University Of Dundee
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YMCA mentoring helping young people turn their lives around
- Health & Family
- December 2, 2020, 06:01
Caitlin Somers sits in the YMCA on Aungier Street, Dublin 2, chatting with me on a WhatsApp group call with her mentor Paul Keegan, who is self-isolat(...)

Ulster University researchers develop novel therapy for chronic inflammation
- Sponsored
- September 30, 2020, 00:00
A research team from the Ulster University Centre for Personalised Medicine has developed a novel therapy which could have far-reaching implications f(...)

Bad news for low-carb fans as study finds high-fibre diet cuts heart disease risk
- Health & Family
- January 11, 2019, 09:25
Eating more fibre, found in wholegrain cereals, pasta and bread as well as nuts and pulses, will cut people’s chances of heart disease and early death(...)

How to wake up in the morning feeling great
- Health & Family
- October 30, 2018, 06:01
Do you wake up to the sound of birdsong or an electronic ringtone? Perhaps you use a dawn simulator or an app that won’t stop beeping until you have w(...)

Scientists discover promising ‘off-switch’ for inflammatory diseases
- Health
- March 28, 2018, 23:00
Scientists in Ireland, the UK and US have discovered a new metabolic process in the body that can switch off inflammation. The discovery opens up a st(...)

The online complications of breaking up with someone
- Health & Family
- February 28, 2018, 15:01
Breaking up is hard to do, but the presence of the digital world in every corner of our lives is making it, not only hard, but scarily complicated. It(...)

UK backs EU ban on bee-harming pesticides
- Environment
- November 10, 2017, 01:00
A total ban on bee-harming pesticides across the European Union has edged closer after the UK dropped its opposition, on foot of research confirming t(...)

Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress
- Education
- September 26, 2017, 12:33
In the Irish Times last week, Brian Mooney highlighted a number of issues that are impacting on the supply of teachers into the future. At the Teachi(...)

Brexit may curtail my lecturing career in the UK
- Working Abroad
- February 3, 2017, 08:00
A career in anthropology has taken Geraldine Fahy to the Lebanon, Kosovo, the Netherlands and Belgium, but she is now based at the University of(...)

Irish Women of the World: Health adviser Liz Shanahan and other science success stories
- People
- March 8, 2016, 00:00
Dr Fiona Ginty Principal scientist in the Life Sciences and Molecular Diagnostics Organization at GE Research Center (GRC) in NYC, working on a cure (...)