Ireland’s secondary schools slow to give up vending machines selling ‘junk food’Survey also shows majority of post-primary schools are not providing two-hours of PE per weekWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Scientists to reveal genetic secrets of Richard IIIGenome study to show king’s hair and eye colour, as well as disease risksWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Mapping the past: old worlds being opened up by technologyOld city maps, 3D battle plans, Irish translations of Lewis Carroll and more – centuries-old archived books, maps and documents are becoming available through digitisation projectsThu Feb 06 2014 - 16:44
Phoney painting revealed a fake by physicistsLéger painting a dud after radiocarbon dating experiments in ItalyThu Feb 06 2014 - 15:17
Prosthetic hand brings old sensation back to amputeeReplacement arm allows patient to feel differences such as that between a sliotar and a mandarinThu Feb 06 2014 - 11:16
Record run of warmest years continues according to 2013 figuresWorld Met Organisation warns of future impact for generations to comeThu Feb 06 2014 - 01:00
Getting the job done – and getting the fundingScience researchers are targeting the latest round of funding from the EU’s €1.25bn research budget – and they are optimisticMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:04
Gap persists among students who complete Leaving CertNumber completing Leaving stood at 90.12% in 2013Mon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
‘Keep fighting, keep fighting, but even a soldier needs to rest’Family and friends gather for funeral of ‘Irish Times’ education editor Seán FlynnFri Jan 31 2014 - 18:43
Government to consider Cern membershipReview will study benefits and costs of joining the European nuclear reserach labThu Jan 30 2014 - 22:29
DCU ranked among ‘top 50 under 50’ universitiesColleges judged on the quality of their research and the employability of their graduatesThu Jan 30 2014 - 15:29
Scientists find new way to get stem cellsResearchers hail new method as ‘game-changer’Thu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
Tributes to Seán Flynn, a journalist of the ‘highest integrity’Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore among circle of admirers mourning ‘Irish Times’ education editorThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
‘Irish Times’ journalist Seán Flynn dies, aged 56Education Editor died at home after illnessWed Jan 29 2014 - 15:06
Scientist using bats to understand sense of smellWhat our noses smell was altered by evolution to aid survivalWed Jan 29 2014 - 13:37
State will not pay 40 teachers who failed to registerCountry’s 87,000 primary and secondary teachers had until today to registerTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
NUI Galway centre to create stem cells for treatment of diabetes and arthritisCentre for Cell Manufacturing Ireland will deliver stem cells of the highest purityTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
Needle-free vaccine to take sting out of whooping coughMaynooth researchers helped develop new immunisation methodFri Jan 24 2014 - 09:38
Workload central topic at principals’ meetingOrganisation also concerned about fundingFri Jan 24 2014 - 01:00
Minister for Education urges schools to help cut electricity billsSavings of €1m on electricity could be made by centralising procurementThu Jan 23 2014 - 13:11
Northern Ireland researchers to participate directly in Science Foundation Ireland-supported projectsThe deal was signed yesterday by Richard Bruton and Stephen FarryWed Jan 22 2014 - 22:38
Technology institutes to apply for university status by end of yearQuinn publishes Bill to allow for the creation of a number of technological universitiesWed Jan 22 2014 - 15:39
Quinn to tell Cabinet of big improvement by student grant body SusiThe system was streamlined to make it easier to use, with a key change a major reduction in the amount of paperwork required to claim entitlement to a grantTue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00
Teaching unions and department on collision course over Junior Cert changesTeachers say they still do not have the fine detail they needTue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00
Irish contribution to space race to go on display to publicExperiment developed by Dublin scientists flew to the moon in 1972 with Apollo 16Fri Jan 17 2014 - 11:24
Department announces new name for junior certificateWorking group to start meetings to introduce reformsWed Jan 15 2014 - 13:09
Pylon controversy: questions remain to be asked and answered regarding cancer riskWhile studies have linked cancer risks to power lines, distance from the lines is keyMon Jan 13 2014 - 10:07
Dublin student wins Young Scientist for maths projectResearch on attitudes to older people in workforce wins group prize for Kinsale studentsSat Jan 11 2014 - 09:01
Smart, easy-to-market products put technology centre stage at RDSYoung business entrepreneurs impress with innovative technologyFri Jan 10 2014 - 09:12
Horse steak is healthy - pity about the yuck factorComparative study involved testing both meats in a range of categoriesFri Jan 10 2014 - 07:02
Cork student develops software that adds to what search engines doCaelen’s code modifies what the engine is doing to deliver an enhanced serviceFri Jan 10 2014 - 01:00
President hears how Mars bar put brakes on pony’s gallopComments met with shouts and cheers from studentsThu Jan 09 2014 - 13:41
Young Scientist brothers have their eye on road safetyCat’s eye road reflector with extra blue coloured lens devisedThu Jan 09 2014 - 08:00
Turbine study revolves around negative impacts on community‘My scientific proof is seen in my own community’Thu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
President opens Young Scientist exhibitionHiggins praises the vision of the founders of eventWed Jan 08 2014 - 19:30
President to open 50th showcase of young talentJudging of exhibits created by up to 1,200 students aged 12 to 18 begins todayWed Jan 08 2014 - 11:05
Teachers, bankers, pharmacists and surgeons. Where are the young scientists now?Science Editor Dick Ahlstrom finds out what the past 49 young scientist winners are up to nowTue Jan 07 2014 - 15:00
Innovation Talk: University life is about more than the ‘I’ wordIt takes more than innovation to deliver a third-level institution, and university life is not only about technology and researchMon Jan 06 2014 - 01:00
Underperforming teachers to face censureTeaching Council to get sanctions 12 years after legislation proposing measure introducedFri Jan 03 2014 - 08:09
Young scientists make final touches ahead of 50th exhibitionSome 550 student projects will go on display at the RDS next weekFri Jan 03 2014 - 01:03
Higher Education Authority publishes new system for measuring third-level institutes’ performanceRatings scheme allows for different college goalsSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Scientists find link between childhood obesity and the development of type 2 diabetesBeing obese disturbs the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of the immune systemFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:00
Strike threat removed as Asti votes to accept revised dealGovernment commitments must be met or the union would take ’strong action’Thu Dec 19 2013 - 18:29
Results of Asti ballot on strike action expectedUp to 550 schools could close on January 17th if union members reject Haddington Road dealThu Dec 19 2013 - 08:08
Computing graduates more likely to find jobsNo evidence for wholesale third-level brain drain, says Higher Education AuthorityThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
Asti ballot result to emerge by tomorrow afternoonNo vote could see 550 school closuresWed Dec 18 2013 - 08:40
Support scheme for women returning to science careersGrants to encourage more women with science degrees to remain in researchTue Dec 17 2013 - 15:16
Minister rejects speculation over EU commissioner vacancy‘I got the job I wanted nearly three years ago’Tue Dec 17 2013 - 01:00
