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Watch: The Centenary of the Anglo Irish Debates
If you missed the recent conference on the Centenary of the Anglo Irish Debates, you can watch it now online.
Historical Studies Committee
Climate and Society in Ireland podcast ep. 4: Graeme Warren
In the final episode of Climate and Society in Ireland, Gill Plunkett talks to Graeme Warren about the impact of climate change on the earliest
Climate and Society in Ireland
Watch Ireland’s Grasslands and Carbon
In the sixth in this series of Climate Conversations held on 24 November 2021, Professor Matthew Saunders gave a talk on Ireland’s Grasslands and Carbon.
Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee
The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives
On Monday 6 December 2021 the National Archives’ centenary exhibition on the Anglo-Irish Treaty, The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives, presented in partnership with
Decade of Centenaries
Climate and Society in Ireland podcast ep. 3: Bruce Campbell and Francis Ludlow
In episode 3, host Gill Plunkett talks to Bruce Campbell and Francis Ludlow about climate change as a major but neglected grand theme of late
Climate and Society in Ireland podcast ep. 2: Lucy Collins
In episode 2 of our new podcast, host Gill Plunkett talks to Lucy Collins about representations of climate change in Irish poetry between 1600 and
Blogpost: IAP 2021 Young Physicians Leaders Programme
Dr Eimear Duff recently represented the Academy at the IAP 2021 Young Physicians Leaders Programme.
International Activities
Climate and Society in Ireland podcast ep. 1: John Sweeney
In this first episode of our new podcast, host Gill Plunkett talks to John Sweeney about the challenges posed by climate change over the past
Higher Education Futures Series
The Higher Education Futures Taskforce has developed a series of discussion papers on the future of higher education.
Higher Education Futures
Thirty new entries added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography
The Dictionary of Irish Biography has added thirty new entries to its corpus of nearly 11,000 entries. These include stage school founder Billie Barry (1927–2014);
Dictionary of Irish Biography
Vaccine Questions Ep8: Looking to the future with Professor Christine Loscher
In the final episode of this series, Professor of Immunology Christine Loscher discusses the vaccine rollout and answers questions on vaccines for teens, booster shots
Covid-19 Research Response
Vaccines: a life-saving choice
A new expert statement from the RIA’s Life and Medical Sciences Committee written by Kingston Mills MRIA, Bert Rima MRIA and Dick Ahlstrom.
Life and Health Sciences Committee