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"Pain is a subjective experience. No other person, and no test, can tell who is or is not in pain, or how severe the pain is."

Back pain: are you saying it's all in my head?

Health / 08 Nov

Anyone for a game of Boar on the Floor?

Lessons from Logan Roy and Succession for family businesses

Family businesses / 07 Nov

A medieval Irish chief and attendants pose for a selfie. From The Image of Irelande, with a Discoverie of Woodkarne by John Derricke (1581).

Gaels, Normans and Anglo-Saxons: the world of medieval names

History / 07 Nov

"Burial close to a saint would increase the chances of getting into heaven, as if the saint's resurrection on Judgment Day would act like a vortex pulling other souls out of the ground with him/her"

The cult of the dead in medieval Ireland

History / 31 Oct

"Cleary was burned to death by her husband and family members, who claimed that they had done so to force fairies to return Cleary, whom the family believed had stolen and replaced with a changeling."

"Darkest Ireland" and the burning of Bridget Cleary

Folklore / 29 Oct

Heads will roll in Shakespeare's world

Shakespeare's world of deaths, corpses and ghosts

Shakespeare / 31 Oct

Over 600 Irish people were waiting for organ transplants in early 2019

Will a new policy mean more organ donations in Ireland?

Health / 25 Oct

"Low quality jobs are characterised by low earnings, limited job security, poor future prospects, as well as poor social and physical work environments"

Why job quality needs to be on the employment agenda

Work & careers / 22 Oct

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is leading the way in the detection of other planets capable of supporting life. Photo: Getty Images

How close are we to finding life beyond the solar system?

Astronomy / 17 Oct

A page from a previously undiscovered 15th-century Irish vellum manuscript showing a connection between Gaelic Ireland and the Islamic world. Photo: Irish Script On Screen/Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

A closer look at the Irish medieval book

History / 17 Oct

Hamilton's quaternions had become the industry standard by the time NASA's Magellan probe to map Venus took off in 1989. Photo: Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/ VCG via Getty Images

How a 19th century Irish mathematician helped NASA into space

Brainstorm / 16 Oct

"It's worth noting that the use of the singular "they" is nothing new and dates back to 1375"

Why pronouns matter

Society / 15 Oct

"Stormy Daniels refused to allow accusations of sexual immorality to be used as a means to shame her into silence"

The historical links between Stormy Daniels and Jonathan Swift

History / 10 Oct

"A greater understanding of mental health illness is needed in order to ensure that negative biases do not impact upon individuals' abilities to join the workforce"

How to be a better employer when it comes to mental health

Work & careers / 09 Oct

"Googling a word often returns the Urban Dictionary definition in the first few hits". Photo: Getty Images

Urban Dictionary's growing lexicon of misogyny

"History can foster citizenship in ways that other subjects cannot."

Why the study of history is so crucial for our society

History / 04 Oct

"What we have shown - and continue to show - is that we can mine the microbiome for precise bacterial weapons"

The next generation of antibiotics may be within our own bodies

Health / 07 Oct

Singstrong choirs from Nenagh, Ennis and Limerick with choir director Ciara Meade and Róisín Cahalan

How singing can lead to better lung health

Health / 03 Oct

A key aspect of developing robust responses to climate change is the need to encourage innovation in technologies and techniques

Why policy changes are key to encouraging climate innovation

Climate Change / 19 Sep

Charles Stewart Parnell surveys Dublin's O'Connell Street: "no man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation"

The latest Parnell revival

History / 19 Sep

Lana Del Rey: "call her Doris Doomsday" Photo: Darren Gerrish/BFC/Getty Images

Songs for the end of the world: pop music and climate change

Climate Change / 9 hrs

Climate change activists from the Extinction Rebellion group block the road junction at London's Oxford Circus in April 2019

Can climate activism save us from Post-Truth?

Climate Change / 16 Sep

"Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with a life-threatening illness" Photo: Getty Images

Is access to palliative care a human right?

Health / 06 Sep

"Glyphosate may be replaced with multiple chemicals to perform the same task, which could result in a 'cocktail' of chemical exposures"

What a pesticide like glyphosate is doing to your health

Environment / 05 Sep

"The organisms are not fussy about what gut they live in"

What happens when the drugs don't work?

Podcast / 30 Aug

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