The Food Cult project seeks to understand the social, economic and political relevance of food in 16th century Ireland

Common approach needed if we are not to lose the gains made during weeks of restrictions

Deal with Victory XR will bring educational content to US students in schools and at home

Conference calls for closer UK ties to make Ireland a global research leader after Brexit

Colleges will plummet further down rankings unless action taken, says Hugh Brady

Author of CervicalCheck report says patients forced into long legal proceedings

Skeletal remains could link neolithic builders and Irish people alive today

Certain species can use gossamer threads and planet’s electrical field to take flight

Strong links to southwest Scotland and the Hebrides emerge going back to sixth century

Cats reacted by pricking up their ears or moving heads

Doing housework and carrying heavy shopping bags count towards your daily activity

Practice of storing butter in bogs goes back to 1750 BC – much earlier than first believed

Researchers found those who were exercising into middle age had lower risk of death

Dr Muiris Houston: Nearly every patient offered a new hip or knee wants to know its likely life-span

Discovery ‘could rewrite our understanding of a major revolution in life on Earth’

Firm also signs partnerships with Nokia, Shenandoah University

Research shows leaving work to care for children results in much lower wages later in life

Discovery by Irish-led research overturns ideas about fossils of ancient animals

Weblog: As the day wears on, we tend to get less positive and talk turns towards wider social concerns research reveals

Microraptor, Beipiaosaurus and Sinornithosaurus ‘clearly shed their skin in flakes’

Dinosaurs are depicted as naked, scaly reptiles, but evidence shows they were much more bird-like

Quality of the water produced by system independently verified by certification bodies

But life expectancy for sufferers across general population still lower than nonsufferers

Reproductive system of Dinocephalosaurus with 5ft neck changes evolutionary understanding

Study about Irish women and alcohol is scaremongering and meaningless

Children of confident dads who embrace parenthood are less likely to have preteen problems

Scientists examine how a diet high in fat and sugar could alter baby’s DNA in a way that might cause behavioural problems

Infants wrapped in cloth 38% more likely to die of syndrome, report says

International team found ‘bee products were exploited’ at least from 9,000 years ago

Supernatural beliefs aren’t always incompatible with rationality. We look at the science behind common paranormal beliefs

Tyrannosaurus rex was teenage mother while velociraptors were ‘not that smart’

US study claims 34 per cent reduction in mental decline among users of drug

The ‘Michael O’Leary of Irish education’ begins his tenure in United Kingdom in 2015

The campaign against the fluoridation of water is communicating a form of modern folklore. And ironically, it is likely that Google and Facebook are reinforcing such beliefs

Half a century after their DDT disaster, peregrine falcons are in full recovery, but they follow somewhat different lifestyles on Ireland’s opposite coasts

Irish scientist on team which found remains of creature that looked like giant chicken

Ancient shrimp-like creature that lived 500 million years ago not a predator

Radiation expert says high-voltage cables linked ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ with leukaemia

None of the five Irish crews have been ‘selected’ (seeded)

Three to seven glasses of alcohol a week does not harm the development of unborn babies, according to study carried out on 7,000 children