News and Views
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UCC’s Greg Yelverton scores UEFA Pro Licence
17 Aug 2018
Greg Yelverton, UCC's Football Development Officer, has graduated amongst the elite in the world of football coaching, after being awarded the FAI’s UEFA Pro Licence.
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UCC economist: No-deal Brexit will knock Ireland back into recession
27 Aug 2018
A no-deal Brexit is becoming more likely and threatens to knock Ireland back into recession in 2019, according to the organiser of what will be the biggest conference ever held in Cork City.
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Opinion: Clerical abuse in Ireland is a political issue
24 Aug 2018
Clerical abuse in Ireland is a political issue and the Irish state has a duty to acknowledge this and act accordingly.
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UCC scientists criticise EU and Irish government re novel plant breeding techniques
20 Aug 2018
Recent decisions by the Irish government and the European Court of Justice with regard to novel plant breeding techniques could consign Irish agriculture to the scrapheap of history according to UCC scientists’ Dr Barbara Doyle Prestwich and Dr Eoin Lettice.
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Report: Perinatal deaths in Ireland at ‘lowest rate’
07 Aug 2018
The number of perinatal deaths in Ireland is at its lowest rate since recordings began, according to a new report from the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC), based in UCC.
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UCC cuts the jargon in new Instagram campaign
14 Aug 2018
University College Cork has launched a new Instagram campaign aimed at presenting complex ideas and research in a straightforward way to a general audience.
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UCC scientists reveal submarine canyon on edge of Ireland’s continental shelf
10 Aug 2018
A UCC-led group of scientists from across the globe have revealed the stunning details of a submarine canyon on the edge of Ireland’s continental shelf, 320 km west of Dingle, after mapping an area twice the size of Malta.
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Scientists to rethink how they reconstruct the colour of fossils after UCC-led discovery
07 Aug 2018
A UCC-led discovery of new sources of the pigment melanin will force scientists to rethink how they reconstruct the colour of fossil birds, reptiles and dinosaurs.
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‘I’ve been given a second shot at life’
01 Aug 2018
Frank Dowling, a third-year Architecture student at the brand-new School of Architecture on Douglas Street, Cork City, on his experience of returning to UCC as a mature student. Photos: Mike McSweeney/ Provision.
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Europe may thrive on renewable energy despite unpredictable weather
31 Jul 2018
Researchers in Ireland, Switzerland, and the UK have shown how long-term weather patterns affect wind and solar renewable energy technologies across Europe.
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