News and Views
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UCC on RTÉ Brainstorm: How sound helps us to visualise our environment
05 Sep 2018
Sounds give us a representation of the world around us every bit as vivid and evocative of the visual landscapes that compete for our attention.
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UCC on RTÉ Brainstorm: "This is not an ordinary year to be a theatre student"
05 Sep 2018
A new project aims to change how the next generation of theatre artists and producers are trained.
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UCC on RTÉ Brainstorm: Did humans have sex with Neanderthals?
05 Sep 2018
Though humans and Neanderthals co-existed for no more than 20,000 years, there are tantalising scraps of evidence about the kinds of interactions they would have had.
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Olympian Paul O’Donovan secures Quercus Scholarship
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It’s been a busy summer of rowing for Skibbereen Olympian Paul O’Donovan and it’s going to get a whole lot busier as he takes on the challenge of Graduate Entry Medicine in UCC this week.
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UCC scientist honoured by peers
03 Sep 2018
Scientists from around the world came to Cork to mark the vast contribution to science, research and education of UCC physicist Stephen Fahy.
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How can we solve Ireland’s housing crisis?
30 Aug 2018
Joe Finnerty and Cathal O’Connell, of the School of Applied Social Studies, UCC, outline the multi-level response needed locally and nationally to tackle it.
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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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