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Dictionary of Irish Biography now open access

First launched in 2009, the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) has moved to an ‘open access’ model making its entire corpus of nearly 11,000 biographical…

17 March, 2021

Dictionary of Irish Biography

Young Academy Survey of Early Career Researchers

The Royal Irish Academy would like to gather the views of Early Career Researchers on the proposal to establish a Young Academy in Ireland. The…

9 March, 2021

Policy and International Relations

Watch ‘Post-pandemic housing transformation and the value of home’

If you missed our recent keynote and panel discussion on housing held online on 26 February 2021 you can watch it now.

3 March, 2021

Humanities and Social Sciences

Read the report or watch the event ‘How should a liberal democracy react to conscientious objection claims?’

Debate on conscientious objection from legal, philosophical, theological and religious perspectives, and finally a discussion on how legislators and governments in liberal democracies should react…

3 March, 2021

Ethics, Politics, Law and Philosophy Committee

Watch keynote and policy outlook from Achieving Ireland’s Climate Action Ambitions conference

If you missed Mr Eamon Ryan T.D., Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, and Transport keynote at the RIA conference ‘Achieving Ireland’s Climate Action Ambitions’…

2 March, 2021

Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee