April 20, 2022 | Irish Farmers Journal (Web)

Annual 20,000ha afforestation required to achieve net zero emissions

TullamoreTeagasc is organising a conference on 4 May (10.30am to 3pm) in the Tullamore Court Hotel, ...
April 19, 2022 | Irish independent (web)

We need to end the `national obsession'' with the Leaving Cert points race, Simon Harris tells teachers'' conference

Minister, also spoke about the Government's plan to support Ukrainian refugees who wish to conti...
April 19, 2022 | Irish Times (Web)

Minister announces new helpline to support Ukrainian students

Maynooth University initiative to provide one-stop shop for students and academics A new helpline w...
April 13, 2022 | Player FM (Web)

Children as young as six diagnosed with diabetes

Children as young as six are diagnosed with diabetes and it has a direct link with increasing obesit...
April 12, 2022 | RTE Online (Web)

What will life in a low-carbon Ireland look like?

a step function, and that's a plus 30-year type of horizon," he said. So, what happens in t...
April 11, 2022 | Irish Examiner (Web)

Rory Hearne: There are enough vacant properties to house both refugees and homeless people

fleeing war, and homes for our pre-existing housing emergency. We can and must do both. Rory Hearne ...
April 11, 2022 | Irish Times (Web)

A New Deal for Ireland''s artists

mindful of the ways that the New Deal replicated structural racism and housing inequality – ur...
April 10, 2022 | Irish Examiner (Web)

Hate crime laws may focus on actions, not motivation, as burden of proof

test can involve use of hostile or prejudiced slurs, gestures, other symbols or graffiti at the time...
April 10, 2022 | Irish independent (web)

`All-in'' approach vital if tech is to reach its educational potential

areas, need improved digital skills. Disadvantaged schools should be the first port of call for digi...
April 10, 2022 | Irish independent (web)

Keane on books: Art and poetry come together in innovative partnership

a ceremony in Swansea on May 12, two days before International Dylan Thomas Day. A stunning collabor...
April 8, 2022 | KFM Radio (Web)

Kildare Focus

Dr. Andrew Hogan Professor in Immunology & group leader of the Obesity Immunology Group, Maynoot...
April 7, 2022 | Kildare Nationalist (Web)

Maynooth University research IDs disruptive cell linked to insulin resistance and childhood pre-diabetes

Research undertaken by Maynooth University has identified – for the first time – the lin...
April 7, 2022 | Kildare Now (Web)

Medical research breakthrough at Kildare''s Maynooth University

Research undertaken by Maynooth University, has identified for the first time, the link between MAIT...
April 7, 2022 | Leinster Leader (Web)

Medical research breakthrough at Kildare''s Maynooth University

Research undertaken by Maynooth University, has identified for the first time, the link between MAIT...
April 7, 2022 | The Sunday Times Online

Burning the Big House by Terence Dooley review — fanning the flames of hate

among the “mountain” people of north Tipperary. Dooley’s long engagement with the ...
April 5, 2022 | Irish Times (Web)

We are not on track to limit warming to 1.5 degrees

therefore represent the most comprehensive and rigorous snapshots of the scientific knowledge base a...
April 5, 2022 | Irish Examiner (Web)

Next three years critical to avoid''unprecedented heatwaves, terrifying storms, and widespread water shortages''

means achieving net-zero carbon dioxide emissions globally in the early 2050s; for 2 degrees Celsius...
April 5, 2022 | Irish Examiner (Web)

It really is now or never but toxic debate is not going to help us win climate battle

Cramming is something that most of us can handle, with deadlines focusing the minds. The deadline is...
April 5, 2022 | Irish Times (Web)

Harried students and an academic precariat: We must elevate the intrinsic value of our universities

In 2019, O'Keefe and Courtois established that almost 50 per cent of teaching staff and 80 per c...
April 4, 2022 | The Sunday Times Online

Academic Elizabeth Boyle: ‘I live in a constant state of near-total chaos’

My office is in the modernist Arts Building on Maynooth University’s north campus. It was desi...