University College Cork (UCC)

Overshooting 1.5 degrees: What happens now?

At a Time of Climate Crisis: Focusing solely on the feasibility of 1.5 risks paralysis; instead, debate should centre on how to reduce warming and prepare for large-scale carbon drawdown

Domestic abuse victims say their ordeals continue or even worsen despite family law proceedings

System has blind spot, leaving adults and children silenced and at risk, says Women’s Aid

Woman who suffered six miscarriages says employers’ response ranged from empathy to pressure to return to work

Labour Party criticises delay to proposals to introduce leave for pregnancy loss

Scientists are very good at telling, very poor at selling

Research Lives: Dr Seán McCarthy, Hyperion

Business Post expected to move to Irish Management Institute (IMI) campus

Business Post Group COO says move `probable’ but with no completed plans

The future of Ireland depends on the progress of science

Ireland can be a world leader in scientific breakthrough when the right conditions are in place

Leaving Cert maths: Bonus points linked to decline in standards and should be reassessed, researchers say

Policymakers should ‘reassess the nature of bonus points’ to reduce the incentive to aim for a low passing grade, study says

Dorothy Cross: ‘I don’t think art is about talent really. It’s about a route you take’

Irish artist says: ‘I think there’s a freedom here that comes from being postcolonial’

Doctor burnout: New support for exhausted medics

Prof Dorothy Breen has set up coaching and mentoring service by doctors for doctors

What’s the weather like on the sun?

In a billion years’ time the sun will become hot enough to boil our oceans

Degrees without CAO points were meant to be a ‘game changer’. Why do so few students avail of them?

Simon Harris said tertiary degrees meant students would not have to worry about Leaving Cert points

More support needed for river Lee’s otters, campaigners say, as fight is captured on camera

Cork city has ‘particularly high density of otters’ and council can do more to monitor them, experts say

Weakening corporate climate pledges is a symptom of waning momentum

Recent high-profile corporate backtracking from climate commitments shows the fragility of pledges when attention and accountability drift

Forming useful habits not as easy as widely believed

We are creatures of habit for a reason. The automatic nature of habits helps people meet their daily life needs more effortlessly

Domestic violence perpetrators could be named in family-law cases under proposals before Minister for Justice

O’Callaghan considering reforms to in-camera rules restricting reports on sensitive court proceedings

Ardnacrusha at 100: What could happen if Ireland showed similar ambition today and invested 20% of national budget in energy? 

Spending €24bn on projects such as upgrading the grid and electrifying transport and heating could transform the nation

Feeder Schools: College progression rates updated after errors in data supplied by UCD and UCC

Coláiste Chiaráin in Leixlip, Co Kildare sent highest proportion of students to third level last year

Sunk costs in fossil fuel infrastructure could sink us

The greatest cost of new fossil fuel projects may be the missed opportunity to build clean energy

Misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories are not exclusive to the political right

From GM foods to nuclear power, there is no shortage of incorrect and harmful messaging on the left side of the spectrum

‘Punch to the gut’: Students condemn potential €1,000 rise in third-level fees

Minister signals the €1,000 cut to third-level fees could be reversed this year

A mummy’s tale from Cork to Cairo: ‘It’s like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. His body represents us all’

A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home

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