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The Gooch at large: Colm Cooper in his Kerry heyday

The stories behind 12 great GAA nicknames

Nicknames • 10 hrs

A woman walks past a store in Dublin the day before Ireland begins a second national lockdown. Photo: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images

How 6 more weeks of lockdown will test the nation's unity

Lockdown • 11 hrs

Carrig mheannáin (kids rock) tells us nothing of about how awesome local children may be, but it does say something about goat husbandry. Photo: Getty Images

The secrets hidden in Irish townland names

Ireland • 21 Oct

"Over 2,000 older people across the EU will be piloting new and innovative technology to allow people to continue living where they want to and in the communities that bind them together with friends and family." Photo: Getty Images

How can we age smarter and healthier?

Health • 21 Oct

Joe Biden meets the people in Ballina, Co Mayo in June 2016

How Joe Biden's Irish ancestor saved thousands during the Famine

History • 21 Oct

There is a sense that Halloween was a time when Oweynagat could open the gates of hell or become an entrance to a magical world." Photo: Gary Dempsey

'Ireland's gate to hell': a Co Roscommon cave and the Otherworld

Halloween • 20 Oct

Terence MacSwiney: "his physical weakness came to represent strength and moral conviction against corporeal colonialism"

Death of a lord mayor: Terence MacSwiney's 1920 hunger strike

History • 19 Oct

Irish hockey players celebrate a win in the 2018 Hockey World Cup quarter-final. Photo: Craig Mercer/Sportsfile

More women, less coverage: a question of sports and the media

Sport • 19 Oct

The plaque commemorating flash of inspiration at Broom Bridge in Cabra. Photo: William Murphy https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/

The most famous graffiti in the history of maths

Maths • 16 Oct

"If we consider the way in which we consume all of our foods over a given day, it is the combination of foods that determines whether our diet overall is healthy and sustainable or not."

How sustainable is the food we eat in Ireland?

Food • 13 Oct

Members of the Irish Army's Ranger Wing take part in an exercise. Photo: Óglaigh na hÉireann via Flickr

Why it's time for tough thinking on Ireland's national security

Ireland • 12 Oct

"The Minister for Finance has the weight of the past, and not just expectations of the future, on his shoulders"

A history of Irish budgets

budget 2021 • 12 Oct

Future mathematical women at work

Meet Ireland's pioneering mathematical women

Maths • 12 Oct

"Casting directors across the world must have held their breath in shock at the thoughts of re-casting all their TV Vikings with black hair."

Did Ireland's first Vikings really have black hair?

History • 08 Oct

"People cycle because it keeps them fit; it's a cheap, convenient and flexible mode of transport and they simply enjoy it." Photo: Finbarr O'Reilly/Getty Images

How the pandemic led to a cycling renaissance

Cycling • 07 Oct

"Survey respondents consistently said that threats of fines, arrest, and quarantine are least likely to persuade them to practice self-isolation or social distancing"

What should the Government do to combat Covid fatigue?

Coronavirus • 07 Oct

Vittorio Buffachi at UCC: "I'm no longer an Anglophile, I now consider myself a proud Hibernophile." Photo: Emmet Curtin

How I became disillusioned with the UK and fell for Ireland

Ireland • 06 Oct

Charles Haughey's 1982 government lost power after just 8 months in office

A short history of Ireland's GUBU government

History • 05 Oct

"Undoubtedly, Mrs Doyle from Father Ted spoke for vast swathes of Irish people when, disgusted by the TeaMaster salesman who assured her that his contraption took the misery out of making tea, she retorted, 'Maybe I like the misery.'"

What's behind the Irish obsession with death and misery?

History • 05 Oct

"Young people need to socialise so don't be surprised when they conform to a cultural norm, such as binge drinking, when they do this." Photo: Getty Images

We need to talk about Ireland's problem with alcohol

alcohol • 01 Oct

"Young people care about the social injustices of climate change in addition to environmental impacts and want to build a better future for all now"

How age and gender influence our views of climate change

Climate Change • 29 Sep

Kerry's Great Blasket Island. Photo: Seán Mac an tSíthigh/RTÉ

Why does Kerry have a lower rate of Covid-19 than other counties?

Coronavirus • 29 Sep

'Excess mortality for the Covid-19 period is almost 40% higher than that recorded for the 'severe' flu season of 2017/18'

Just a 'bad flu'? How death notices debunk that Covid-19 myth

Coronavirus • 28 Sep

"Collins told the bishop that the 'Provisional Government would.finance salaries in the Six Counties'." Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS via Getty Images)

Why did Michael Collins fund teachers in Northern Ireland?

History • 24 Sep

Military Maneuvers by Richard Thomas Moylan: a trooper from the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in Leixlip, Co. Kildare and his female companion, followed by a group of children. Image courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland

What has the British army ever done for us?

History • 23 Sep

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