How Ireland performs within the EU in the screening, prevention and treatment of cancer
Our cancer mortality rates are still 5.4 per cent higher than the EU average but have improved significantly in recent years
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Calls for an amnesty for British soldiers in Northern Ireland are based on a myth
Investigating past army misdeeds is a witch-hunt, right-leaning Britain is told, but where is the evidence?
Shared Ireland programme cannot be used to push cause of Irish unity, Jack Chambers says
British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly meeting taking place in Tralee, Co Kerry
Overwhelming support for Irish language signage at Queen’s University
The proposal calling for the reintroduction of Irish signs on campus was backed by more than 5,000 students
Queen’s University Belfast students vote on return of Irish-language signage
Members of the Young Unionists society say the return of bilingual signage at students’ union would would create a ‘chill factor’
The Old Irish Goat is a living link to Ireland’s Bronze Age
Study shows distinct breed has genetic links to goats that lived in Ireland 3,000 years ago
Dublin start-up aims to power the 6G space race
Celtonn’s high-frequency tech could help prevent satellite gridlock as near-Earth space fills up
Queen’s University’s cutting of George Mitchell ties: prudent or premature?
A letter from either side of the divide
George Mitchell says he ‘declined or deflected’ meeting Epstein amid renewed Giuffre allegation
Spokesman for former US senator, who played key role in North’s peace process, says allegation a case of ‘mistaken identity’
George Mitchell-Jeffrey Epstein links: why is former US senator’s name being removed at Queen’s?
The speed at which Queen’s severed ties with its former chancellor has drawn support - and criticism
Queen’s University Belfast cuts ties with George Mitchell, denaming research centre
Broker of Belfast Agreement had name removed from prestigious US-Ireland scholarship
‘Saying you’re disappointed in Ireland carries weight. In Albania it doesn’t land the same way’
Wild Geese: Susan Foxton, Vodafone Albania
Six things you need to consider before making your third-level and further education choices
CAO applicants for 2026 will need to register before February 1st at 5pm
Wicklow hill fort identified as oldest prehistoric ‘proto-town’ in Ireland
The ‘Baltinglass hill fort cluster’ predates the Viking towns once considered Ireland’s earliest urban settlements
Legacy of the Troubles continues to affect mental health and wellbeing of people in North
Study finds current rates for post-traumatic stress disorder in over-50s in region as high as almost 5%
Romans left us lessons in long-lasting, low-carbon construction
Engineers working to develop greener concrete should look to the 2,000-year-old Pantheon for inspiration
‘Is this really happening?’: Bad Bridgets book to become Margot Robbie film
Northern Ireland professors wrote about Irish emigrant women that ‘history chose to forget’
Human rights activist Michael Farrell: ‘We were in a period of progress, but now we seem to be galloping backwards’
Lawyer Michael Farrell represented transgender woman Lydia Foy after earning his stripes during the Troubles in the North
Ed Moloney: Secret historian of the IRA and one of Ireland’s ‘most brilliant’ journalists
Author and co-author of several groundbreaking books, including the exceptionally detailed A Secret History of the IRA
Examining how stress leaves its molecular mark
Research Lives: Dr Claire Potter, academic clinical lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Moling Ryan to take over as interim director of Arts Council
Government body undergoing review of operations following €6.7m IT system controversy
GAA moneyball: Astrophysics student uses science to lead club to historic win
Everyone ‘absolutely blown away’ when Tullysaran won the league in Armagh, says Eamon McGleenan
‘We started looking in early January’: Southern students search for lower rents in Belfast
Estate agents are taking more calls from the South as number of students heading north rises in search of lower cost of living
Belfast software company Kainos expects revenues of up to €454m this year
Kainos said its sales success is ‘creating opportunities’ for further operating progress and recruitment of more staff
What impact will 2025 Leaving Cert results have on the CAO?
Leaving Cert grades still subject to an ongoing distorting effect
Belfast start-up pioneers breakthrough treatment for chronic skin conditions like eczema
Granlab’s patent-pending formula could bring relief to those with psoriasis, eczema and sensitive skin
Listeriosis outbreak ‘unusual’ as ready meals must be cooked, and bacteria is sensitive to heat, professor says
Pregnant women, babies, older people and those who are immunocompromised most vulnerable
Gráinne O’Hare on Belfast’s literary boom: ‘It’s a city of great storytellers’
O’Hare talks about her first novel, Thirst Trap, the a new wave of Belfast writers and more
Why academic institutions are cutting ties with Israel
Messages from colleagues from Gaza and the displaced Palestinian students on our campuses have been the driving force for many of us
Queen’s University Belfast divests from Israeli interests
Third-level institution confirms its final research partnership with Israeli institution ended this week
Seamus Heaney’s North at 50: Poetic landmark ‘came most intensely out of the first shock of the Troubles’
Poet’s writing had to change in response to violence in Northern Ireland, a pressure not of his own making
EU-UK deal is a gift to unionists. Shame they can’t all see it
Reaction among conservative politicians portrays NI as a victim. It is a short step from there to portraying Britain as a victim of Northern Ireland
Celebrating 10 years of Fighting Words student storytelling: ‘Not for a minute have they ceased to amaze’
Glenn Patterson is founding patron of Fighting Words NI and director of the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University Belfast
Northern Ireland needs to prepare to educate, or prepare to fail
The North must create more university places if it is to close the productivity gap with Republic and with Britain
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