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EU drive to clean up polluted waters has special importance for Ireland
- Environment
- December 5, 2020, 06:00
It seems a bit late in the day, if not the whole Anthropocene, for humans to think of giving half the Earth back to nature. In America that project is(...)

Majority of Irish Covid-19 cases come from variant that originated in Spain – study
- Europe
- October 29, 2020, 09:46
A coronavirus variant that originated in Spanish farm workers has spread rapidly through much of Europe since the summer, and now accounts for the maj(...)

US election: Democrats target a major Senate upset in South Carolina
- US
- October 23, 2020, 01:00
The mist is rising over Lake Murray, a huge reservoir in the centre of South Carolina, on this grey mid-October morning. The lake is a popular amenity(...)

Rooted in faith: Amy Coney Barrett’s path to the steps of the US supreme court
- US
- October 12, 2020, 18:10
On a winter afternoon in 2018, Judge Amy Coney Barrett rose to speak in Notre Dame Law School’s wood-panelled courtroom and thanked the people gathere(...)

Growing calls for more transparency on how vaccine trials are run
- Health & Family
- September 14, 2020, 14:01
The morning after the world learned that a closely watched clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine – being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford Univers(...)

UCD professor quit university group over lack of action on sexual harassment
- Education
- September 10, 2020, 21:00
University College Dublin president Prof Andrew Deeks was told last year by a professor who quit a gender equality group at the university that she sa(...)

Scientists uncover biological signatures of the worst Covid-19 cases
- Health & Family
- August 6, 2020, 06:00
Scientists are beginning to untangle one of the most complex biological mysteries of the coronavirus pandemic: Why do some people get severely sick, w(...)

Drug rape leaves a haze of self-doubt that needs to be cleared up
- Life & Style
- July 18, 2020, 06:00
If you haven’t yet seen BBC drama I May Destroy You, I suggest getting on the case immediately. The series, lauded by critics and audiences alike, rea(...)

Glimmers of hope as pharma groups race for Covid-19 vaccine
- Health & Pharma
- May 21, 2020, 12:45
In a medical research project nearly unrivalled in its ambition and scope, volunteers worldwide are rolling up their sleeves to receive experimental v(...)

His own worst enemy: How Trump failed coronavirus challenge
- US
- May 14, 2020, 16:00
When the history is written of how the United States handled the global era’s first real pandemic, March 6th will leap out of the timeline. That was (...)