Day: September 19, 2026

Sep 19
RCSI Researchers Awarded €1.2 Million in Health Funding to Advance Cancer Research in Ireland

A Significant Investment in Ireland’s Health Research Future Four researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, home to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, have secured more than €1.2 million in health funding through the latest round of the Health Research Charities Ireland (HRCI) and Health Research Board (HRB) Joint Funding Scheme. […]

Sep 19
TU Dublin Book Explores Ireland’s Housing History, Politics, and Societal Challenges

Ireland’s housing crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our time, dominating dinner-table conversations, political debates, and front-page headlines. Yet, as a new book by TU Dublin academic Dr. Lorcan Sirr reveals, the roots of this crisis run far deeper than recent economic policies or market fluctuations. Housing a Nation: Seven Generations of […]

Sep 19
TU Dublin Researchers Secure UK-Ireland Collaboration Award to Address Working-Class Representation in the Creative Economy

A new research initiative led in part by Technological University Dublin aims to examine one of the most persistent challenges facing the creative industries on both sides of the Irish Sea: the underrepresentation of people from working-class backgrounds. The project, titled Rethinking Class in the Creative Economy, is one of just six networking awards announced […]

Sep 19
Celebrating the Words and World of John McGahern: How TU Dublin and Ballymote Marked 20 Years of an Enduring Irish Literary Legacy

Twenty years after his death, the voice of John McGahern continues to shape conversations about Irish literature. On Saturday 12 September, readers, researchers, and literary enthusiasts gathered in Ballymote, County Sligo, for Seeing the Words, Hearing the Words: A Celebration of the Quiet Power and Beauty of one of Ireland’s most important Literary Figures, John […]