#12DaysofIrishResearch: Two projects won the first #NationalChallengeFund prizes in September: https://pulse.ly/ceytbqztzn Earlier this month, six additional research teams across four challenge programmes received prize-phase funding: https://pulse.ly/l2vpdotnol

#12DaysofIrishResearch: Dr Laura Hayes (DIAS) is investigating how the Sun accelerates high-energy particles during solar flares. Dr Hayes, Dr Anthony Redmond (UCD) & Dr Boris Galkin (Tyndall) received Research Ireland [email protected] University Research Fellowships: https://pulse.ly/swdzhmhsgu

#12DaysofIrishResearch: Dolphin House, Dublin’s largest public housing complex, is undergoing regeneration. Dr Joe Whelan (@tcddublin) is documenting life in the flats and how change is experienced using arts-based techniques. Funded under New Foundations:https://pulse.ly/uexy3qulwm

#12DaysofIrishResearch: Six Irish researchers have secured ERC 2025 Consolidator Grants, driving breakthroughs from AI-assisted judicial decision-making to bone cancer treatment. This success pushes Ireland’s ERC funding under Horizon Europe past €200m: https://pulse.ly/hu3mteivso

#12DaysofIrishResearch: From advanced medical imaging to a methane-reduction testbed and autonomous marine vehicles, nine projects were funded under the Research Ireland Infrastructure Programme. Discover more: https://pulse.ly/sq61ovwghp

#12DaysofIrishResearch: Dr Úna Bhreathnach and Prof Tomas Ward (DCU) are creating a digital platform to preserve Ireland’s regional Irish dialects via searchable audio archives. One of 16 projects funded under COALESCE, supporting research that tackles societal challengeshttps://pulse.ly/ahhdqidwgj

#12DaysofIrishResearch: We launched the ARC Hub programme to fast-track research to commercialisation. It saw three Research Ireland ARC Hubs established: the ARC Hub for ICT, the ARC Hub for Therapeutics & the ARC Hub for HealthTech. Read on @irishtimes.com: https://pulse.ly/gejmnadep7

#12DaysofIrishResearch: Four projects in healthcare and communications networks received US-Ireland R&D funding this year, strengthening collaboration across the USA, Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland. Read here: https://pulse.ly/2kzlr21zw7

#12DaysofIrishResearch: Prof Tomás Ryan (@tcddublin.bsky.social) is exploring how early-life memories are lost - and differ in autism and between sexes - aiming to reverse memory loss. Funded by Research Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme. Learn more: https://pulse.ly/zqyvbzqft8

🌊 Art, science & community came together on the Carrowbeg River. Testing the Waters was a community-led project in Westport, Ireland. 🎥 Our project video tells the story: buff.ly/ClJfvq2 Art by William Bock. In collaboration with Westport Tidy Towns and LAWPRO. Funded by @researchireland.ie

#12DaysofIrishResearch: Dr Jonathan Briody (@rcsi.bsky.social) is developing an open-source health-economic model for Alzheimer’s & dementia in Ireland - one of 36 projects funded under the Research Ireland Pathway Programme, supporting emerging researchers: https://pulse.ly/hrijh5brdx

#12DaysofIrishResearch: A Brush with Climate, led by Dr Maria Kirrane (@ucc.ie), empowers hairdressers to spark conversations on sustainability and climate action. One of 40 projects funded under the Research Ireland Discover Programme. Read more: https://pulse.ly/xeyxg9c5ua

#12DaysofIrishResearch: We’re connecting academic research with industry to solve real-world challenges. From AI that detects harmful content to eco-friendly coatings for self-cleaning solar panels, 28 fellowships are driving impact across 22 companies: https://pulse.ly/ldmxchbfyy

ADAPT @ucddublin.bsky.social researcher Haula Sani Galadima has won the Best Presentation Award at the IEEE Cyber Research Conference Ireland (#CRCI2025) for her work on improving organisational cyber incident response: www.adaptcentre.ie/news-and-eve... @researchireland.ie

Preserving peatlands with AI and satellite imagery. Read about the #NationalChallengeFund prize-winning project @ai2peat.bsky.social in today’s sponsored profile with @irishtimes.com: www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2025/12/18/preserving-peatlands-with-ai-and-satellite-imagery/ (paywall)

