The Irish Times

ESRI rent cap report will do little to assuage critics of Government housing policy

Rent inflation in pressure zones would have been 2% higher without controls, study finds

Tue Apr 12 2022 - 06:30

UCD and Queen’s to enhance collaboration on critical areas of research

Move is to enhance co-operation in research and innovation ‘in areas of mutual strength’

Wed Apr 06 2022 - 15:45

Cross-Border collaboration critical to future all-island economy

UCD and Queen’s university forge historic alliance via research and innovation

Wed Apr 06 2022 - 14:00

Cross-Border research projects to get €37m funding

Government higher education initiative aims to deliver all-island approaches to innovation

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 21:50

Dementia risk ‘doubles’ with two or more chronic health issues at middle age

‘Landmark study’ shows existing issues can be ‘strongly predictive’ of dementia later in life

Thu Feb 03 2022 - 08:56

Seeing Ireland: Staging a cultural coup in Paris 100 years ago

A showcase of Irish art and design brought a fleeting moment of unity before the Civil War

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 05:00

Opening new frontiers through deep collaboration between science and humanities

Interdisciplinarity requires proper collaboration to ensure integration of knowledge

Thu Dec 09 2021 - 01:00

Ventilation looms large in fractious debate on quelling coronavirus

Emphasis on air quality in places like Japan means fewer cases ‘in Tokyo than Rathfarnham’

Sat Dec 04 2021 - 01:00

Going to college? Head to the open days in universities around the country

When are they on and what’s on offer? Key facts about 2021-2022 open days

Tue Oct 26 2021 - 11:01

Japan upgrades Q2 GDP on stronger business spending

Asian economy grew faster than initially estimated

Wed Sept 08 2021 - 07:41

New drug shows ‘huge potential’ in tackling obesity

Those who got the drug in a trial lost close to 15% of their body weight, compared with 2.4% among those receiving the placebo

Thu Feb 11 2021 - 18:23

Ireland could eliminate Covid-19 ‘within months’ with tighter restrictions

Expert urges ‘dramatic rethink’ rather than allowing virus become ‘permanent disease’

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 00:02

PPE decontamination methods under scrutiny as shortage persists

HSE under pressure to fast-track ways to make single-use PPE reusable up to 20 times

Mon May 11 2020 - 03:00

Expert warns major challenges are not being faced around housing

Call for significant investment in Ireland’s stock of publicly-owned housing

Mon Apr 15 2019 - 20:26

'Thundering disgrace' - Business hits out at North’s lack of Brexit influence

CBI regional chief Angela McGowan is concerned for future of North’s economy

Fri Apr 12 2019 - 05:15

Normandy political, business leaders discuss post-Brexit plans in Dublin

Idea of cargo ships travelling directly to French ports to bypass the UK floated

Mon Jan 28 2019 - 01:45

US-China trade war and Brexit expose ‘complexity’ of global trade

Leading Japanese economist highlights dangers of protectionism with modern supply chains

Mon Nov 19 2018 - 20:58

Belfast-based unit aims to reduce vulnerability to cyber threats

New unit at Queen’s University aims to improve internet-connected hardware security

Thu Aug 30 2018 - 04:15

UCC cuts the jargon in new Instagram campaign

Aim is to encourage ‘great communication’ from researchers tackling global challenges

Thu Aug 30 2018 - 01:00

Are biologically based plastics a realistic replacement for petrochemical plastics?

As the world wakes up to the environmental scourge of plastic waste and the EU launches its first ever Plastics Strategy, Sylvia Thompson asks is there a role for biologically based plastics in packaging?

Mon Jan 29 2018 - 10:11

Irish sea level rising 3.5cm a decade since the early 1990s

Climate study finds average annual rainfall has risen, and flash flood patterns have changed

Thu Dec 07 2017 - 20:11

Majority of schools in top flight are single-sex

Research on the merits of educating boys and girls together or separately is mixed

Tue Dec 05 2017 - 04:40

Ireland’s bill for missing climate targets set to fall

Ireland expected to benefit from falling price of carbon credits as EU peers meet targets

Fri Nov 24 2017 - 05:47

‘Vain, reckless, belligerent’: What unites Donald Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm II

US president shares many of the traits of the man who led Germany into war, says historian

Thu Oct 26 2017 - 14:25

New UN agency set to monitor threats from AI and robotics

The Netherlands-based unit will research the impact of the technology on global society

Thu Sept 28 2017 - 16:29

Interview: Angela McGowan, the CBI’s regional director for the North

Brexit, the DUP’s shopping list, North-South trade, and the need to restore the assembly

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 17:45

Surimono: a visually sumptuous Japanese artform

These Japanese prints were often made by groups rather than individual artists, and the result is a stunning attention to detail

Tue Mar 21 2017 - 06:00

Irish Hygge: 'Look what good taste I have, look how Instagrammable my house is'

Irish Tribes Today: part two in our series looks at how the Danish concept of hygge is the latest method of marketing our happiness, and explores how difficult it is to express unhappiness in our modern culture

Mon Jan 23 2017 - 05:00