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What do window displays and the Wizard of Oz have in common?

How the man who invented the Wizard of Oz also had an important role to play in inventing Christmas shop window displays

Constance Markievicz who was one of the Election '18 winners

"The most momentous Irish electoral contest of the 20th century"

Santa examines the latest missive

Dear Santa, can I have Brand X?

What are the potential adverse effects for brain health posed by obesity?

Does belly fat affect our brain health as we age?

Social anxiety in the bagging area

Are you being served? How self-service machines cause anxiety

Kilkenny Castle. Photo: Kevin Lonergan

What to do with a conundrum like Kilkenny?

Who's afraid of the UN Global Compact for Migration?

International Migrants Day

Rural Ireland's biggest advantage? It's not like urban Ireland

Dublin's revolutionary years

How do we respond to the wicked problem of climate change?

More Brainstorm

Election '18.

Constance Markievicz who was one of the Election '18 winners

"The most momentous Irish electoral contest of the 20th century"

100 years ago this week, Ireland went to the polls and ushered in a new political era

Dublin's revolutionary years

Éamon de Valera addresses an anti-conscription meeting in 1918. The Sinn Féin leader was in prison when elected for two constituencies at the election of December that year.

Election 1918 - what you need to know about how Ireland voted

Michael Collins and Harry Boland, both elected MPs in 1918, are pictured here holding hurleys in Croke Park in 1921 (RTE Archives)

1918 and the making of a new political generation

Joseph Devlin of the Irish Parliamentary Party campaigning during the 1918 election. Devlin defeated Sinn Féin's Eamon de Valera in the constituency of Belfast Falls

December 1918: What the Papers Say

Brainstorm Radio Show

Listen to the latest episode of the Brainstorm radio show presented by Fionnuala Sweeney

Ireland.

How excessive investment messed up the Irish housing market

Historical re-enactment of a surgeon operating on an archer who was wounded during an attack by the Mamluks on the monastery of the Order of the Hospitallers (1250-1291) in Acre in Israel. Photo: DeAgostini/ Getty Images

What was it like to go to the doctor in ...

Mural on a Mumbai wall of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan from his classic film Deewar. Photo: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/ Getty Images

Why Ireland should catch up with Bollywood

Look up, it's probably an airline run by an Irish person

Why do so many airlines have Irish bosses?

Why the process of appointing judges really matters

On the march: a protest in Derry in December 1968

How revolutionary was Ireland in 1968?

How maths can help to deal with hospital overcrowding

Hospital Overcrowding

Ideas.

Keep your eyes on the hand

5 ways to tell a great story about science

Who wants to live forever?

Are you an adolescent until your mid-twenties?

Do we really want 20 hour non-stop flights?

5 things you didn't know about psychopaths like Villanelle

Brexit.

How will Brexit impact on Irish universities?

Will the

Up, up and not away: how Brexit could cause air ...

Aviation Industry

Has Brexit brought a united Ireland closer?

The highest remain vote of the Brexit referendum came from Gibraltar

Gibraltar: the other major difficulty in Brexit negotiations

Delia Breen, who works in a money exchange office at the border between Newry and Dundalk. Photo: Paul Faith/AFP /Getty Images

What will happen to cross-border shopping after Brexit?

Cross-border shopping

A mug's game?

The strange case of Brexit and British sovereignty

A union jack flag hung from a lamp post near the Irish border in Fermanagh. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

The Brexit poll which reveals how Britain views Northern Ireland

Research Lab.

How our footsteps could be used for security and health checks

Why does the mind wander?

How does the brain control what we eat?

Why Irish honey is the bees' knees

Can lack of sleep lead to heart disease?

More Research Lab

Editor's Choice.

South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea in September 2018. Photo: Pyeongyang Press Corps/Pool/Getty Images

Why declaring peace is such a big deal

How hard is it to learn Chinese?

A Midsummer Night's Dream was performed by Rough Magic at the Kilkenny Arts Festival. Photo: Ste Murray

Has Irish theatre finally made peace with Shakespeare?