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Canon Sheehan's 1901 novel Luke Delmege contains a rare contemporary fictional depiction of a Magdalene laundry.

Canon Sheehan, the Magdalene Laundries and Irish incarceration

History • 8 hrs

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin giving a State Apology in the Dáil after the findings laid out in the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

Ireland's complex relationship with shame

Society • 14 Jan

Supporters of US President Donald Trump inside the US Capitol yesterday. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

How the US Capitol riots put democracy under attack

United States • 07 Jan

"The world of climate action is moving fast and Ireland risks being side-lined in a global race for sustainability."

Why 2021 will be a pivotal year for climate action in Ireland

Climate Action • 06 Jan

"We need to understand what lies ahead as we move on with the pandemic". Photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

What could we learn from a health impact assessment of Covid-19?

Policy • 05 Jan

Is the Volkswagen ID.3 on your 2021 list?

Your essential guide to buying an electric car in 2021

Electric Cars • 17 Dec 20

"Rather than being something good, charity might more accurately be said to be a necessary evil or at least something that allows an evil to persist"

How our generosity for charities exposes the failure of state

Charity • 15 Dec 20

"For some students, college life is associated with beginning or increasing drug use" Photo: Getty Images

Can universities reduce harms associated with students' drug use?

Drugs • 14 Dec 20

Online gambling represents over a fifth of all gambling across EU member states

How is online gambling regulated across Europe?

law • 10 Dec 20

People cleaning up the destruction from the burning of Cork by British forces in December 1920. Photo:
George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images

How the 1920 burning of Cork was covered abroad

History • 11 Dec 20

Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington was one of many Irish women who availed of the opportunity to be a judge in the Dáil courts

How Irish women played a key role in the 1920s' Dáil courts

History • 11 Dec 20

"We will be spending more time indoors this winter and the risk of the virus spreading is higher"

How to keep your home Covid-safe over Christmas

Coronavirus • 08 Dec 20

"If Covid-19 has taught us anything, it is that we cannot put off long-term problem"

Why Covid-19 is the right time to increase carbon taxes

Energy • 04 Dec 20

Is your neighbour playing loud music to annoy or entertain you?

Why do we assume the worst about other people's motives?

Psychology • 03 Dec 20

"Far from any film set, Lynch has channelled his singular artistic vision into a very different medium: that is, homemade daily weather announcements for his LA locale."

'Blue skies and golden sunshine': David Lynch's weather reports

Film • 02 Dec 20

The way it was: a man wears a face mask to protect his lungs against smog caused by burning peat and coal fires in Dublin in 1988. Photo: Tom Stoddart/ Getty Images

Is it time to reduce the use of solid fuels to heat our homes?

Energy • 02 Dec 20

"While island-wide in terms of its impact, the Famine was particularly devastating for those counties in the west and south of the country" Photo: Corbis via Getty Images

Why you need to watch this new documentary on the Great Famine

The Great Irish Famine • 01 Dec 20

Maud Gonne McBride: "the relevance of the movement's proposals to contemporary circumstances is easily discernible"

Maud Gonne and the 1930s' movement for basic income in Ireland

History • 24 Nov 20

"Ireland has one of the most progressive income tax systems in the OECD"

Why has income inequality fallen in Ireland?

Economics • 19 Nov 20

Anyone for some crème brûlée? "We have made fat and salt reduced processed meats, fat reduced cheese and sugar reduced confectionary products which taste better than the standard full salt, fat and sugar variants."

How processed food can actually be good for you

Food • 18 Nov 20

An image of nematode worms with fused neurons produced by University of Queensland researchers. Photo: Hilliard Lab, Queensland Brain Institute

What brain cells in worms can tell us about human disorders

Health • 12 Nov 20

"Joe Biden has likened the opportunity for climate action to the Apollo lunar programs of the President Kennedy era". Photo: Getty Images

Will Joe Biden's presidency be a climate game-changer?

US Election 2020 • 10 Nov 20

"After decades of relatively light intervention, decision-makers and the public have become increasingly aware of the imperative for more stringent regulation" Photo: Getty Images

Who controls the internet?

technology • 12 Nov 20

A Covid-19 vaccine coming soon?

'Very positive and significant': a Covid-19 vaccine breaththrough

Brainstorm • 09 Nov 20

"The current health status of people living in Ireland, lifestyle factors and inequalities in health outcomes must be urgently addressed through food environment reform"

Why Ireland urgently needs to address its unhealthy diet

Health • 09 Nov 20

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