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The misinformation about misinformation
We tend to overestimate how gullible others are, but misinformation can have dramatic consequences, writes Dr Constance de Saint Laurent, Assistant Professor of Sociotechnical Systems at the Department of Psychology
Wednesday, 05 June 2024
What can we expect from the 2024 local elections?
Local election contests are an important bellwether of how political parties and groupings are faring in the run-up to the next general election, write Dr Adrian Kavanagh and Caoilfhionn D'Arcy of the Geography Department
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Wreckers and levellers: evicting Ireland's poor during the Great Famine
These reviled figures were involved in the evictions of some 250,000 Irish families during the 1840s and 1850s, writes Dr Ciarán Reilly, Department of History
Friday, 17 May 2024
The ogham stones which show off the earliest writing in Ireland
The country's surviving ogham stones give a fascinating insight into the development of the Irish language, writes Dr Nora White, Department of Early Irish
Monday, 13 May 2024
All you need to know about Eurovision voting patterns
There are many parallels between Eurovision voting and regular election campaigns, write Dr Adrian Kavanagh and Caoilfhionn D'Arcy of the Department of Geography
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Trees in Irish literature
Literature and Ireland's Trees project is aiming to produce an archive about the tree in Irish writing and culture, writes Dr Stephen O'Neill, Department of English
Monday, 22 April 2024
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