News and Views
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The gospel according to Lady Gaga
29 Mar 2018
Blasphemous! Heretical! Irreverent! Controversial! Offensive! Confused! WRONG!!!
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Cambridge honour for UCC academic
27 Mar 2018
Claire Connolly, Professor of Modern English in UCC’s School of English has been appointed Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies at Cambridge University for the academic year 2018-2019.
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The curse of zombie fossils
23 Mar 2018
New research has revealed how the history of life can be distorted by the ways animals decompose and lose body parts as they decay - and the ways in which decayed bodies ultimately become fossilised.
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UCC graduate honoured with SFI Science Medal
23 Mar 2018
Leading physicist and UCC alum Professor Margaret Murnane has today been named one of the two recipients of this year's St Patrick's Day science medals at an event in Washington, D.C.
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Long read: From Kinsale to Kenya
23 Mar 2018
By Graham Clifford
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Long Read: Artistic creativity key to our resilience
23 Mar 2018
When he became their president, Donald Trump suggested to the American people that there was a route back to the tomb-stoned rusted out factories of America.
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Making the most of every bite
21 Mar 2018
The HSE and UCC have this week published a new cookbook aimed at providing high-calorie, high-protein recipes for the estimated 145,000 people in Ireland who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
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Long Read: St Patrick Vs the Goddess
16 Mar 2018
Last year on St Patrick’s Day there was much interest in the idea that St Patrick might have had a wife, Sheelagh and that her feast day followed his, on 18th March when celebrations continued.
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St Patrick – a migrant for all migrants
20 Mar 2018
Saint Patrick is the national saint, not only of Ireland, but of the Irish and their descendants worldwide.
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St Patrick’s food is back on the menu…
16 Mar 2018
The fermented and wild foods St Patrick dined on in the 5th century are back among the hottest food trends internationally, according to UCC food historian Regina Sexton.
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