Meet the Irish author who is reinventing Doctor Who
The sci-fi series’s labyrinthine mythology is no problem for Irish author Dave Rudden
Professor who helped shape State’s education policy
John Coolahan obituary: Kerryman brought expertise to international stage
Gentle radical who fought for a more just Irish society
Obituary: The teacher and equality campaigner Ann Louise Gilligan believed in the rich rewards of altruism
Staff and students protesting at former CICE site in Rathmines
Claim management and Department have failed to engage with compensation issues
Staff and students at former Church of Ireland college protest
After 200 years Rathmines college of education closure occurred with one day’s notice
Catholic library board members resign in row over DCU takeover
Central Catholic Library is in financial difficulty as usage declines
When Dublin did a roaring trade in lions
The Royal Zoological Society of Ireland bred lions from the 1850s, principally for zoos and circuses abroad
What the Irish chemistry set did during the Great War
Several Irish scientists contributed to explosive research during the first World War
Scientists are . . . unkempt, ageing and boring?
The image people have of a ‘scientist’ has changed since the 1950s, but some stereotypes are stubbornly persistent
Diseases are symptoms of changes in society
You probably think you know what a disease is: it makes you sick. But that’s not exactly how it works
The electricity between Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla
FRIENDSHIP WEEK: Twain was hugely interested in technology and struck up a friendship with the scientist
Climate change and Europeans go way back
At least as far back as the 17th century, Europeans believed that they could change climates
William Thomson: the crucial Irish link in the telegraph chain
When a plan to run a cable linking Europe and North America hit trouble, Thomson stepped in
Focus on Stem subjects at school leads to high points for college
CAO points show ‘it’s the economy, stupid’ as many courses are harder to get into
The digging that got to the roots of potato blight
One lesson not learned from the Famine was that a monoculture is particularly vulnerable to disease
Animal intelligence: a controversial science
In the 19th century, George Romanes was pilloried for suggesting that the most intelligent animals could learn to form abstract ideas
Charles Cameron: a zoonotic pioneer in a Dublin full of animals and disease
Before Robert Koch established ‘the germ theory’, a Dublin doctor was examining the possibility of disease passing to humans via diseased meat
Extra payments to retiring teachers take up €25m of budget overrun
Minister seeks third-party intervention to avert another strike by secondary teachers
Builders take legal proceedings against Unite over blocklayer row
JJ Rhatigan denies union claims that some workers earned less than €5 per hour
Entry points distorted by small, niche courses
Large proportion of courses with very few places has lead to higher points
All Hallows in talks to rescue adult learning programme
DCU president says many aspects of ‘Alba’ system would resonate with own value system
Quinn advises teachers to study RE to boost their job prospects
Catholic and Protestant teacher training colleges united in new secular home
Merger of Catholic and Protestant Colleges of Education may be finalised by 2016
Ethos and identity of each to be protected
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