PhD woes: ‘Financially, I can’t really take care of myself, and I certainly couldn’t take care of anybody else’
PhD researchers in Ireland say the payment they receive is simply not enough
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PwC Ireland boss focused on getting tech to do some heavy lifting
Managing partner seeks to leverage AI as firm and clients grapple with uncertainty caused by Donald Trump’s tariffs
Students from UCD and TCD are joint winners of 2025 Mary Mulvihill science media competition
Deeply personal essay on the use of animals in biological research and biodiversity game announced as winners
Munster Technological University cyberattack response cost €3.5m, PAC told
State facing ‘significant’ potential loss as training board funds in non-interest bearing account, Comptroller and Auditor General says
Ireland needs multi-functional farms with biodiversity benefits. But how can they be supported?
Calls grow for farming supports to help landowners push ahead with national climate goals
Remembering the many talents of broadcaster, activist and historian Máire de Paor
Committed socialist and feminist lived through a time when attitudes to women in Irish society were decidedly narrow
Why do we have a charter for thought control in Irish universities?
Higher education institutions should facilitate open debate – not seek to ‘foster collective understanding’ on controversial matters
Paludiculture could see Ireland’s peatlands store vast amounts of carbon and yield profit
University of Galway leads EU-funded project exploring wetland farming technique’s dual potential
From Delhi to Dublin: ‘I ended up making really good friends, they are my safety net’
New to the Parish: Nishtha Khanna moved from India to Ireland in September 2020
‘Punch to the gut’: Students condemn potential €1,000 rise in third-level fees
Minister signals the €1,000 cut to third-level fees could be reversed this year
Wearable tech: ‘It’s like having a personal health coach in your pocket. I live a healthier, better life because I have this’
Developments in health technology allow us to take more personal responsibility for our wellbeing, which may have significant consequences for the future
The Routledge Companion to 21st-century Irish Writing: academics deliver hefty report from the coalface on the state of our culture
A mixed-bag on purpose, the volume spans prose, poetry and drama then looks at the new in an uncertain era of change
Vernal equinox marks the emergence of spring
That’s Maths: The Earth’s axis is at right angles to the line from sun to Earth, the sun is directly over the equator and the lengths of day and night are approximately equal
Food on campus: Greasy college grub makes way for smart student-led initiatives
From the Galway pantry tackling food waste to breakfast clubs and training restaurants, campus dining is having a moment
Spotlight on postgraduate options
Ireland’s third-level institutions offer a range of postgraduate degree options. Here we explore a selection of available courses.
Irish company to unveil world-first quantum computing server
Equal1, a spin-out from UCD, has developed a sillicon-based server for use in data centres and high-performance computing
Philosopher Richard Kearney and healthcare pioneer Michael Dowling awarded St Patrick’s Day Medals
Taoiseach pays tribute to ‘exceptional work being carried out by the Irish research diaspora across the US’
New system for appointing judges is an ‘important safeguard’ for judicial independence – Chief Justice
Commission of judges and lay members to begin public work this week
Dublin Bus services between Heuston and UCD restored after policy U-turn
Direct connection between Heuston and UCD had been lost following implementation of the BusConnects network redesign
The company of wolves: should large predators be reintroduced to Ireland?
What we really need is a study, not on the feasibility of wolves or lynx here, but on people and how our values, attitudes and perceptions might evolve to accommodate them
Quantum physics, a century old, still passes understanding
That’s Maths: Werner Heisenberg’s seminal work on quantum theory, published in 1925, represented the dawn of a new era in physics
Unforgotten star Sinéad Keenan: ‘UCD had an awful lot of arty-farty people. I felt, oh Jesus, I can’t compete with that’
The Dublin actor got her break in Fair City more than 20 years ago but left for London soon after. Now she plays Jess James, the Irish top copper in ITV’s acclaimed cold-case crime drama
Student solicitors win place in Irish Times debate final
David Rattigan and Emer Nolan take team place, while Trinity’s Mary Woods makes individual final
Surprising discoveries in the family tree of mathematics
A vast project tracing the history of mathematics reveals that this column is brought to you thanks in part to an illustrious thinker from nearly 1,000 years ago
Exploring the power of urban green spaces to connect
Research Lives: Dr Tadhg MacIntyre, Innovation Value Institute, Maynooth University
Parents struggling to meet rising cost of student accommodation among complaints to Minister
Minister for Higher Education hears of burden of high cost of rental homes for students in letters of complaint at the start of the academic year
The surprising utility of square wheels
Among their uses are smoothing out bumps in a track, and allowing a bridge to roll
Decoding early signals to catch ovarian cancer sooner
Research Lives: Aideen McCabe, PhD student, University College Cork
Dervilla Donnelly obituary: Internationally renowed chemist
UCD professor was a mentor, friend and role model to many, particularly to women
The Dead review: James Joyce’s tragicomedy wraps around the audience in a hugely engaging, immensely accomplished evening
Theatre: Marty Rea and Maeve Fitzgerald star as Gabriel and Gretta Conroy in Louise Lowe’s promenade staging of the beloved Dubliners story
Grade inflation falls at Irish universities following concern over integrity of degrees
Fewer students awarded first-class degrees but proportion of high achievers is 40% higher than in 2015
Goodbye to the 46A: End of legendary Dublin bus route made famous in song
The bus memorialised by Bagatelle, which runs from Phoenix Park to Dún Laoghaire, is a cross-section of the city, geographically and socially. It will soon be replaced by a 24-hour service
The never-ending quest for enormous prime numbers
That’s Maths: As they get larger, prime numbers spread out, separated by growing gaps which make the search more challenging
The Dead brought to life: how James Joyce’s celebrated short story is being re-created as an immersive experience
Featuring Marty Rea, Maeve Fitzgerald and Marie Mullen, Louise Lowe’s re-creation is taking over Newman House, on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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