UCD

Dr Anne Merriman, Irish-educated pioneer of palliative care in Africa, dies aged 90

She trained in UCD and set up hospice in Kampala, Uganda in 1993, and also trained students from 37 African countries in palliative care

‘Ireland’s answer to Hollows & Fentimans’: The father-daughter team behind Zingibeer are chasing Gen Z drinkers

The ginger-beer makers hit €500,000 in turnover last year in domestic trade, but they have an eye on international markets

New social media ‘early warning’ system will alert gardaí to potential crimes

AI system to help monitor targeting of asylum seeker accommodation, promotion of false medical cures, fundraising for terrorists and spreading extremist doctrines

Planning permission sought for Clonskeagh student homes

Bain Capital backed firm seeking permission for 439 bed spaces near UCD

‘There’s a war on academia’: US faces brain drain of its brightest and best teachers and students

Europe may benefit as Trump’s campaign against Ivy League colleges is causing academics to consider emigrating

‘It is nice to know future surgeons gained skills because of my dad’: Body donated to science is returned to family two years on

Does someone who donates their remains for medical research receive a burial?

Cork online grinds platform aims to help students get top marks in maths exams

Breakthrough Maths is heading towards a roll call of 3,000 students

My son wants to study sustainability but has no idea what course to choose. Can you help?

There are lots to choose from at university, with new options well worth considering

Irish and British futures are codependent and entangled

Worldview: Running through contemporary debates is a battle between those who say reconciliation should come before constitutional change and those who argue for the reverse

Early human species lived across more of the world than was thought

New research into the Denisovans, who went extinct 25,000 years ago

How U2 drummer Larry Mullen jnr avoids conflict with neighbours: buy up all surrounding houses

Plus: Shane Lowry adds bulk, film producer Alan Moloney’s big plans; and the bald truth about hair-loss exploitation

Elgin announce Dermot Kelleher as new CEO

UCD graduate had spent 11 years as chief financial officer

Newgrange tombs not just burial places for elite, new study shows

Archeologists’ findings indicate that life in Neolithic Ireland was less hierarchical than previously thought

Feeder Schools: College progression rates updated after errors in data supplied by UCD and UCC

Coláiste Chiaráin in Leixlip, Co Kildare sent highest proportion of students to third level last year

‘Ireland is a beautiful country. And for all the weirdness, I find the people to be really helpful’

Zoe Hunter moved from Belize in Central America to Ireland in 2012

Dr John Travers: ‘You don’t know what’s going to walk in the door every 15 minutes’

Author and former corporate executive was inspired to change career after a stint in a home for the dying in India

How the two-income mortgage marked a turning point in Irish family life

Rite & Reason: Why are birth rates in freefall? Many factors, some economic, others religious, some social and personal, play a part

Offshore surface vehicle project among nine recipients of €17.7m funding

Project financing announced through Research Ireland’s infrastructure programme

‘I am floored’: Anne Enright on winning $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize

Booker Prize-winning author becomes eighth Irish writer to win one of the literary world’s most generous prizes

In pictures: The 75th annual Colours Boat Race between UCD and Trinity College

The annual boat races between Trinity and UCD took place through Dublin city centre on the river Liffey

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