The Irish Times

How do I love thee? With precious pieces that will long outlast the roses

Specimen table from home of Ada King or unique sculpture of a socially-distant hug

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 06:00

Four new statues to end Trinity Long Room’s ‘men only’ image

Sculptures of Rosalind Franklin, Augusta Gregory, Ada Lovelace and Mary Wollstonecraft to join 40 busts of men

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 15:05

Figuring out why women don’t figure in Stem industries

How do we encourage more girls to defy the stereotypes and take up Stem subjects?

Thu Feb 21 2019 - 01:00

Holidays with a history

From the Leviathan telescope in Birr Castle to the former ‘Bedlam’ in London, many museums in Ireland and England offer unique insights into the history of science

Mon Jul 10 2017 - 12:50

‘Gerry would shake ‘The Irish Times’ as if trying to dislodge a dead rat’

Padraig O’Morain is developing more irritations – ‘take the sticker off the damn banana’

Sun Jul 17 2016 - 16:11

The famous mathematician Ada Lovelace and the horse named after her

Irishman’s Diary: Wild imagination set her apart from other geniuses of the era, including Charles Babbage

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 11:27

Changing how female students see a career in technology

The Ada Lovelace Initiative aims to change female students’ perspectives on tech sector

Wed Aug 12 2015 - 09:00

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse: Astronomy and the Castle in Nineteenth Century Ireland

Review: A comprehensive account of the life and times of William Parsons, the man behind Ireland’s greatest scientific discovery

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 01:55

Baz Halpin: the Irishman who made the biggest show on US television

Baz Halpin is the creative director behind some of the world’s biggest tours, and his last job was on Katy Perry’s Super Bowl spectacular. He describes the months of planning that went into its 12½ minutes, and how it was nearly scuppered by one star

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 00:05