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Pat Guiry, Billy McCarthy, Christine O'Connor, Niamh O'Boyle and Hugh Fay stand outside the Royal Irish Academy on Dawson Street, Dublin. Billy McCarthy is holding a framed certificate.

Royal Irish Academy awards 2024 Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize to Dr Billy McCarthy

Recent graduate of TU Dublin recognised for his innovative work addressing the presence of chlorate in dairy products.

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Black and white photograph of R.J. (Bob) Hunter outside Trinity College Dublin c. 1960. He has dark hair and is smiling, dressed in a robe with one hand resting on a railing.

Dr Robin Usher announced as new R.J. Hunter Digital Fellow

The main purpose of this 18 month post-doctoral Fellowship which is generously supported by Laura Houghton Hunter in honour of her late father Robert J.

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Graffiti on a door in the Custom House recorded following it’s destruction on 25 May 1921. ©Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland.

New Commemorations Bursary scheme open

The Commemorations Bursary Scheme, in partnership with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has been established to encourage and support new

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Six book colourful book covers are displayed in two rows, three on the top, three on the bottom, against a blue background with an abstract illustration of a bookshelf.

2024 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction shortlist announced

Six books shortlisted for the €10,000 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Aerial image taken from the footage of Ballymoon Castle and its surrounding areas, produced by Carlow County Council

Watch Nial O’Neill’s archaeological excavation at Ballymoon Castle, County Carlow

Watch the footage of RIA Archaeological Research Excavation Grants scheme recipient Nial O’Neill’s research-led archaeological excavation surrounding Ballymoon Castle in Bagalstown, County Carlow.

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Nowlan Digitisation Grants open to applications

The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to open applications for the Nowlan Digitisation Grants until Thursday, 11 April 2024.

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Two females (Máire O’Neill MRIA and Brigid Laffan MRIA) one with auburn hair, the other with blonde smiling at the camera holding two RIA Gold Medals showcased in a green box.

Gold for top Irish researchers

Colm O’Reardon, Secretary General of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science presented the 2024 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medals to

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Dr William McCarthy wins the 2024 Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize

Recent graduate of TU Dublin has been recognised for his innovative work addressing the presence of chlorate in dairy products

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A group of Michel Deon prizewinners and other guests in Paris

Michel Déon Prize winners event in Paris

On the evening of 28 November at the Irish Embassy in Paris, RIA Michel Déon Prize winners Conor O’Clery (2020) and Sally Hayden (2022) participated

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Watch the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize 2023

Dr Chunchun Li is awarded the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize for best chemistry PhD thesis in Ireland at a ceremony at the Royal Irish

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Mary Canning, Maeve Collins and Sally Hayden outside on the top step

Sally Hayden wins 2022 Michel Déon Prize

Today Sally Hayden was announced as the winner of the prestigious 2022 Royal Irish Academy Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction for her debut book My

Grants and Awards

Two women (Ruth M.J. Byrne MRIA on the left and Jennifer C. McElwain MRIA on the right) pose for a photograph (from the shoulders up) with their RIA Gold Medals in a green case, held in both their hands. Ruth M.J. Byrne MRIA is wearing glasses and has shoulder-length strawberry blonde hair. She is wearing a grey shirt and black blazer. Jennifer C. McElwain MRIA has silver curly hair and wears red lipstick. She is wearing black and wears gold jewellery. A painting hangs on a wallpapered wall in the background of the lavish room they stand in.

2021 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medals presented

On 4 April 2022, Ruth M.J. Byrne MRIA, Professor of Cognitive Science, Trinity College Dublin was awarded the 2021 RIA Gold Medal in the Social

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