The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.
Read more about the RIADocuments on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) is a public history programme for the study of modern Irish history through diplomacy. DIFP aims to make the history of Irish foreign policy accessible to all and promotes public engagement with the history of Ireland’s international relations. DIFP is a partnership programme of the Royal Irish Academy, the National Archives, and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
From September 2023 onwards the National Archives, in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy and the Department of Foreign Affairs, will present an exhibition, with accompanying book, in Dublin, Laois, Geneva and New York to mark the centenary of Irish membership of the League of Nations
The latest volume in the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series was launched by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin on 21 February 2023.
New RIA/DFA exhibition on fifty years of Irish EEC/EU membership launched by Tánaiste Micheál Martin
12 volumes covering the years from 1919 onwards
