A unique pre-famine manuscript covering the period leading up to and including the Great Famine was recently presented to Glucksman Library.

“Nanoethics - Big Ethical Issues with Small Technology” is a new book by Dr. Dónal O’Mathúna, lecturer in ethics, decision-making and evidence.

A unique Teaching and Research Partnership has been launched between University College Dublin and St. Michael’s House, provider of services for people with an intellectual disability.

At the opening of Nanoweek, Education & Science Minister Batt O’Keeffe unveiled a new discovery which has the potential to replace animal testing.

Teachers and lecturers across the country have voted in favour of strike action in protest at Government plans to cut €1.3 billion from their earnings.

The 49m euro research building at Tyndall Institute was opened on Nov 2 by Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan.

Professor Frank Gannon, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, has been elected to the Steering Committee of the European research association, EUROHORCs

Iognáid O Muircheartaigh, former president of NUI Galway, is to undertake an international study on academic freedom in conjunction with the New York…

The School of Computer Science and Informatics at UCD is seeking to fill 23 PhD posts, eight post-doctoral positions, and two research assistant posts.

Hibernia College is now inviting applications for a number of new career opportunities which exist as a result of the expansion of its programme suite.

A ground-breaking joint research initiative by Trinity College and UCD aims to mainly target PhD students and to create tens of thousands of jobs.

Researchers at TCD’s School of Pharmacy have developed a revised form of the drug aspirin which may allow it to be used in long-term prevention.

Delegates from Ireland, UK, Europe, Asia, US and Australia gather in Cork this week for the 6th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks.

On February 3, a collection of the private papers of the former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey was formally donated to Dublin City University.

NUI Maynooth’s new research magazine aims to provide readers with an accessible insight into the latest research advancements at the university.

A new Flow Cytometry Facility was officially opened on Jan 26 in Trinity College’s Institute of Molecular Medicine, located at St. James’s Hospital.

Minister Batt O’Keeffe has launched Cycle 5 of the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI). It will run over five years, 2009 to 2013.

Free second level education did it in the 60’s, the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI), launched a decade ago, is doing it now.

At the debate, a British expert on medical ethics congratulated UCC on its “admirable move” in approving the use of embryonic stem-cell research.

350 leading scientific researchers attended a two-day Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Science Summit in Lyrath Estate, Kilkenny, on 17 and 18 Nov.