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A salute to Andy Irvine

Throughout his remarkable career, Andy Irvine has remained a consummate singer, storyteller and interpreter of songs

Counting the votes at the RDS in Dublin after the 2016 general election. Photo: Leon Neal/AFP Getty Images

Getting the vote out: what influences voter turnout?

Corruption and "the tone at the top"

Fake news

Six great myths about dinosaurs - and how we busted them

A striking image from research work undertaken by Irish Research Council Scholar Maria Velasco

How open science creates better research

How will Brexit impact on Irish universities?

A demonstration calling for truth and justice in relation to clerical sex abuse in Dublin in August. Photo: EPA-EFE/Derek Speirs

Why do good people cover up terrible crimes like child abuse?

Maggie Gyllenhaal as Candy in a scene from The Deuce. Photo: HBO

Beyond The Deuce: the roots of feminist porn

Here come the high steppers

What happens to your body when you run a marathon?

How alcohol advertising influences drinking behaviour

Irish citizens will vote in the referendum on blasphemy on October 26

All you ever wanted to know about blasphemy

More Brainstorm

Ireland.

How volunteers became the lifeblood of rural Ireland

Just what can the President of Ireland actually do?

Presidential election 2018

How to solve Ireland's housing crisis

On the march: a protest in Derry in December 1968

How revolutionary was Ireland in 1968?

The importance of weather on Ireland's future energy supply

Vicky Phelan, the cancer patient whose case triggered the cervical smear test controversy arrives at Leinster House, Dublin, to give evidence to the Public Accounts Committee.

How CervicalCheck scandal highlights the role of cancer screening

Cervical Cancer Scandal

Gaelic football referees during a training session at the GAA's National Development Centre in Abbotstown

How fit are GAA referees?

Ideas.

Smile for the camera: tourists in Southern Lapland. Photo: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

Is the North Pole set to become a tourism hotspot?

The power of laughter. Photo: Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images

Why do we laugh?

How to grow old robustly: do more squats and eat more protein

How terrorists and war criminals are influenced by the workplace

What we lose when culture and heritage are destroyed

Brexit.

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

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

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

How sentimental are we about Brexit?

Business Highlights

Research Lab.

The big buzz around Irish honey

Why Irish honey is the bees' knees

Irish heather honey has antioxidant properties comparable to New Zealand's famed manuka honey

How maths can help to deal with hospital overcrowding

Hospital Overcrowding

What's the impact of vaginismus on Irish relationships?

Sunset over the Maharees in Co Kerry. Photo: Harry Crowe

"We're at a critical juncture for coastal management in Ireland"

How your ear and hand decide the quality of a phone call

Editor's Choice.

Will Macnas street theatre rescue the show for Galway 2020?

Why do so many capitals of culture run into problems?

A sign for architect and civil engineer Frederick Higginbotham in the Sackville Street rubble after the 1916 Rising. Sackvi

How the 1916 Rising cost €200m in compensation claims

How Normcore took over your wardrobe