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MU celebrates first ever GAA history module

Maynooth University (MU) is marking the launch of a new module for undergraduate history students examining the foundations of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and its role in wider Irish society.

Wednesday, 01 May 2024

MU Research Week 2023 explores solutions for global challenges

Maynooth University invites members of the public to engage with the rich body of research and discoveries during Research Week from 12th-26th October.

Thursday, 19 October 2023

Is the health of the Irish population declining?

MU drives research on safe use of AI in EU healthcare

Maynooth University and the SFI Adapt Centre at Trinity College are expanding an innovative digital technology project in collaboration with Meta to address newly emerging EU-wide health data sharing challenges.

Monday, 16 October 2023

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Exploring the cosmos: Space Week at Maynooth University

500 visitors of all ages came to the TSI building for Maynooth University's Space Week 2023 event

Monday, 09 October 2023

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MU researchers awarded IRC enterprise partnership funding

The projects bring together researchers with an enterprise or employer to collaborate on a research project of mutual interest.

Tuesday, 03 October 2023

Maynooth University team triumphs in SFI-Irish Aid SDG Challenge

Maynooth research team to focus on neonatal mortality

Thursday, 28 September 2023

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IVI leads UN General Assembly Digital Health Symposium

Groundbreaking event in New York led by Ireland’s Maynooth University and co-sponsored by corporates Orion Healthcare, Zebra Technologies, VNS Health, Northwell Health and CHIME

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Maynooth University congratulates Paul Lynch on Booker Prize shortlisting

Maynooth University congratulates Paul Lynch, who is currently the Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at MU, on his shortlisting for the Booker Prize for his fifth novel, Prophet Song. Prophet Song is a brilliant imagining of extremism in an alternate or near-future Ireland. Paul began work on Prophet Song while he was the 2019 Kildare County Council Writer-in-Residence at Maynooth.

Friday, 22 September 2023

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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

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MU research award to support farm sustainability

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

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

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