‘Don’t come to Ireland’: PhD researchers offer advice to US colleagues
Why would you do your PhD in Ireland when you can get decent pay, working conditions and dignity as a researcher in Germany or Sweden?
University of Limerick (UL)
Senior official at UL resigns after university overpaid €5.2m for student housing
University of Limerick went ahead with €11.9m deal in 2022 where it paid well above market price for 20 student homes
University of Limerick proposes moving school of medicine to Dunnes Stores site
College purchased property for €8m in 2019 but wrote down value by €3m four years later
France has pushed ahead with regulation on ‘forever chemicals’, but should Ireland follow suit?
PFAS are almost impossible to get rid of once they have entered an environment
Leaving Cert maths: Bonus points linked to decline in standards and should be reassessed, researchers say
Policymakers should ‘reassess the nature of bonus points’ to reduce the incentive to aim for a low passing grade, study says
Leaving Cert textbook author resigns from curriculum reform group amid ‘dumbing down’ concerns
University lecturer says original vision of construction studies subject is ‘all but abandoned’ in new draft
Small increase in hate-related crimes reported to gardaí last year
Anti-race remains the most prevalent discriminatory motive in hate-related crimes, gardaí say
Trump’s attacks on universities create a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ireland and Europe
The US benefited enormously from the migration of European scientists and scholars after the second World War. There is no better time to reverse the trend
Plan for sweeping governance changes at UL following botched property deals
Recent controversies at University of Limerick posed ‘significant risk to the university’s future success and reputation’, internal report says
Offshore surface vehicle project among nine recipients of €17.7m funding
Project financing announced through Research Ireland’s infrastructure programme
WhatsApp group of 200 young men created to target woman in her student accommodation, Dáil hears
University of Limerick student alleges shouting and bullying behaviour with no remedial action taken by accommodation provider when first contacted
Spotlight on postgraduate options
Ireland’s third-level institutions offer a range of postgraduate degree options. Here we explore a selection of available courses.
Verdict of unlawful killing in death of journalism student Joe Drennan
Co Laois student (21) died of ‘catastrophic injuries’ caused by hit and run, inquest hears
UL second-half surge sees off DCU to reclaim Fitzgibbon Cup
University of Limerick hurlers claim third title in four years
Kidnapped by the IRA: ‘My abductors say they will not give the government the satisfaction of getting me back alive’
Dutch businessman Tiede Herrema was kidnapped by the IRA 50 years ago and his archive donated to University of Limerick in 2005
Joseph O’Connor: ‘I don’t know what modern Ireland is yet. I’m suspicious about the new sacred cows’
The Irish novelist on taking instruction from Vincent Browne, finding his way in fiction as a young man and coming to understand that the best writing has an inherent musicality
At Newstalk, Ciara Kelly gets righteously annoyed
The breakfast host seems to court listeners who once complained about the PC brigade but now prefer to decry the woke mob
Subsidiary of main National Children’s Hospital contractor to secure major State building project
Analysis by State determines benefits ‘clearly outweigh’ costs of Technological University buildings planned for Galway and Letterkenny, Carlow and Waterford, and Shannon
Research breakthrough in chip design at University of Limerick
Project could pace way for State becoming centre of new export industry, it is claimed
Grade inflation falls at Irish universities following concern over integrity of degrees
Fewer students awarded first-class degrees but proportion of high achievers is 40% higher than in 2015
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: A Life in Music: Stellar capture of irrepressible force of nature
Rich collection of essays, poems and reflections on a visionary who breathed life into Ireland’s musical tradition
Irish inventor wins Dyson Award
Olivia Humphreys wins for mobile scalp cooling device for chemotherapy patients
University open days: when they take place and what makes each university unique
Key details about 2024-2025 open days for UCC, UCD, TCD, UL, Maynooth University, University of Galway, DCU and RCSI
Covid-19 a causative factor in death of Michael Laffan (66) while swimming at Seapoint, inquest finds
Dublin Coroner Aisling Gannon said it was not clear the extent to which having the Covid virus in a person’s body affects their endurance when undergoing exercise
Former UL president being paid €175,000 while on year-long sabbatical, PAC hears
Public Accounts Committee hearing: Kerstin May resigned as UL chief last June and is on leave in new post as professor of visual culture
Drivers of electric vehicles more likely to cause road traffic crashes, UL research finds
EVs more likely to be used in urban settings where crashes are more common
University of Limerick sharply criticised over two botched property deals with over €8m losses
UL’s €5.2m overpayment when buying 20 student homes in 2022 resulted in a ‘significant loss in value for money’, State’s spending watchdog finds
Lower back pain expert: ‘Scans rarely show the cause’
Factors including poor sleep, relationship stress and job dissatisfaction cause 90% of low back pain
Man arrested in connection with ‘alleged harassment’ of UL official
Arrest follows months of disruption over housing deal in which UL overpaid by €5.2m when buying 20 student homes two years ago
It’s handball but not as we know it: world stars of wallball come to Limerick
Brooklyn model Nazir ‘Nasty Naz’ Marston and Limerick’s Martina McMahon take titles at the World Wallball Championship
Concern mounts over student accommodation availability as CAO offers issued
‘We have been given no options at all, we’ll just have to take what we can get or pay through the nose for it’
Most third-level colleges increase on-campus accommodation costs for coming year
Students face sometimes ‘chaotic and claustrophobic’ shared spaces and rising prices countrywide
Conor McElduff’s dream of World Wallball title dashed as he is beaten by Nazir Marston
Tyrone man was no match for New Yorker’s power and intensity
Mentoring schemes smooth the transition to university life
Most universities operate peer-to-peer programmes designed to help new students access information and support
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