Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Plan questioned after similar facility, ‘the Explorium’, reopened this year after pandemic

Director general is challenging dismissal without notice from State agency and rejects findings against him of inappropriate behaviour in dealings with management team

It was particularly egregious that allegations of misogyny were made public when they had been dismissed by an investigator as hearsay, says counsel for SFI director general

Nolan is before the High Court seeking extension of orders preventing his dismissal from state agency

Science Foundation Ireland will in the High Court attempt to justify its decision to dismiss Nolan as director general of the State agency

Science Foundation Ireland director general departs as State research agency is in the throes of a challenging merger

More powerful successor to supercomputer - named after pioneering Irish scientist - is due soon but funding has yet to be approved

Minister for Agriculture declines to comment on investigation of Science Foundation Ireland chief executive Prof Philip Nolan

Money will fund 600-plus research roles in bioeconomy, agrifood, neurological disease and advanced manufacturing

Despite their vital role in higher education, many survive on less than €10,000 a year

Pamela Cullotty left school early with no expectations. Now, she hopes to inspire others in the Traveller community to embrace education

SFI has become a flagship funder of scientific research in our universities, with corresponding aid to industry for collaborative research via the IDA and Enterprise Ireland

Ireland spent two decades building the Science Foundation Ireland brand. We know how well it has served the country

Universities in Ireland required to participate in charter to be eligible for State research funding

Developers of two student housing blocks in Dublin told local planners tenants would be offered 40-week leases

Mr Harris was responding to questions about a report that more than 80 children across five counties are tutored at home because of their inability to secure places at local schools

Union accuses Department of Further and Higher Education of failing to honour 2017 agreement on establishment of new universities

‘We must continue to give R&D funding sufficient priority to ensure Ireland remains a strong innovation leader,’ say Simon Harris

Current system widely seen as penalising students in Northern Ireland by requiring them to have four A-levels

Trinity College Dublin will headquarter research drive that will examine ‘challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and water degradation’

Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland follows merger of Science Foundation Ireland and Irish Research Council

CERN membership move is culmination of long campaign urging Irish membership of body developing technology of tomorrow

Dundalk institute has 500 staff and 5,000 students and has been running deficits in recent years

Simon Harris to unveil €434 million partnership between European Investment Bank and Housing Finance Agency

Coalition’s independent science adviser to provide expert assistance in attempts to ‘address complex policy challenges’

Science Foundation Ireland director general identifies three key challenges for the State’s research centres: digital change, green transition and ageing

Staff complain of not being paid out of term and being employed on temporary or part-time contracts

We can no longer assume what we learned in four years of study is sufficient to last a lifetime, says Harris

Jacob Haskins didn’t have enough points to secure his first CAO choice so he took an alternative route to UCD

Plant hire contractors say Government ignores pleas for aid with training

CAO offers: Estimated 80 per cent of college applicants will likely secure one of their top-three course preferences

Here are alternatives to explore when college offers disappoint - because the CAO is no longer the only game in town

Focus shifting from CAO points race and the pressure it puts on students to alternative routes to third-level education

Courses available in healthcare, enterprise, ICT, creative sectors, engineering, manufacturing and construction under unified tertiary system

Leaving Cert scripts were adjusted upwards in recent weeks

Widely-held belief that CAO points are determined by colleges in advance and remain relatively constant is incorrect

Young people are being put off by their parents who remember the last recession when many construction workers lost their jobs, study finds

State funding aims to help third level institutions build more student accommodation

Simon Harris and Paschal Donohoe launch new plan with announcement of nine new apprenticeship programmes

Seminar provided ‘judgement-free space’ to ask questions about evolving terminology