“Irish manuscripts and the market in the early nineteenth century”  Tues 6th Nov at 5.00 p.m “The formation and dispersal of Edward O’Reilly’s collection of Irish manuscripts”  Wed 7th Nov at 5.00 p.m. Lecture Theatre, DIAS, 10 Burlington… Read More

“Irish History and World History: Some views from the pre-Norman era” by Professor Máire Herbert, University College Cork Friday 16th Nov 8:00pm: Theatre R Newman Building, Arts Block, UCD.  Mar chuid de Thionól 2012 Lecture poster

As one of very few science events during Dublin Culture Night 2012, the open night at Dunsink Observatory proved convincingly that astronomy is also part of Dublin’s culture. Favoured by clear skies, more than 700 visitors came out… Read More

His Excellency Mr Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) recently visited DIAS and gave the 2012 Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Cosmic Physics. The lecture was held… Read More

Prof. Felix Aharonian (School of Cosmic Physics) was elected Vice-President of the new IAU Division D (High Energy and Fundamental Physics) at the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union held in Beijing in August 2012.

The American Geophysical Union selects a small number of key papers from the thousands published each month in AGU journals to highlight. For July, 2012, the AGU has selected a paper written by DIAS scientists.

Official announcement on the CERN website Peter Ware Higgs (while visiting DIAS for a conference in honour of Professor Werner Nahm – 20-11-2009)

Ireland’s National Data Centre for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) hosted by DIAS, was officially opened on Friday 22 June, by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, T.D., and Dr… Read More

On June 6th, 2012, at 07:58:13.9 UTC a moderate earthquake Mag 4.0 occurred in the Atlantic Ocean at location 54.151 -10.904, 100 km off Belmullet in Co Mayo.

Two of DIAS’s top academics were recently admitted as new Members of the Royal Irish Academy. Professor Felix Aharonian (Cosmic Physics) and Professor Denjoe O’Connor (Theoretical Physics) were among only 22 academics on the island of Ireland to… Read More