Last week, our colleague Prof. Christabel Kambala presented and represented the project at the IWA in front of the international community. She took to Bangkok the topic of solar disinfection of harvested rainwater to improve access to safe water in rural health centres! 🥳👏👏 @researchireland.ie

🎉 2025 was a year of impact at FutureNeuro — advancing #Diagnostics, #Therapeutics & #DigitalHealth through new talent, clinical progress, data-driven initiatives, and deeper patient & public involvement. Read more: futureneurocentre.ie/capturing-th... @researchireland.ie @dchenshall.bsky.social

Tonight on '10 Things to Know About' (8.30pm, @rteone.rte.ie): Discover tech disrupting bacterial strongholds in healthcare & curbing antimicrobial resistance in wastewater. Featuring Prof Deirdre Fitzgerald Hughes (@rcsi.bsky.social) & Caoimhe Finn (Beaumont Hospital ) 📺

Upcoming post-primary #teacher workshop with ADAPT's #AI Literacy in the Classroom initiative. 📅 Date: 24 Jan 2025 ⏰ Time: 10-2 📍 Location: Limerick Education Support Centre, Marshall House, Dooradoyle Register: ailiteracyintheclassroom.ie/workshop/lim... @researchireland.ie

Congrats to the winners and shortlisted candidates of the #ADAPTRecognitionAwards2025! The awards highlight exceptional service, research achievement, societal contribution, and innovative scientific collaboration. Winners here: www.adaptcentre.ie/news-and-eve... @researchireland.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...

🌟 At our recent FutureNeuro Research Day, we presented EPE/PPI Awards to Laura Whelan, Ifeolutembi Fashina, and Jake Kennedy. Laura and Tembi were recognised for embedding meaningful PPI in national genomics projects, and Jake for his outstanding engagement and outreach. @researchireland.ie

Bumblebees behave differently in areas with more honeybees. Does this represent competition and what can we do about it? Really, we need to learn more. Great to have funding from @researchireland.ie to continue this work, and hopefully provide better advice for beekeeping and conservation

Six research teams have been awarded €8M in prize-phase funding under the #NationalChallengeFund. We were delighted to welcome EU Commissioner Michael McGrath to Three Park Place to mark the announcement. Catch the highlights: www.researchireland.ie/news/national-challenge-fund-second-cohort-prize/

Our Researcher of the week is @ucddublin.bsky.social Keru Wang. Keru's work is on "Offline Behaviour Distillation in Autonomous Systems". Check out Keru's video: vimeo.com/1144890162 @researchireland.ie

✨ A look back at our 2025 Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) highlights! From new condition-specific panels to community workshops and awareness campaigns, patient advocates have helped shape our research and priorities. 📹 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWD... @researchireland.ie

We’ve partnered with @mediaplanetukie.bsky.social on today’s Future of Manufacturing campaign, launching online and within every copy of @independent.ie. Featuring Stephen O'Driscoll: www.businessnews.ie/future-of-manufacturing/big-impact-from-small-scale-precision-in-advanced-manufacturing/

Dr Sarah Josefine Schaefer's research is examining how journalists reporting on climate issues try to engage with and inform about the topic of climate protection. The Research Ireland Pathway Programme is open for applications. Find out more: www.researchireland.ie/funding/pathway/

📢 Our Clinical Conference returns on 6 Feb exploring how #AI is transforming diagnosis, treatment, & care in #Neurology. Join leading clinicians, scientists, and international experts for a day of insight, collaboration, & clinical innovation: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ai-in-neur... @researchireland.ie

The Age-Friendly AI initiative has been awarded the Best Long Paper Award at #edu4AI2025, held during ECAI in Bologna. The project team was recognised for the paper “Age-Friendly AI: Ireland’s National AI Literacy Programme for Older Adults”: www.adaptcentre.ie/news-and-eve... @researchireland.ie

Today, the team visited the Kanyezi Health Centre in Dedza to check the area where the new water system with a 100% Malawian-made calabash tank will be installed #localising @researchireland.ie @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social @jointsdgfund.bsky.social

AMBER Researcher Professor Maurice Collins part of team who received prize funding under #NationalChallengeFund Traceless is developing fully biodegradable durable tree-supporting products with controlled-release fertilizers. ambercentre.ie/amber-resear... @researchireland.ie #materialsscience

