Authors: Colm Gaskin, Ken Stockil, Niall Keely and Myles Kingston...

Final Report W-MS-17 (D. Taylor et al)...

STRIVE Report 59- C. Dalton, E. Jennings, D. Taylor, B. O’Dwyer, S. Murnaghan, K. Bosch, E. de Eyto...

Research report 174 detailing Recommendations for Preparing Maritime Spatial Plans in Ireland...

Authors: Le Chi Hung, Jamie Goggins, Marta Fuente and Mark Foley...

Background: Few have explored associations between loneliness and healthcare use independent of health and health behaviors. Recent indication of gender effects also requires validation across health service and cultural settings. We investigated the associations among loneliness, health a...

Ecommerce Europe and EuroCommerce today jointly launched the European Ecommerce Regional Report 2020. Growth in ecommerce sales reached €636 billion in 2019, up by 14.2% from the previous year. European ecommerce turnover is forecast to grow at around 12.7% and to hit €717 billion in ...

Tue, 12/17/2019 - 12:00 - The rise of China in the world economy and its growing importance as investor in industrialised and developing countries has raised concerns of policy makers in some countries. Contrary to the trade situation between China and the US, trade between the euro a...

Network matchmaking event at Food eirEENAgendaDate: Wednesday, 9 June, 2021Link: Network matchmaking event at Food eirEENSource: IrelandUpdated on 22 April 2021...

As India faces a major increase in coronavirus cases, the EU is channelling further support via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. On 27 April, the European Union announced initial offers of support made by Ireland, Belgium, Romania, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden....

Dublin’s drone delivery service Manna has raised $25 million in a Series A round and is pushing ahead with trials of its service in Galway, Ireland. The round was led by Draper Esprit, and saw participation from Lukasz Gadowski’s Team Europe, and DST Global, with existing investors Dyn...

Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney (pictured) said he firmly believes Britain and the European Union can solve outstanding issues around post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland, particularly if a middle ground can be found on animal and animal product checks, writes Padraic Halpin. Tra...

Three European journalists – two Spanish and one Irish – have been killed in an attack on an anti-poaching patrol in Burkina Faso, officials said Tuesday (27 April)....

Construction and operation of an onshore windfarm with a capacity of about 75 MW in the Irish Midlands....

Ireland has opened a public consultation on the primary legislation needed to establish a new Office of a National Food Ombudsman or Regulator. âI am fully committed to ensuring fairness, equity and transparency,â the countryâs Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine said....

Opinion on the Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece and France in relation to natural disasters and to Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Ge...

"Almost five years ago, the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU. Today, as we finally finalize the divorce saga, our message to Boris Johnson (pictured) is: the challenges you face are immense and you have a responsibility to respect your commitments to the Withdrawal Agreement, in partic...

Integrative science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is heralded as a promising model for effective learning of 21st century STEM literacies and has been suggested as an approach that increases student motivation and engagement. In recent years Ireland has introduc...

Northern Ireland has remained under British rule since 1921 when London divided Ireland thus creating two jurisdictions on the island. However, as our correspondent Ken Murray reports from Dublin, a number of recent opinion polls suggest that changing attitudes and demographics coupled wit...

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We are meeting to talk about engaging with people about the arms trade. We will all have different experience, whether we talk to European policymakers, arms traders, colleagues, neighbours or our own families. Thursday 1 April 2021 from 14:00 – 15:00 CET. That is 1pm-2pm in Ireland ...

Despite the significant disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessity to hold all meetings virtually, work has continued with the release today of the stage 2 peer review monitoring reports for Australia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand and Portugal....

This explainer seeks to outline some of the most serious implications of climate change for security as well as examining the unique role that Ireland can play on climate and security during its two-year membership of the UNSC. Visit our dedicated webpage here.   The post CLIMATE AND ...

Brexit is destabilizing Northern Ireland. London's pursuit of a hard Brexit and the return of border politics could unravel the historic 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which ended the province's conflict. It might need the United States to rescue the accord. ...

The post Implications of Brexit and COVID19 for Ireland’s Key Transport Sectors appeared first on IIEA. ...

This explainer aims to introduce Ireland’s membership of the UN Security Council by examining some of its key features and functions, as well as by assessing what Ireland can hope to achieve during its two-year term.   The post IRELAND’S MEMBERSHIP OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL EXPLA...

In this paper for the IIEA, Patrick Keatinge, Co-Chair of the IIEA’s Security and Defence Group and Professor Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin, reviews the response of European states to the dangers of political conflict in an unstable international environment at the beginning of 202...

This analytical briefing explores the spectrum of strategic autonomy policy options available to the EU in an increasingly multipolar world, where Member States stand on the issues, and the possible implications for a small open liberal economy like Ireland. The post STRATEGIC AUTONOMY: A ...

TEACH DIGITAL Teach Digital is a new project, funded by Erasmus+ and led by the UK based Go Woman Alliance, aimed at supporting migrant and ethnic minority women’s integration though development of digital skills and digital education. Started in December 2020, the project involved s...

COALESCE We are very pleased to start a new project COALESCE, beginning January 2021, funded by the AMIF Fund and led by the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies, in partnership with Immigrant Council of Ireland, Caritas and Refugee Council of Cyprus, Klaipeda Centre of Lithuania, Iro...

This research study is an inter-disciplinary project between social work (@UCCsocialwork, School of Applied Social Studies) and the School of Law and is located in the Children and Young People research cluster in ISS21 at University College Cork. The study examined the use of voluntary ca...

EDRi's member Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) will sue Facebook to recover damages for those affected by the recent breach of personal data by Facebook, a first for legal actions against tech companies in Europe. See how you can join the lawsuit if you were affected. The post Thousands Expect...

Cytochrome P450 (CYP) drug metabolizing enzymes play an important role in efficient drug metabolism and elimination. Many CYPs are polymorphic and, thereby, drug metabolism can vary between individuals. In the case of canine CYP2C41, gene polymorphism was identified. However, as the first ...

In this article, we analyze the nexus between political regimes and external voting rights. Using a global longitudinal dataset, we report that higher levels of inclusion and contestation bring higher probabilities that a state adopts and implements emigrant enfranchisement. Taking outlier...

Objectives: We explored whether modes of transport (cycling, walking, public transport or private vehicle) between home and school are associated with mental well-being in children aged 10–17 years, participating in the Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study.Methods...

Introduction: Patients boarding in the Emergency Department can contribute to overcrowding, leading to longer waiting times and patients leaving without being seen or completing their treatment. The early identification of potential admissions could act as an additional decision support to...

There is increasing interest in enabling positive experiences, not just minimizing negative experiences, to improve the welfare of farmed animals. This has influenced the growth of private agri-food standards and supported arguments to integrate animal welfare into policy on sustainability...

Ireland-based convenience food supplier Greencore has announced it is recruiting at a UK site in response to a return to higher demand for food-to-go products. ...

RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other pa...

Road safety: 4 000 fewer people lost their lives on EU roads in 2020 as death rate falls to all time lowFri, 16/04/2021Today the European Commission published preliminary figures on road fatalities for 2020. An estimated 18 800 people were killed in a road crash last year, an unprecedented...

A report by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has offered updated national recommendations to enhance older peopleâs nutritional health....