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A short history of unparliamentary behaviour in Dáil Eireann

History • 02 Sep

What's going on inside a child's brain?

Podcast • 20 Aug

"Since the course of sepsis is characterised by hyper-inflammation, maybe we can use a worm's know-how to counteract this?" Photo: Getty Images

Could parasitic worms help cure a blood infection like sepsis?

Health • 19 Aug

GPT-3: 'you type some text to it and it responds with text'

Is GPT-3 the big leap forward for AI?

technology • 12 Aug

A scene from the Abbey Theatre's 1942 production of Sean O'Casey's The Plough And The Stars featuring FJ Mc Cormick, Joan Plunkett, Austin Meldon, Eric Gorman and others. Photo: Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

How theatre promotes conversations around social injustice

Brainstorm • 05 Aug

John Hume addresses a meeting in Derry following violence at the Apprentice Boy Parade, August 1969. Photo: Mirrorpix via Getty Images

John Hume: the Derry boy who went global

John Hume • 03 Aug

Tuam Mother and Baby Home survivor Teresa O'Sullivan as a baby

What the Tuam Oral History Project tells us about Ireland's past

History • 30 Jul

LPT, ARV, LAF, VSL SVT, WTF?

Local property tax: a guide to the A to Z of LPT

Taxation • 24 Jul

Made to measure: British prime minister Boris Johnson in a Marks & Spencer store in London in June

How the UK made a mess of responding and reacting to the pandemic

Politics • 22 Jul

"Today, most subsidiaries are multi-business campuses with diversified sites and a collection of activities that serve multiple businesses"

The changing world of a multinational subsidiary in Ireland

Business • 20 Jul

When two tribes go to war: US president Donald Trump with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Osaka in June 2019. Photo: Getty Images

Are China and the US on the brink of a Cold War?

Politics • 17 Jul

Is the future of work going to be your sofa?

What's next for the 9 to 5 world of the workplace?

Work & careers • 16 Jul

Is running a marathon under two hours humanly possible?

How sport uses science in the pursuit of medals, wins and records

Podcast • 15 Jul

Ted Kaczynski was a maths professor before he became the Unabomber and undertook a bombing campaign in the US between 1978 and 1995 which killed three people and injured 23 others

What does it feel like to be radicalised?

Terrorism • 08 Jul

Lights, cameras, timber

How hurling conquered Hollywood

Gaelic Games • 02 Jul

"Hamilton has won multiple awards for its acting, design and choreography, but it's the music that makes it stand out"

Why Hamilton is the film we need right now

Hamilton • 02 Jul

The new cabinet pose for a socially distant snap: "government at any time is at the mercy of events"

It's not easy being green: 5 problems for the new government

Politics • 01 Jul

Polyethelene accounts for 30% of European plastic and is used in packaging such as bottles, trays, films and plastic bags

How up to 180,000 tonnes of our plastic ends up in the sea

Recycling • 30 Jun

'Data we examined from before the pandemic shows similar bullying prevalence rates amongst those working and not working from home'

How workplace bullying costs Ireland €239 million every year

Work & careers • 29 Jun

Many businesses in towns like Sligo who've been badly hit by the pandemic and lockdown would have much to contribute to an overhaul of commercial rates. Photos: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

What's next for commercial rates?

Commercial Rates • 26 Jun

"They're either in a hospital bed, or they're 75, a Harrison Ford still out doing Indiana Jones"

"Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you"

Society • 24 Jun

"Sewage overflows gave rise to the release of waste containing wipes and sanitary towels, which were deposited on the beach near the Claddagh in Galway". Photo: Robert Linsdell https://www.flickr.com/photos/boblinsdell/

How wet wipes and sanitary products are causing marine pollution

Brainstorm • 23 Jun

Michael Collins (centre) and Éamon de Valera (right) with Harry Boland (left). Photo: Independent News And Media/Getty Images

Does the FF-FG deal finally mark the end of Civil War politics?

Politics • 26 Jun

"Just over half of first year students reported experiencing sexual harassment in the form of sexual hostility since beginning college"

Why are so many Irish students not reporting sexual assaults?

Brainstorm • 22 Jun

I'm back, baby: a red squirrel in Killiney, Co Dublin. Photo: Michael Ryan/Luzy Desierdo

Game of cones: how the red squirrel is making a big comeback

Nature • 16 Jun

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