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Counting the votes at the RDS in Dublin after the 2016 general election. Photo: Leon Neal/AFP Getty Images

Getting the vote out: what influences voter turnout?

Elections / 14 Jan

Are we about to get a big one?

The science of earthquakes in Ireland

Earthquake / 09 Jan

"How we define migrants, and how we count migrants, has real world consequences." Photo: Getty Images

Who is a migrant?

Migration / 16 Apr 19

"The world around us is geography's laboratory"

Here are 9 reasons why geography matters

Geography / 04 Apr 19

"After water and air, sand is the most widely used resource on earth." Photo: Gormanstown beach at sunset by Tony Mullen

With every grain of sand: a history of sand

Sand / 04 Feb 19

Sunset over the Maharees in Co Kerry. Photo: Harry Crowe

"We're at a critical juncture for coastal management in Ireland"

Coasts / 14 Aug 18

"Eskers (from the Irish eiscir) are sinuous ridges of sand and gravel deposited within tunnels carved by great rivers at the edge of the ice sheet during the last glaciation". Esker Monastery, Esker, Athenry, Co Galway. Photo: Larry Morgan

Ireland on ice: how the Ice Age influenced our placenames

Heritage / 20 Mar 18

A stretch of maerl beach in Co Galway

Life's a (maerl) beach

Beaches / 09 Feb 18

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