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"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

Bishop Francis Moylan planned and oversaw the building of Cork Cathedral. Photo: Cork Cathedral https://www.corkcathedral.ie/

Francis Moylan, Ireland's 18th century kingmaker and power broker

History / 09 Oct

Most firms and people are drawn towards agglomerations and cities like Dublin, Cork and Limerick like a magnetic force

Why Ireland needs real decentralisation

Decentralisation / 07 Oct

Dig in

7 things you probably didn't know about the humble spud

National Potato Day / 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

"Seek introductions to large companies and start having conversations with those organisations you feel can add most value to your innovative product/service"

What is open innovation?

Business / 30 Sep

"The increased frequency and spread of wildfires is directly linked to climate change and exposure to wildfire smoke significantly impacts respiratory health"

Will climate change increase the risk of asthma?

Climate Change / 20 Sep

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

"We inherited our emphasis on State secrecy from the British, but we enthusiastically embraced it"

Why does the State have so many secrets on its citizens?

Podcast / 06 Sep

"We've got really difficult social issues in Ireland which overlap with carbon reduction and climate change"

Is it time to give nuclear power a chance?

Podcast / 23 Aug

"The Rural Electrification Scheme was an enormous logistical, capital, technological and cultural project that transformed the Irish countryside"

Lessons on climate action from the Rural Electrification scheme

Climate Change / 21 Aug

James Joyce: portrait of the artist as a young cattleman

What did James Joyce have to say about the Irish beef industry?

James Joyce / 20 Aug

The Manaro Voui volcano on Vanuatu's Ambae island in 2017. Photo: Dan McGarry/Vanuatu Daily Post/AFP/Getty Images

Here's how climate change is damaging one small Pacific island

Climate Change / 19 Aug

"When studying the chaotic systems we find in nature there is nothing random about chaos"

Why is it so difficult to make a long-term weather forecast?

Weather / 19 Aug

"Don't forget, today's ally may become tomorrow's enemy!"

8 tips for Irish companies looking for new international markets

Business / 14 Aug

"Students in fee-paying secondary schools consistently perform well in terms of Leaving Certificate results and progression to third level education"

Who attends fee-paying secondary schools?

Education / 14 Aug

"This second coming of the electric car will be evolutionary and not revolutionary"

The second coming of the electric car

Electric Cars / 13 Aug

"The message to this generation's Leaving Cert students: if you want to change the world, study plants"

Why plants are central to saving the planet

Climate Change / 09 Aug

Convicted rapist and serial killer Rodney Alcala is featured in Murder Made Me Famous. He was dubbed the "Dating Game Killer" because of his 1978 appearance on US TV show The Dating Game in the midst of his murder spree.

How healthy is our obsession with true crime?

True crime / 09 Aug

"Boris Johnson is primarily motivated by his own narcissistic desire for power, success, and historical legacy, at whatever cost to anyone else"

The moral case against a no-deal Brexit

Brexit / 02 Sep

Simon Harris is the latest minister to grapple with intricacies of the Irish health system

The long history of reforming the Irish health system

Health / 07 Aug

A presidential grip-and-grimace: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping frown for the cameras

Behind the US and China's conscious economic decoupling

Business / 02 Aug

"Healthy infant feeding is crucial to promote the health, well-being and proper growth and development of young children"

How to improve early infant feeding practices

Parenting / 01 Aug

"We sleep for 27 years of our life so sleep is pretty important"

The A to Zzz of sleep

Podcast / 02 Aug

Branching out: will climate change mean the end of the line for the Blue Tit?

Is climate change making our birds extinct?

Climate Change / 29 Jul

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