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.

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.

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. 

By Graham Clifford

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. 

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.

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 18^th March when celebrations continued.

Saint Patrick is the national saint, not only of Ireland, but of the Irish and their descendants worldwide.

The fermented and wild foods St Patrick dined on in the 5^th century are back among the hottest food trends internationally, according to UCC food historian Regina Sexton. 

Our President, Patrick O'Shea, sends best wishes to all of you celebrating St Patrick's Day in Ireland and abroad - Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig daoibh go léir!