Tá na Meáin Shóisialta ag Cruthú Sochaí Frithshóisialta
‘Cé go bhfuil sé deacair le creidiúint, bhíodh am ann tráth ina raibh ar dhaoine labhairt aghaidh ar aghaidh chun fiú an chumarsáid is bunúsaí a dhéanamh le chéile. Ní…
Lab Grown Love: A Study In Intimacy
In the late 1990s, Professor Arthur Aron of Stony Brook University faced a dilemma. He wanted to study love. A psychologist fascinated with human intimacy, he was facing a serious…
How to Hack Your Habit
It is the beginning of February, and chances are most people have given up on g their New Year’s Resolutions. Every year it happens. Why is it so difficult to…
It’s All About the Blockchain
In 1999, economist Paul Krugman said, ‘By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.’ Krugman’s…
The Technological Universities Bill 2015 in the Seanad
The Technological Universities Bill 2015 passed the Dáil at the end of January and is now going through the process to obtain Seanad approval. The Bill sets out the framework…
The Rural Broadband Problem
The recent exit of Eir from the Rural Broadband tender scheme, and the subsequent accusations that the process has been mismanaged is not the most interesting material to read about.…
Brexit May Affect Extradition Agreements
The Supreme Court has referred a question to the European Court of Justice regarding British extradition, following the challenge of an arrest warrant by an Irishman. Mr Thomas Joseph O’Connor,…
#MeToo: Has Ireland Reached Its Tipping Point?
After The New York Times published an explosive report detailing decades of sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein dozens of women came forward with their own accusations against the Hollywood…
Data Protection Bill Published by Government
The Government has published the Data Protection Bill 2018 which will sign into the law the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR, which will enter into force…
Caighdeán na Gaeilge ag Dul in Olcas i mbunscoileanna
De réir tuarascáil chigireachta ón Roinn Oideachais a foilsíodh ag tús na seachtaine seo, tá caighdeán theagasc na Gaeilge i mbunscoileanna na hÉireann ag dul in olcas. Rinneadh beagnach 5,000…
Positive Psychology: A New Path to Happiness?
Psychology is a word that is casually thrown around in conversation, and is usually taken to mean the study of the mind, in particular the ‘abnormal mind’. One could be…
The Oxfam Scandal: An Insight Into the Abusive Undercurrents of Modern Society
The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief which is now more commonly known as ‘Oxfam’ was founded in Oxford, Britain in 1942. During the height of the Second World War, the…