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Who were the Irish people who moved to La Rochelle in the 17th century?
Many of the Irish who settled in the French city between the 1630s and 1680s prospered there as merchants and seafarers, writes PhD scholar Sandrine Tromeur of the Department of History
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Good news - we're living in a golden age of black hole discoveries
Incredible strides in astrophysics have opened up a completely new window on the Universe and the mysterious black holes, writes Dr John Regan, Royal Society-SFI University Research Fellow in the Department of Theoretical Physics
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Why do people break traffic rules and laws?
The puzzle of why some people obey and some disobey traffic laws extends beyond enforcement to the fabric of society itself, writes PhD scholar Shamsoddin Shariati of the Department of Sociology
Thursday, 04 April 2024
What's needed to reduce the high level of criminal reoffending in Ireland?
With 6 in 10 of those released from prison reoffending within three years, it's clear the justice system alone can't solve this issue, writes Dr Megan Coghlan, School of Law and Criminology
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
How Irish employers could benefit from hiring people with disabilities
Employers adhering to the same old recruitment tactics are failing to capitalise on the untapped talent of people with disabilities, writes PhD scholar Catherine Kelly of the Department of Applied Social Sciences
Thursday, 21 March 2024
Fire, brimstone and failure: St Patrick's first appearance on an Irish stage
The first depiction of the nation's patron saint on an Irish stage was a disappointing, underwhelming and insulting affair, writes Alan Waldron, a PhD scholar with MU's MACMORRIS project
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Ferdinand Levy: A Jamaican poet in Dublin
On St Patrick’s Day, March 17 at 4.30pm, BBC Radio 4 will broadcast ‘A Jamaican Poet in Dublin’ on the life of Ferdinand Levy. Dr Karl O’Hanlon of the Department of English explains his discovery of Levy’s poetry
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Why do sanctions against Russia succeed or fail?
There are three power dynamics within Russia that allow Vladimir Putin's administration to resist sanctions, writes Ali. A. Ghareh Daghi, PhD scholar and recipient of an Irish Research Council scholarship in the Department of Sociology
Thursday, 07 March 2024
Referendum highlights the political importance of caring
The debate around the upcoming referendum raises issues around the foundational values that guide society and policy, writes Dr Pauline Cullen of the Department of Sociology
Friday, 01 March 2024
MU partners in study that finds evidence of elusive neutron star
A new study, published in Science and co-authored by Dr Patrick Kavanagh of the Department of Experimental Physics, has provided the first conclusive evidence for the presence of the elusive neutron star produced in the Supernova SN 1987A
Friday, 23 February 2024