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New Collections from the Library of Trinity College Dublin on DRI
Tuesday, 12 October 2021Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Library recently published new collections on the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) that are available for sustained access to researchers and members of the public.
Rathmines now published
Thursday, 7 October 2021Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Dublin suburbs series, no. 2 Rathmines by Séamas Ó Maitiú is now available.
ARINS podcast episode 4: What exactly is the Northern Ireland subvention?
Thursday, 7 October 2021In this episode, John Doyle and John FitzGerald discuss the subject of the UK financial ‘subvention’ to Northern Ireland, which has been dominating the public debate on the economics of a united Ireland.
Shelfmarks with Amanda Bell
Wednesday, 6 October 2021In episode 2 of our podcast Shelfmarks Zoë Comyns chats to guest writer Amanda Bell about Madam Dragon Fly, Cynthia Longfield, iridescence and poison.
To what extent did climate change steer the trajectories of early societies?
Wednesday, 6 October 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Lisa Coyle McClung and Gill Plunkett review cultural change and the climate record in final prehistoric and early medieval Ireland.
Bashar Nuseibeh MRIA: Software Engineer
Friday, 1 October 2021Professor Nuseibeh calls for a radical re-thinking of the discipline of software engineering, suggesting a perspective of ‘software without boundaries’, such that the essence of being human, being social and being...
Grangegorman Lives: A Place in the Community
Wednesday, 29 September 2021From the RTÉ Archives, this RTÉ Radio One Documentary ‘A Place in the Community’ is a special feature in the Grangegorman Lives series.
Thirty new entries added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography
Wednesday, 29 September 2021The Dictionary of Irish Biography has added thirty new entries to its corpus of nearly 11,000 entries. These include stage school founder Billie Barry (1927–2014); priest and historian Patrick Corish (1921–2013);...
Chief Scientific Advisor needs to be independent
Wednesday, 29 September 2021Ireland’s chief scientific adviser needs to be an independent office and not linked to the post of Director General of Science Foundation Ireland says Mary Canning, President of the Royal Irish Academy.
On the brink of Armageddon? Climate change, the archaeological record and human activity across the Bronze Age–Iron Age transition in Ireland
Wednesday, 29 September 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Benjamin Gearey et al. consider the cultural and climatic changes that took place in Ireland during the transition between Bronze Age and Iron Age.