The professor of evolutionary genetics at Trinity College Dublin explains what has driven her through her career and what she hopes to achieve as the new Government science adviser
Anonymous sheela-na-gig artists will reveal a new series of plaques from today
Programme run by Trinity Business School is to be extended to other groups including those working in the areas of homelessness and mental health
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Former Student’s Union president László Molnárfi lodged dispute over ‘paternalistic’ overnight policy
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Scientists at Maynooth University are applying a breadth of thinking and innovation with a view to putting farming on a surer footing
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Political parties urged to consider greater diversity when proposing candidates for election and co-option
Department of Agriculture and public health specialists consider risk manageable as no other animal species infected here
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Lack of funding, precarious work and intense competition mean the once-revered job of lecturing has become less attractive as a viable long-term career
Corporate sponsors contribute an annual cash infusion each year, and gains are typically reinvested
The graduate business school was the only Irish institution named in the FT’s top 100 this year
Taoiseach said talent in science, technology, engineering and maths is ‘paramount’ for sustainable future and economy
New to the Parish: Brian McNerney moved here from Austin, Texas, in 2024
Violence is a devastatingly routine part of life for a major segment of the population
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‘Impossible to put a number’ on level of risk, says TCD immunologist who supervised research
Sale will feature rare book auction as well as a wide choice of reasonably priced second-hand books
Rob Fitzpatrick and Adrianne Ward advance as a team after winning Cork semi-final, with Trinity’s Tom Frances the winning individual
David Rattigan and Emer Nolan take team place, while Trinity’s Mary Woods makes individual final
Three outgoing Senators on NUI panel - Michael McDowell, Rónán Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins - are returned
Research Lives: Dr Deirdre Robertson is a senior researcher at the behavioural research unit, ESRI
Novelist’s work is packed with references to medicine, sickness and health
Polar bears’ secret to surviving in the Arctic ice revealed: greasy hair
Dublin University can claim to have elected Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy, or a bit of him
Former taoiseach honoured by university’s Law Society for contribution to building peace in Ireland
Coastwatch survey finds nitrate levels were lowest since 2012, while raw sewage discharges also declined
Joe Veselsky (106) made his mark on Ireland after his parents and brother died in Auschwitz
Michael Longley, from Belfast, received several awards for his 13 collections, including the Feltrinelli Prize
Television review: The story of how leading women of 1916 were later marginalised is chunkily incorporated into the grand sweep of de Valera’s fall and rise in TG4′s De Valera san Fhásach
Trinity College Tilda study shows benefits include socialisation, fewer falls and less fear of falls and injuries
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