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Death knell tolling for Irish as community language – expert
- Irish News
- December 7, 2015, 01:00
One of the last fluent native speakers in the Galway city Gaeltacht of Mionlach believes that Irish has just 10 years left as a community language. L(...)

Fred Hoyle: The brilliant man who lost the Big Bang debate
- Science
- October 29, 2015, 01:00
Earlier this month, I attended a meeting at the Royal Astronomical Society in London in memory of the celebrated British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle.(...)

Ireland to lead EU consortium on future of supercomputing
- Science
- October 18, 2015, 18:24
Ireland has been chosen to lead an EU consortium looking at the future of supercomputing across Europe. The consortium will form a centre of excellen(...)

Walter Heitler: the forgotten hero of Éamon de Valera’s science push
- Science
- October 15, 2015, 06:00
When Éamon de Valera created the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) 75 years ago on this day in 1940, he was accused of doing so as a van(...)

One of the world’s largest astronomical meetings is hearing on Tuesday about a St Patrick’s Day fireworks display created by two massive eruptions on (...)

Pioneering science in Ireland: students can follow in their footsteps
- Education
- May 26, 2015, 00:00
Communication is, arguably, the biggest problem facing science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem). It’s not always easy to grasp the complex(...)

Academic, inspiring teacher and defender of Tara
- People
- May 16, 2015, 01:00
The academic, political activist and Tara campaigner Dr Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin, who has died aged 59, campaigned strongly for social justice issues th(...)

Ireland’s narrow research focus on commercial technology is short-sighted
- Science
- April 30, 2015, 02:00
A recent letter to The Irish Times, signed by more than 1,100 scientists, noted that funding for scientific research in Ireland has become increasi(...)

Celestial fireworks to mark 25 years of the Hubble telescope
- Science
- April 23, 2015, 21:33
The Hubble telescope marks its 25th year in service on Friday, with celebrations focusing on the remarkable images it has captured since coming into o(...)

A link between physics, maths and the Mayans
- Science
- April 9, 2015, 02:00
‘Renaissance man” seems a fair enough description for someone who can read Babylonian cuneiform writing, speak Mandarin Chinese, translate texts fr(...)