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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
Launch of ENABLE - SFI research programme
ENABLE will engage the public in developing Internet of Things solutions for urban environments
Thursday, 01 February 2018
Call to redress gender inequality in employment services
Existing employment services are often based on a ‘male breadwinner’ labour activation regime that requires participants to be available for full time work, which may not be suitable for women with full time caring responsibilities
Friday, 26 January 2018
Research sheds light on how childhood obesity inhibits cancer-fighting cells
Paper demonstrates how obesity in children compromises the immune system by depleting and damaging crucial ‘Natural-Killer’ cells
Friday, 22 December 2017
Newly launched Cork Dashboard shows the city and county in a whole new light
Researchers from Maynooth University have launched a new online resource that will let citizens, businesses and policy makers access information about the city in an unprecedented way.
Friday, 15 December 2017
Inter-county stars graduate with flying colours from the Jim Madden GPA Leadership Programme at Maynooth
Bronnadh teastas ón gConair Creidiúnaithe do Chlár Ceannaireachta Jim Madden, Cumann Imreoirí Gael (CIG), ar dheichniúr de na réaltaí idirchontae, fireann agus baineann is fearr in Éirinn ag searmanas speisialta in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad inniu.
Friday, 01 December 2017
Just 5% of public bodies in Ireland have policies on migrant integration
First review of Irish public sector migrant integration policies carried out by Maynooth University.
Monday, 27 November 2017
Researchers unlock the secrets of Earth’s largest living organism
An international team of scientists, including five researchers from Maynooth University, have sequenced and analysed the genome of the largest living organism on planet Earth, revealing the secrets of a deadly fungal organism larger than the Phoenix Park.
Friday, 24 November 2017
There can be no meaningful development in Africa without peace
In African conflict environments where people are killed, maimed and displaced persistently, values such as peace, truth, justice and mercy cannot take deep root, nor can people live normal lives or experience true peace, according to Fr. Patrick Devine SMA, delivering the fourth Lt. Gen. Dermot Earley Memorial Lecture in Maynooth University today.
Friday, 24 November 2017
ALL Institute launch - driving for lifelong access to Assistive Technology and Support
ALL (Assisting Living and Learning) Institute is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative centre for the development and promotion of Assistive Technology and Supports for people, especially those marginalised through disability or impairment, enabling them achieve well-being at all stages of their lives.
Thursday, 16 November 2017
92 years of the Leaving Cert – Was Science more difficult in 1925?
Former students often declare that the Leaving Cert was much harder in the past, but what were the exams actually like?
Thursday, 16 November 2017