Spotlight on Research
Perks and challenges: a guide to 5G
One of the greatest challenges in delivering 5G networks is doing so at a cost that operators and customers can actually afford, according to Professor Ronan Farrell, Department of Electronic Engineering
Tuesday, 03 July 2018
Silly Yeats’s voice echoes through Auden’s most iconic poetry
Maynooth University Head of English, Professor Colin Graham, argues that Auden’s criticisms of Yeats and his legacy did not stop the Irish poet from being an important influence on his work.
Monday, 02 July 2018
Time to come clean on the State’s dirty secrets
A recent RTÉ documentary underlined how the poor treatment of women does not belong solely in the past, and there are modern injustices that must be addressed, says Professor Linda Connolly.
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Vaccines: Speaking out to stop little lives being wrecked
New parents have so little knowledge of diseases like measles that they think the vaccine is more dangerous than the disease, according to disease historian, Dr Ida Milne.
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Is foinse féidearthachtaí í an Ghaeilge
Professor Fionntán de Brún argues that the Irish language can be a medium for seeing the world in an entirely different way.
Friday, 11 May 2018
What is the future for fake news?
Dr Maria Murphy explains that fake news is an issue involving many things, from freedom of expression and its limitations, to data protection and micro-targeting.
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Leonard Cohen’s Broken Hallelujah
Philipp Rosemann, Professor of Philosophy, reflects on the immense popularity of an artist whose songs sound like prayers, whose voice seems to belong to an Old Testament prophet, and whose preferred topics include failure and guilt.
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Why Twitter is an unfit arena for democratic debate
Social media led to the rule of opinion over knowledge - and it leads to echo chambers where people share the same opinion
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
The strange case of Brexit and British sovereignty
A mug's game? "Even now, averting Brexit would leave British self-mastery intact
Tuesday, 06 March 2018
It's music not missiles which is shaping the worldview of Korea
Opinion: for young people worldwide, Korea now means Kpop acts like BTS rather than a stand-off over missiles between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
Tuesday, 27 February 2018