Shane Bergin

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Averil Power: her interview on Moncrieff provided a rare glimpse of a politician throwing off the pressures and hypocrisies of party loyalties. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Radio: Sean Moncrieff drops his wry air during Averil Power’s emotional interview

Just as Dolly Parton famously quips that it takes a lot of money for her to look so cheap, one suspects that sounding flippant is a serious business f(...)

Maria Meehan, Research manager, Fighting Blindness
STEM graduates who have gone on to achieve big things talk about their path

Dr Shane Bergin School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin In 1999 I came to Trinity College Dublin to study for a degree in science and, excluding a f(...)

David O’Loughlin (28), of Garden City Apartments, North Main Street in Cork, denies the murder of Liam Manley (59) at Garden City Apartments on May 12th, 2013.
Murder accused ‘prays daily’ for man found in refuse chute, court hears

A man charged with the murder of a homeless man told gardaí that people were more likely to feel sorry for the family of the deceased than for him.Dav(...)

The fifth skull found in Dmanisi: ‘The five Dmanisi individuals are conspicuously different from each other, but not more different than any five modern human individuals.’ Photograph: Guram Bumbiashvili, Georgian National Museum
Skull find prompts rethink on early hominid names

Do we need to rethink the names of early Homo species? A 1.8-million-year-old skull that turned up in Georgia is prompting a closer look. The skull wa(...)

The Dart of Physics initiative is putting various statements and challenges up on Darts between now and Christmas. Photograph: David Sleator
Fancy a bit of physics? Just take the Dart

Over the next eight weeks, physics is catching the Dart. Passengers will get a dose of fun and accessible science during their journey thanks to Dart (...)

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