University College Cork (UCC)

Happiness is not considered to be an important goal in some cultures

Some researchers have found that striving to achieve happiness leads to thinking that time is scarce, which produces unhappiness

Paschal Donohoe on Atlas of Finance: Wonderful illumination of our economies and histories

Dariusz Wójcik’s book maps and visualises brilliantly an analysis of millions of financial data points

‘A stark example of the apartheid’: An Irish doctor on working in the West Bank

'It’s a trauma-manufacturing machine what’s happening – not just Gaza, but in the West Bank too'

Every child who experienced sexual abuse in schools should be compensated

Redress is owed to those people now; it has been owed to them for over 10 years already. It need not and should not wait until the completion of any Commission of Investigation Report

Should we treat greenhouse gas emissions like smoking?

At a time of climate crisis: It’s not about saving the planet — but about saving ourselves

Cleaning chlorates out of dairy processing

Research Lives: Dr Billy McCarthy, post-doctoral researcher with Teagasc

Most third-level colleges increase on-campus accommodation costs for coming year

Students face sometimes ‘chaotic and claustrophobic’ shared spaces and rising prices countrywide

Government ‘scrapes a B- grade’ in climate action report card

Friends of the Earth report card concludes ‘programme for Government commitments were not strong enough in first place’

Alternative access routes to Irish universities

Prospective students can avail of different pathways to university education in the State

Multivitamin supplements are little more than expensive placebos

The average person eating a balanced diet is in no need of vitamin supplementation

IBD: ‘I’ve known people who have been nervous to leave their house’

Despite more than 40,000 people in Ireland living with inflammatory bowel disease, it is still not widely spoken about

The Cable That Changed the World review: A bit like a double history lecture on a hot day

Television: Even narrator Jessie Buckley sounds as if she’s ready to check out. On a Monday night on RTÉ, this documentary is a bit of a snooze

Man who tried to kill Hitler remembered by Irish relatives

UCC’s Andy Bielenberg says family are ‘very proud’ of Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg for part in plot

Puffins on the Saltee Islands are thriving again. There’s now an obvious next step

Ella McSweeney: With the rat menace addressed, the question now is how to protest puffins’ nests from another threat - tourists

Why net-zero does not go far enough

At a Time of Climate Crisis: Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is not enough – we will also have to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere

Co-discoverer of nuclear fission Lise Meitner unfairly overlooked by Nobel Prize committee

Worst example ever of blatant sexism and racism by the committee, claim critics

Chemotherapy combination highly successful in curing testicular cancer, research finds

Testicular cancer is diagnosed in about 170 men in Ireland every year

Will physics ever explain consciousness?

We may be pushing physicalism too far in asking it to account for the mind, as this ignores the primacy of perception

Fantasy board game Dungeons and Dragons has positive mental health benefits, Irish study claims

Researchers at UCC suggest collaborative nature of role playing game creates ‘unique sense of camaraderie’

Great white sharks in Ireland? International team seeks confirmation in survey of Irish waters

‘The temperature and food options for them are ideal, so we think it’s just a matter of time before we find one here,’ says expedition leader

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