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    External shot of the Colosseum in Rome with sun setting to the left of picture

    MU-led study finds evidence of gladiator-animal combat in Roman period

    A groundbreaking MU-led study has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in the Roman period.

    Wednesday, 23 April 2025

    waggle dance sculpture

    Prof Jane Gray awarded €2.5m ERC grant to study loss and social change

    Professor Jane Gray, of the Department of Sociology, has received a prestigious €2.5m European Research Council (ERC) Advanced award

    Wednesday, 20 September 2023

    23 MU researchers awarded IRC Government of Ireland funding

    Maynooth University postgraduate and postdoctoral research projects have been recognised and awarded funding under the Irish Research Council’s flagship Government of Ireland programmes.

    Tuesday, 19 September 2023

    small green plant growning in soil against a green background

    MU research award to support farm sustainability

    Researchers to receive €243,000 from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) National Challenge Fund

    Tuesday, 12 September 2023

    86-year-old lifelong learner Phil Devitt with BA degree certificiate

    Ireland's #1 Young university congratulates 86-year-old graduate

    Maynooth University awards 86-year-old lifelong learner Phil Devitt with BA degree

    Thursday, 07 September 2023

    MU increases CAO offers in Primary Education

    Robotics and new Business with Sports Science degree attracts interest for 2023/24

    Wednesday, 30 August 2023

    An early map of the dingle peninsula with land marked in green with small boats and sea marked by wavey lines

    Unveiling the MACMORRIS Project

    MACMORRIS is a unique interactive digital Irish heritage resource for understanding early modern Ireland

    Tuesday, 22 August 2023

    This visual shows two images side by side of the Ring Nebula. The image on the left shows Webb’s NIRCam view and the image on the right shows Webb’s MIRI image. The left image shows the planetary nebula as a distorted donut with a rainbow of colours with a blue/green inner cavity and clear filamental structure in the inner region of the ring. The right image shows the nebula with a red/orange central cavity with a ring structure that transitions from colours of yellow to purple/blue

    New Webb image captures detailed beauty of Ring Nebula

    Maynooth University’s Dr Patrick Kavanagh leads data and image processing of latest spectacular image taken by the James Webb Telescope

    Monday, 21 August 2023

    Minister Joe O'Brien funds bursary for Community & Youth Work

    The Minister of State for Communities, Integration and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD, has announced a bursary of €200,000 to fund places on the Masters in Community and Youth Work

    Monday, 31 July 2023

    MU’s RoboÉireann team wins global RoboCup

    Ireland’s Robot soccer team, RoboÉireann from Maynooth University, are Challenge Shield winners in the RoboCup 2023 Standard Platform League, an international robotics competition held in Bordeaux, France.

    Thursday, 20 July 2023

    MU records increase in CAO applicants for 2023/24

    Maynooth University has seen an increase in CAO applications with more than 18,500 students seeking admission for the academic year 2023/24.

    Monday, 10 July 2023

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