🗞️Sharing our new paper on conducting #inclusive interviews with #autistic students about their #school experiences. Available to read #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1177/1609... @dcuioe.bsky.social @rcsi-facnurmid.bsky.social @aoifelynam.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Mr Jeremiah Jumbe, Malawi Member of Parliament & Member of its Health Committee, joined our #Akazi community awareness meeting today at Soche Maternity in Blantyre. It's encouraging that the government is showing its support for the project by participating in project activities. @researchireland.ie

new paper out in @helvchimacta.bsky.social 😊 Great work by #SophieAMaguire 👏 on how to control #atropisomerism in #porphyrins onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... collaboration @tcddublin.bsky.social @ias-tum.bsky.social supported by @researchireland.ie @tum.de

Ireland’s mild climate depends on powerful ocean currents. Audrey Morley of iCRAG & @uniofgalway.bsky.social is part of a team studying how changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could shape our future. 📺 Don’t miss 10 Things to Know About tonight at 8.30pm on @rteone.rte.ie!

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, today announced €8 million in prize phase funding for six research teams across four challenge programmes under the #NationalChallengeFund. Read: www.researchireland.ie/news/nationa... #NextGenerationEU

Beneath a West Cork lake lies an archive of Ireland’s past. Robin Lewando’s project at @ucc.ie is recovering and examining sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA). Read Michelle McKeown's article on @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41750268.html

The ARC Hub programme seeks to drive regional development by turning the novel, cutting-edge research carried out in Irish universities into market-ready commercial opportunities. Read about the ARC Hub programme in @irishtimes.com today: www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/20...

A new #education #tech spin-out, #MESO, from the @researchireland.ie ADAPT Centre at @tcddublin.bsky.social has secured €500,000 in Enterprise Ireland funding to bring its #AI-driven curriculum planning platform to schools across Ireland and abroad: www.adaptcentre.ie/news-and-eve...

Learn more about our project! @researchireland.ie @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social @unep.org

The ARC Hub for Therapeutics, a new national research initiative dedicated to fast-tracking biomedical innovation into real-world therapies and companies, was officially launched today at @tcddublin.bsky.social. Read here: www.researchireland.ie/news/arc-hub-therapeutics/ #euinmyregion 🇮🇪🇪🇺

From cave sediment to hand. From hand into sample bag & labelled. From bag to washing & drying. From drying to new bag & label. To my desk for identification and recording of data. This is a femur from a ancient red fox. @ria.ie @researchireland.ie #CastlepookCaveProject #research 🏺🦣 🇮🇪

@surg-water.bsky.social harnesses rainwater collected from the rooftops of maternal health facilities in Malawi and uses the sun’s UV rays to disinfect it, making it safe for mothers and healthcare workers. The project secured €1.1 m to scale its solar-powered disinfection reactor. @rcsi.bsky.social

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...

This month's #ADAPTRadio podcast features Dr Chris Byrne, founder & CEO of #MESO; an #AI-powered, education technology spin-out from the @researchireland.ie ADAPT Centre and @tcddublin.bsky.social Listen: www.adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/ada... #TeacherPlanning #PersonalisedLearning #EdTechInnovation

The AI Accountability Lab @aial.ie at @tcddublin.bsky.social & ADAPT secured a major UK grant to investigate potential risks of #AICompanions. The lab is led by Prof. @abeba.bsky.social - learn more: www.adaptcentre.ie/news-and-eve... @researchireland.ie

📢 New Publication! Our latest paper is published in the British Journal of Learning Disabilities 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/bld.... In this follow up to Don’t Mention the Diet we explored facilitators thoughts re: resource usability 🙏 Big thank you to all who contributed & @researchireland.ie for support!

❝In 2008, I sent a random email to a research centre in Papua New Guinea, asking if they could send me some poo samples. Amazingly, they said they would.❞ APC's @jenswalter1982.bsky.social - @researchireland.ie Prof @ucc.ie tells @irishexaminer.bsky.social the NiMe Diet story📰https://bit.ly/4ognb7f

In case you missed it, @abigailruthfreeman.bsky.social talked about our project at @siliconrepublic.bsky.social You can read the piece here: www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/r... @researchireland.ie @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social