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Maynooth University Professor to have key role in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sixth assessment report
Professor Peter Thorne will be a Coordinating Lead Author on the IPCC sixth assessment report cycle, the most senior position ever held by an Irish scientist.
Date: Sunday, 08 April 2018
Ireland is the wettest it has been in more than 300 years
Maynooth University research means Ireland now has one of the longest, quality assured rainfall records anywhere in the world
Date: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Geography: RTE Brainstorm with Conor Murphy
A 300 year history of Irish rainfall shows that recent winters were the wettest on record
Date: Monday, 26 March 2018
Eurovision voting illustrates changing european relationships
Since the inaugural competition in 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest has been a bastion of European pop culture, as well as a flashpoint for debate over relationships between different European countries, and even as to what makes a country European.
Date: Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Discovery of a new ‘furthest south’ glacial sediment fan on the inner shelf west of central Ireland.
Geological surveying of the continental shelf west of Ireland by international research groups has discovered a previously unrecognised glacial-aged large scale sediment fan.
Date: Tuesday, 06 March 2018
Geography: Congratulations to Suzanne Pegley
We are delighted to extend sincere congratulations to Suzanne Pegley on her successful defence of her PhD thesis
Date: Friday, 09 February 2018
Maynooth geographers discuss National Planning Framework
Maynooth geographers Chris van Egeraat and Rob Kitchin discussed the National Planning Framework on RTE Drivetime on Monday
Date: Friday, 09 February 2018
Congratulations on the success of The Atlas of the Irish Revolution
Congratulations to our Geography colleagues at Cork for the success of The Atlas of the Irish Revolution - Best Irish Published Book of the Year, Bord Gais Irish Book Awards 2017.
Date: Thursday, 30 November 2017
Just 5% of public bodies in Ireland have policies on migrant integration
First review of Irish public sector migrant integration policies carried out by Maynooth University.
Date: Monday, 27 November 2017
