Andrew Schaeffer of the Geophysics Section (School of Cosmic Physics) has won the 2013 Student Author Award of the Geophysical Journal International. The award has been established to recognise the best papers submitted to the journal by young… Read More

DIAS is delighted as a major supporter and co-founder of the Irish Centre for High-End Computing, to have hosted the announcement of the name of the new Irish supercomputer “Fionn” by Minister Sean Sherlock in Dunsink Observatory as… Read More

Friday 8th November – Drama at Dunsink Observatory **Please note that this event is now sold out**  “The Life of Galileo” starts today at Dunsink Observatory and runs for three days only as a lead in to Science… Read More

An exhibition of work by textile artist Bernie Dignam will be hosted by Dunsink Observatory during Science Week.  This exhibition will run from November 5th  to November 16th. Musician Ute Schmidt has composed two pieces for this exhibition,… Read More

School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Public Lecture 2013 – Wednesday  4th December “Solving the Puzzle of Dark Matter?” by Professor Lars Bergström, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University and Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physics.      Wednesday… Read More

Exploring the XTRA-Ordinary, Science Week 10th – 17th November 2013 Co-ordinated by Science Foundation Ireland’s Discover Programme, Science Week is a collaboration of events run by colleges, schools, libraries, teachers, researchers and students throughout Ireland. During Science Week,… Read More

School of Celtic Studies Statutory Public Lecture 2013 – Friday 15th November “Early Irish Music : an overview of the linguistic and documentary evidence” by Professor Fergus Kelly, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS. Friday 15th Nov @ 8:00pm,… Read More

Annual Hamilton Walk – 16 October 2013 The Annual Hamilton Walk, in association with the Department of Mathematics, NUIM, will take place on Wednesday 16th October at 2:00pm starting from Dunsink Observatory. Booking is essential for this event. More… Read More

School of Celtic Studies Tionól 2013 – Friday 15th & Saturday 16th November This year’s Tionól will take place at the School of Celtic Studies, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, on 15th and 16th November. Admission is free… Read More

On Tuesday 29th October, a new publication of the School of Celtic Studies entitled The Four Masters and their Manuscripts, Studies in Palaeography and Text by Professor Pádraig A. Breatnach, was launched by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and… Read More