Blogs

A short note on some sculptures

For this month’s Library blog post we take a little look at some of the Academy’s sculptures

Old data to the rescue: recovering weather observations to shed light on our past and present climate

There are many paper records from the nineteenth century containing handwritten weather observations from various sites around Ireland. Finding these records and rescuing the data…

Paul J. Devereux MRIA: Economist

Professor Devereux’s research mainly studies intergenerational transmission and the effects of family background and environmental influences on child outcomes such as education, earnings, and wealth.

COVID-19 recovery and green growth: What is holding up implementation of the Paris Agreement?

In just a few weeks, the Covid-19 pandemic has led us to mobilise crisis response and best determine how we can live with the pandemic…

Máirín Nic Eoin MRIA: Irish language researcher

Professor Nic Eoin researchs modern and contemporary Irish-language literature, examining also the changing social and sociolinguistic contexts of literary production in Irish.

Climate Governance and Fundamental Rights before the Supreme Court

On 22 and 23 June 2020 the Supreme Court will hear the appeal in Climate Case Ireland, a challenge to the State’s National Mitigation Plan.[1]…

James Hardiman: An Epistolary Life

In this month’s Library Blog post Dr. Ciaran McDonough looks at the James Hardiman papers and how letters can be so valuable when writing historical…

Fergal O’Brien MRIA: Biomaterial researcher

Professor O’Brien’s research focuses on the development and application of natural polymer, biomaterial-based therapeutics for tissue engineering.