State to invest €460m to set up seven advanced tech research centres
An AI centre will get €122 million in funding and be co-ordinated by five universities
UCD
What ‘soft skills’ are and why they’re more important than ever
Skills like critical thinking, creativity and problem solving allow a graduate to stand out from their peers
‘To the passersby we were just your average Irish family with two kids splashing, jumping, eating sand’
Innovation programme draws on frontline staff for ways to improve health service
Novelist Niamh Campbell: ‘The Dublin of 2015 was so full of optimism. Bit by bit it got harder to stay’
The award-winning author – whose new novel Make Strange is out now – on motherhood, publishing and making a living from fiction
Ex-business student who exposed himself to women given 16-month sentence
Judge says man offended against solitary women, locating vulnerable victims including a woman working alone at night
Are there opportunities for students to explore entrepreneurship while studying?
Across Irish universities there is a growing focus on helping students test ideas, solve real-world problems and, in some cases, develop start-ups
Surprise(d) guest: Frank McNally on the mysteries of Irish-English and the story behind the world’s greatest collection of Joyceana
Invited to join a conversation on Irish-English, I found my biggest challenge was to shut up
The best exam essay I read this year was an angry – and refreshingly human – one
There’s a fatuous assumption that linking thinking and writing is some sort of inefficiency
Even before conception, intending parents can boost a baby’s health
Steps can be taken to affect outcome of the pregnancy and long-term health for mother and child
Public to be asked for input as first Nature Restoration Plan takes shape
New round of public consultation starts soon as pressure grows to save nature from its monumental struggle
Trinity student wins 2026 Mary Mulvihill Award for science media
Cian Morgan from Dublin wins top prize for his essay on this year’s theme of time
All cars should have inbuilt breathalysers to combat drink-driving, Oireachtas committee told
One in 15 cars on Irish roads not insured, adding to the costs for law-abiding drivers, says Mibi
Sarah Gilmartin: ‘Even before relationships and infidelity, desire is a great driver’
The fiction reviewer turned writer on her new novel, Little Vanities, writing early and often, and novels versus short stories
A Traveller Family review: Quietly thoughtful insight into a proud community struggling with identity
Television: Alex Fegan’s documentary will hopefully go some way towards opening people’s eyes – it lets its subjects speak for themselves
Colin Murphy: Online platforms are engines of outrage, but theatre is one of empathy
All of the playwright’s work is grounded in public life - mainly dramatisations of political events featuring real-life characters
‘I can compete with these people’: teen gymnast James Hickey reaches for the stars
Third-place finish behind Olympian Rhys McClenaghan on the pommel horse has inspired the UCD student
‘Ireland was not the continental Europe that I was fantasising about’
Xinlan Li moved from China to Ireland in 2022 to study at UCD
All-Ireland League: UCD secure place in Division 1A with win over old rivals Trinity
UCD’s powerful young pack, littered with Irish Under-20s, laid the foundations
UCD and rivals Trinity prepare to do battle for AIL top-flight status
Thousands expected at UCD Bowl to see ‘colours match’ promotion/relegation decider
Warning on Government spending; latest on Daniel Kinahan and former UCD footballers revisit China
Early Edition with Andrew McNair
‘We were wearing green Irish jerseys’: How Irish student footballers made history in China in 1976
For a group of former UCD students, a return trip to China marks half a century since an improbable tour that unfolded at a pivotal moment in the country’s history
Return of the Honda 50: How our ‘Nifty Fifty’ won the uphill battle
Son also followed mother in acquiring handy motorcycle skills
From ‘the wettest place on Earth’ to Limerick: ‘I had to learn to say sorry when I’m not sorry’
Initially thinking she would be in Ireland for only a few months, it was how happy her children seemed to be here that convinced her to stay
Frustration over delay to pay transparency that could level playing field for job applicants
Ibec claims EU directive to provide salary information to job applicants and workers has wide support from business
Rory O’Hanlon obituary: Soft-spoken politician who held key cabinet roles in a turbulent era
O’Hanlon, who served as former minister and ceann comhairle, died aged 92
Hearing set for student’s appeal over how UCD dealt with her studies after alleged rape
Separate Garda investigation continues after graphic image of her was circulated
‘There is a treatment and she’s not getting it’: Calls for HSE to fund drug for rare disease
Emily Felix, 28, and her family were ‘killed’ by the news that a drug to treat Friedreich’s ataxia may not be considered for reimbursement by the HSE
‘There’s a bit of romanticisation about the Troubles’: Student views on Irish unity
UCD politics students say northerners and southerners have much to learn about each other before any thought of unification
One in four of students on ‘diversity’ medicine course have family incomes of more than €150,000
Graduate entry medicine students not eligible for free fees or Susi grant
Research Ireland and AIB invest €5.7m in facility to explore AI’s role in climate fight
Facility, dubbed ‘Decarb-AI’, will offer international researchers fully-funded, four-year PhDs with leading academic researchers
Green lens or black mirror? Ireland’s changing media relationship with Irish in the US
As direct ties loosen between the two countries, two very different media worlds have filled the gap
Fifty years of the CAO: adapting to meet changing needs of students and institutions
The CAO has stood the test of time, providing a transparent, trustworthy, fair and efficient service for students
Number of CAO applicants hoping to study veterinary medicine almost triples
Arts degrees at Trinity College Dublin see 6.5 per cent increase in applications
A shared image of abuse, missed exams and a university under fire: the student and UCD
Students protest in support of young woman who has criticised university’s response to sharing of images after her alleged assault
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