My letter to Minister Lawless about Research Ireland's decision to devolve the awarding of doctoral scholarships & postdoctoral fellowships to universities. A disastrous move. Please consider raising this issue in your own institutions and with elected representatives and the media.
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Ogham in 3D launched in 2013.
DIAS's School of Celtic Studies digitizes early medieval inscriptions - some of Ireland's most significant national treasures and our earliest written records, dating back to the 5th century.
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The LEIGHEAS project Irish Medical Manuscript of the Month for June 2026 is Dublin, @ria.ie MS 23 A 4, containing texts on uroscopy copied in the 16th century by Aodh Ó Cendamháin, physician to the O’Flahertys in Co. Mayo:
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🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆
Full-time, permanent lectureship in Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie. Application deadline 26 July 2026.
Tar ag obair linn i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social!
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🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆
Full-time, permanent lectureship in Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie. Application deadline 26 July 2026.
Tar ag obair linn i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social!
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University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities. Almost 2,000 sign open letter criticising Research Ireland for favouring industry and commercial interests.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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D.A. Binchy's Corpus Iuris Hibernici
First published by DIAS in 1978, this six-volume work offers an in-depth exploration of Brehon Law, Ireland’s indigenous legal system and is an essential resource for studying early Irish society and culture.
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Colleagues might consider signing this petition against the downgrading of AHSS research by Research Ireland openletter.earth/concern-abou...