Colm O Dwyer

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Projects from the life and physical sciences, humanities and social sciences were awarded funding. Photograph: Getty Images
Twelve researchers each receive €1m State funding for new projects

Ground-breaking basic research in the Republic is to benefit from €12 million in State funding with 12 leading researchers each benefiting from €1 mil(...)

Emily Logan, chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, said the appointments ‘bring significant legal, academic and practical expertise’ to the organisation. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Members appointed to Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

President Michael D Higgins has appointed five new members to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Mr Higgins presented the warrants of a(...)

The higher the cost of cobalt, the more you will pay for an electric car. Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images
Why Congo could stop the charge of electric vehicles

The Congo. September 1961. Irish soldiers in Jadotville are attacked by separatist Katangan forces led by Belgian mercenaries. Jadotville is a copper-(...)

Two women hug after bringing flowers to the north side of London Bridge following the terrorist incidents. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire
Irish witnesses describe panic-stricken scene during London attack

A Dublin-based doctor and her boyfriend have described the chaos as crowds of terrified people fled Borough Market after the attacks in London on Satu(...)

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The night Jeff Buckley played Trinity Ball, after watching the Late Late
  • Music
  • November 11, 2016, 05:00

From The Smiths at Dundalk’s Fairways Hotel to Nirvana playing the Top Hat in Dún Laoghaire and David Bowie in the Baggot Inn, there are some concert(...)

Social media savvy: The Irish legal world seems to have taken to online life like barristers to a tribunal. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
The sky’s the limit for legal eagles on Twitter

Whether they are tweeters, blawgers or both, the Irish legal world seems to have taken to online life like barristers to a tribunal.There are a myriad(...)

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Embassy worker challenges Minister’s refusal to consider citizenship application
  • Courts
  • August 28, 2013, 01:00

A Filipina cook at the Argentine embassy in Dublin has brought a High Court challenge against the Minister for Justice’s refusal “to even consider” he(...)