If you can, check out Prima Facie - a few screenings left in Ireland. Jodie Comer is powerful in this one woman play about the criminal legal system and what it does with truth and justice. primafacie.ntlive.com/synopsis/

The RIA Library has recently acquired a significant collection of records, books, and artefacts donated by the Museum & Archive of An Post. Highlights from the collection include the original artwork for one of the first four Irish stamps prepared in 1922, the work of a young

📚 Superb UCD Library UCD Special Collections National Folklore Collection UCD blog post by Ailbe van der Heide on Caoimhín Ó Danachair's training in comparative folklore + ethnology in Germany in 1937-39 + lead up to #WW2 before returning to join Irish Folklore Commission in 1940 🔗 ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2024/10/03/it-…

#WorldSpaceWeek The first woman admitted to the all-male Royal Astronomical Society, Mary Agnes Clerke’s analyses were so reliable, thoughtful & wide reaching that she became a revered authority. A lunar crater was named to commemorate her. dib.ie/biography/cler… #DIBLives

Long long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers - all of her books are *amazing* Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells - darkly funny Legends & Lattes and Bonedust & Bookshops by Travis Baldree - fantasy comfortfic, so so good Yours for the taking by Gabrielle Korn

New journalist-in-residence at UCD Earth Institute Lauren Boland of TheJournal.ie speaks of her plans for a podcast on climate anxiety, guilt, responsibility. Looking forward to it! #SDGsIRL #sustainability Lauren Boland Louise Griffin DCU Institute for Climate & Society

Radio valves (or radio tubes if American) for the win - objects of great beauty *and* superb audio amplicification 😍 Dutch radio ham Richard NL10609 has digitised instruction manual + circuitry for Series 910 Electronamic Tube Tester at nl10609.nl/PDF/PrecisionS… 👍

The aurora over the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory. This was during the second burst of activity at 00:22 on the 11th October 2024. Sony A7 III / TTArtisan 11mm FIsheye #Aurora #jodrellbank #northernlights

Bearing Fruit: Tales from the RDS Archives- Episode 3 RDS 1924-2024: 100 Years at Ballsbridge In 2024 the RDS celebrate the centenary of the transfer of their headquarters from Leinster House to Ballsbridge. Founded as the Dublin Society in 1731 to promote agriculture,

This week we launched the UCD Sustainability website: ucd.ie/sustainability/ And the SDG Dashboard, a useful interactive campus mapping tool, organised via the 17 Global Goals: ucd.ie/sustainability… VP for Sustainability Tasman Crowe speaks about the new website. #SDGsIRL

Really interesting point raised by Pádraig McEvoy here about fossil fuel advertising, 'car brain' and trying to shift norms for climate action m.independent.ie/irish-news/fue…

I will be conducting 5 free weekly lectures on 'Ireland in 1924' from Tuesday, 5 November @ 6:30pm, looking back on key events of 1924. The lectures will take place in Rathmines Library as well as being live streamed. All the details are here, dublincity.ie/node/14822

Our new Story Map about Dublin's Monumental Mountains is a brief guide to the archaeology of the Dublin Uplands. It features images & information about the sites waiting to be explored! dlr Heritage Dublin Mountains Partnership The Heritage Council Archaeology and Built Heritage Ltd Abarta Heritage storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/541b56…

A read of our new blog post is guaranteed to brighten up this dull (but dry 😌), November morning ☁️ ‘Historical Hues: Colour Charts in Special Collections’ - ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2024/11/04/his… I

Never trust that anything that’s digitised or available online will be available forever. Digitisation is not preservation, and tech companies aren’t archivists or librarians. The presence of hard copy in a physical collection is the only guarantee of long-term survival

🗓️Wed 13 Nov, 3-4pm | In Conversation: Shaping the Future of Irish Agri-Food with UCD Earth Institute journalist in residence Janine Kennedy @siucrashack. All welcome! 📍UCD School of Agriculture Food Science, Room 108 Janine will share insights from her years covering the sector,

A small thing, but it means a lot to me: I have written the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography National Biography entry for pioneering colour theorist Mary Gartside (1754/5–1819), and it has just been published. #womenslives #womenartists #womenwriters oxforddnb.com/display/10.109…

📢 Hear Mary Kelly-Quinn Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc + 3 ‘River Detectives’ explain role of stream macroinvertebrates in assessing stream water quality in Wicklow in hybrid #CitizenScience talk 📅 Fri 22 Nov 12-1pm 📍UCD Library James Joyce Library Link 3 + Zoom Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…