Claire O Connell

When Ciara Judge, Émer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow decided to enter the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, they didn’t know how much work (...)

Science is about asking questions, and then by figuring out answers we can solve some of life’s great mysteries and problems. Some of the questions Ir(...)

An initiative is “walking the lives” of people with dementia to assess their needs and to increase public awareness of how to support people in the co(...)

Diversity is the spice of life. And it seems the same goes for your gut bugs – as we get on in years, at least. That’s the finding of the Eldermet stu(...)

You’ve heard of talking to your plants, but how about playing music to your solar cells? Researchers have found that playing acoustic vibrations – inc(...)

The Olympic torch that will light the flame in the upcoming Winter Olympics 2014 has just completed an unusual leg of its journey – into space. The un(...)

One Sunday last February, Paul Lynam was all set to go to see Ireland and England square up against each other in the rugby. But he never got to the m(...)

The Health Service Executive has launched a major campaign urging people in at-risk groups to get vaccinated against influenza. Research released as p(...)

Practise spending time with yourself, and don’t panic when things go wrong. Those are two lessons for life the French explorer Dr Jean-Louis Etienn(...)

Twitter might be the place for people to tweet their short messages, but for red kites in Scotland, blogging is where it’s at. Blogging Birds is an in(...)