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'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.
Member Profile: Andrew Fowler
Thursday, 13 June 2019Andrew Fowler, leading international figure in glaciology was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
New DIFP exhibition in National Archives on providing meteorological information to the Allies in WW2
Wednesday, 12 June 2019To mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, our June exhibition co-curated with the National Archives of Ireland looks at how the Irish government provided meteorological information to Britain and the Allies in the...
‘The imperative of climate action to protect human health in Europe’
Wednesday, 12 June 2019A workshop to mark the launch of EASAC's report looking at climate action in Europe to protect human health and to highlight it's relevance in the Irish context.
Member Profile: Alison Forrestal
Wednesday, 12 June 2019Alison Forrestal, an authority on pre-revolutionary France and religion was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
Member Profile: Diarmaid Ferriter
Tuesday, 11 June 2019Diarmaid Ferriter, historian was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Irish Famine: Paul Strzelecki
Monday, 10 June 2019Read the DIB entry for Paul Strzelecki, the Polish humanitarian whose efforts saved up to 200,000 children during the Great Irish Famine.
Member Profile: William Crawley
Monday, 10 June 2019William Crawley, award winning journalist and broadcaster was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
The feast of St Colum Cille (Columba)
Sunday, 9 June 2019To mark the feast day of Colum Cille (Columba) on 9 June, the DIB is publishing its entry by Aidan Breen on the Irish saint who founded the influential monastery at Iona.
Member Profile: Christine Casey
Friday, 7 June 2019Christine Casey, Architectural Historian was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.