

2018 InterAcademy Partnership Call for Proposals

Nominations are now being sought for the 2018 InterAcademy Partnership Call.

Climate Change and Health

EASAC welcomes contributions of written evidence to the EASAC Biosciences Programme.

Miss Edgeworth advises …

Second in our Blog post series on the five Honorary Members featured in our exhibition 'Prodigies of learning: Academy women in the nineteenth century.'  This month we look at Maria Edgeworth, Hon. MRIA. 

Eleanor Maguire Hon. MRIA elected to British Academy

Congratulations to Neuroscientist Prof Eleanor Maguire Hon. MRIA who was among the 76 academics elected as Fellows of the British Academy today in recognition of her achievements.

Hamilton 'Eureka Moment' Art Commission

The RIA, in partnership with TII and DIT, is seeking expressions of interest to participate in an art commission to commemorate the 'Eureka Moment' of the famous Irish mathematician, William Rowan Hamilton.

Thirty-eight new lives just added to the DIB online

Thirty-eight new lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online in June 2018, our seventeenth online update.

Member Profile: Graeme Watson

Graeme Watson, computational chemist was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.