🎄Nollaig Shona Daoibh from Maynooth University☃️ - wishing our students, staff, alumni and the wider Maynooth community on campus and around the world a restful Christmas season. MU closes for the Christmas break on Tuesday evening, 23rd December, and reopens on Friday, 2nd January 2026.

A short history of extreme weather events at Christmas in Ireland. Dr Carla Mateus of the Department of Geography and ICARUS brings us from frosty 1338 to the epic snow of 2010 https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spotlight-research/short-history-extreme-weather-events-christmas-ireland

📻 Listen back: Dr Niamh Wycherley of the Dept of Early Irish (Sean-Ghaeilge) was on Newstalk's Let Me Explain With Sean Defoe, talking about what medieval Christmas was like in Ireland and whether pagans had similar festivals around the same time of year 🎄 www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/206...

📽️ That's a wrap on 2025 🎬 🎁 Maynooth University - Highlights of 2025 🎄 #highlightsoftheyear #MaynoothUni #Maynooth #MUhighlights2025 #MaynoothResearch #Christmas2025

"Ireland should be distancing itself from the US fossil fuel industry, rather than establishing new strategic relationships with it." Prof Jennie Stephens, on fossil fuels and plans to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

It’s official, Christmas has started! A magnificent night at the annual Maynooth Carol Service last night, bringing three amazing nights of performance to a close. A signal for many that Christmas is here.

We were honoured to welcome MU alumna and PSI President Dr Sarah Cassidy as speaker at the final #MUPsychologyAt25 event, introduced by @maynoothuniversity.ie Prof. Eeva Leinonen and Prof. Deirdre Desmond, followed by a panel discussion with Alumna Dr Anne Kehoe and Dr Ian O’Grady.

A short history of extreme weather events at Christmas in Ireland. @carlapmateus.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie looks back at fierce Irish Christmas weather events, from frosty 1338, when Dubliners played football on the Liffey, to the epic snow of 2010 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The groundbreaking new Glosat dataset tracks global temperature going back to 1781. Prof Peter Thorne, of ICARUS, is quoted in this CNN piece on questions raised by the data on how much the earth has warmed https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/15/climate/glosat-global-temperature-data

MU's Dr Tatiana Andreeva highlight how the question “Are you going home for Christmas?” can unintentionally exclude people with complex relationships to home, particularly those affected by migration, displacement or non-traditional family situations. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

Presenting recent graduate of @maynoothuniversity.ie & winner of @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social Mansion House prize for her BA in Irish history! Women exercising influence/power were not rare in history — Emily Little chats about two such women in the 16th century 1/ open.spotify.com/episode/4zmH...

Meet the pioneers who are driving change with their groundbreaking research.📊 🔎 Watch 'Three Minute Thesis' videos from 7 PhD Researchers across Ireland - www.iua.ie/3minutethesis @maynoothuniversity.ie

Cad é an scéal leis an nGaeilge? New #RTEBrainstorm @researchireland.ie podcast presented by Siún Ní Dhuinn & produced by Ciaran O'Byrne with Tracey Ní Mhaonaigh @maynoothuniversity.ie @osgurociardha.bsky.social & Úna Bhreathnach @dublincityuni.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Rev Dr Michael Shortall, President, St Patrick’s College joined with Prof. Eeva Leinonen, President of @maynoothuniversity.ie today with staff of both institutions for the annual Christmas gathering. sppu.ie/news-events/... Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir.

📻Listen back: Prof Andrew Coogan from the @mupsychology.bsky.social joined Karl Henry on the Real Health Podcast to explain why sleep is a core pillar of health and shared his top tips for a better night’s sleep. m.independent.ie/podcasts/rea...

Delighted to talk all things Sleep with Karl Henry on the Real Health Podcast @maynoothuniversity.ie @mupsychology.bsky.social www.independent.ie/podcasts/rea...

“If I talk to people about manufacturing they will say, oh it’s a dirty job or it’s a man’s job. I want girls to know that they can do it and feel like they belong.” Maria is the @stempassport.bsky.social programme manager at MU. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

MU welcomes the appointment of author Patrick Holloway as the Arts Council Writer-in-Residence for 2026. He is one of 12 Arts Council artists in residence announced across seven Irish universities. @maynoothenglish.bsky.social www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts...

The Atlantic between Ireland and Canada, which gives us our mild climate, is behaving strangely & is the only location on the earth's surface that has cooled, write Dr Gerard McCarthy of ICARUS. 🌊 www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

We were delighted to join @maynoothlaw.bsky.social in welcoming Professor Muhamad Migdad, Islamic University of Gaza to @maynoothuniversity.ie

❗Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange wind warning for Kildare and much of the country, in effect from 7:00am to 4:00pm today, Tuesday, 9 Dec, due to Storm Bram. The MU campus will remain open. Please exercise caution when travelling and follow all local guidance and warnings.

Dr Nick Scroxton of ICARUS is part of an international research team with collaborators from Australia and Indonesia that has uncovered new insights into the disappearance of Homo floresiensis—the small-bodied “hobbit” species from the island of Flores. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...

MU welcomes the award of €2 million from the National Challenge Fund (NCF) for its energy innovation project, RENEW. Minister James Lawless, announced €8 million in prize phase funding for six research teams under the National Challenge Fund on Friday. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...

The (almost) full moon having a big day yesterday at @maynoothuniversity.ie 🌙

📻Listen back: Dr Emma Whelan of the @mu-physics.bsky.social spoke about her research on the secret life of stars and how she hopes to find out more about their formation through her involvement in an international space science mission. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/let...

Survey results from the MU Just Housing project, in collaboration with CATU, highlight serious issues facing renters in Sallynoggin - including cold homes caused by poor insulation, old windows and inefficient heating systems. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

SQUIRREL!!! Just one of many bouncing around the @maynoothuniversity.ie campus, but one that was nice enough to strike a pose for me 🙂

• The NUI Publication Prize in Irish History was awarded to Professor Christopher Morash (Young Ireland: A Global Afterlife) and Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion) of @maynoothuniversity.ie

Interesting and festive piece from Helen Doyle @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Did you know that this week sees the last full moon of 2025 also known as the 'Cold Moon'? The 2025 Cold Moon will rise on 4th Dec at 14:48 UTC, making for a beautiful night-sky spectacle that signifies winter is truly here, and Christmas is on the way. 📸 by Daniel Balteanu

Despite Flora Kerrigan's youth at the time of her filmmaking, her work demonstrates someone ahead of her time, write Dr Sarah Arnold of MU's Dept of Media Studies & Kasandra O'Connell @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

Maynooth University has joined an international space science mission with the successful launch of Mauve, a small ultraviolet telescope developed by UK-based company Blue Skies Space. 🚀 @mu-physics.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-scie...

🌲1️⃣🎁 Medieval Irish charms When asked for an inaugural lecture as Professor of Old and Middle Irish at @maynoothuniversity.ie (2012), I was desperately looking for a suitable topic. But after some deliberation, I chose one that I had already worked on before, namely Old Irish healing charms. 📖

📻Listen back: Dr Claire Bergin from ICARUS was featured on RTÉ's News at One today where she discussed the recent attribution study on Storm Claudia's extreme rainfall earlier this month. (starts 25:50) www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Listen back: RTE news at 1 to hear our researcher Dr Claire Bergin talk about our new research. The study focuses on the rainfall associated with storm Claudia and the flooding related impacts. Starts at 25:50 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @maynoothuniversity.ie @epaireland.bsky.social and Met Eireann

The brilliant Prof. Alex Woolf @standrewshist.bsky.social is back on the podcast to tell us what the Scandinavian diaspora got up to in the Middle Ages & why 'The Vikings' is a problematic concept. @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3ljZ...

📻Listen back: Prof O'Sullivan spoke to Today FM about her new role, heading up the National Centre For Inclusive Higher Education at MU as well as the impact of winning two Irish Book awards, her best selling book Poor & its follow-up Hungry, to be released in 2026. www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

How to detect text which has been written by ChatGPT. AI-generated texts tend be more predictable than human-written text with the use of certain words, phrases and emojis, explains Jennifer Foster @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A group of researchers from ICARUS, supported by climate scientists at Met Éireann, have carried out a rapid attribution study on the two-day rainfall levels recorded in Dublin, Wexford, and Wicklow on the 14 and 15 November 2025 during Storm Claudia. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American students, staff and alumni 🦃🌽

Meet Gerard Gallagher and Pal! Gerard leads the @maynoothuniversity.ie Access Programme (MAP) Student Advisory Service. Through MAP, students receive academic, personal, social and financial support to help them thrive in college.📚 👉 Find out more about Gerard's work - www.iua.ie/generation-a...

Why have so many of us stopped posting on social media? Time spent on social media platforms peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline. By Aoife Ryan-Christensen with insights from Constance de Saint Laurent @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

📢Calling academics and researchers! Unlock Your Ideas: Join RTÉ Brainstorm Editor Jim Carroll to see how to get your work published! 🧠🔎 📆Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025 - 10:00 to 15:00 📍MU Library Book your place: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

Lovely to see this piece about Benedetta D’Antuono @ceilteachomn.bsky.social, who received the Postgraduate Research Excellence Award for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities @maynoothuniversity.ie this year! It's such a joy to supervise her work 😊 🎉👏 www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...

☀️🌳❄️Morning #SouthCampus

Congratulations to all the finalists! It was a captivating competition. A special shout out to the @maynoothuniversity.ie finalist Oluwayomi Akinfenwa who presented her research on Global Development Data she did an amazing job. 👏🎉

PhD researcher Benjamin Casey from the History Department examines how members of the legal and medical professions were depicted in image and text in late 18th and early 19th-century Dublin. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

From toys to wars, where will you encounter drones next? Listen to Maynooth University experts Prof Tim McCarthy and Dr Stephanie Keogh discuss where drones have come from and where they are likely to go next on the latest RTE Brainstorm podcast. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

From toys to wars, where will you encounter drones next? New #RTEBrainstorm @researchireland.ie podcast presented by @ainekerr.bsky.social with Tim McCarthy & Stephanie Keogh @maynoothuniversity.ie @carlowweather.bsky.social & Enda Walsh Irish Aviation Authority www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Football fever has hit the university…. @irelandfootball.bsky.social any potential call ups for 2026?⚽️ #maynooth #university #ireland #soccertiktok #worldcup