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🎅🎄 Enjoy the break, everyone. Wishing you a restful and happy Christmas. We'll see you in January 🙏
December 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🎅🎄 Enjoy the break, everyone. Wishing you a restful and happy Christmas. We'll see you in January 🙏
The story of Ireland’s peatlands are being told through a new series of illustrated beer mats celebrating the biodiversity and history preserved by Irish’s bogs.
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The story of Ireland’s peatlands are being told through a new series of illustrated beer mats celebrating the biodiversity and history preserved by Irish’s bogs.
💙💛 End-of-year message from the President
As the year draws to a close, UCD President Professor Orla Feely reflects on some of the successes over the past year in University College Dublin, and thanks all those who helped to make them happen.
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As the year draws to a close, UCD President Professor Orla Feely reflects on some of the successes over the past year in University College Dublin, and thanks all those who helped to make them happen.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
💙💛 End-of-year message from the President
As the year draws to a close, UCD President Professor Orla Feely reflects on some of the successes over the past year in University College Dublin, and thanks all those who helped to make them happen.
🔗 www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
As the year draws to a close, UCD President Professor Orla Feely reflects on some of the successes over the past year in University College Dublin, and thanks all those who helped to make them happen.
🔗 www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
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And that’s a wrap on 2025 for the UCD Staff Community Choir! Four Christmas performances done! 2026 will be an exciting year for us as we prepare to celebrate ten years of singing together! 🎉🍾 @ucddublin.bsky.social @caoimhe1.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
And that’s a wrap on 2025 for the UCD Staff Community Choir! Four Christmas performances done! 2026 will be an exciting year for us as we prepare to celebrate ten years of singing together! 🎉🍾 @ucddublin.bsky.social @caoimhe1.bsky.social
👨🌾💰 Many congratulations to Assistant Professor Dimitrios Argyropoulos, who has secured €6.5m in Horizon Europe-backed funding for the UCD-led AI project AGROBOOST.
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
👨🌾💰 Many congratulations to Assistant Professor Dimitrios Argyropoulos, who has secured €6.5m in Horizon Europe-backed funding for the UCD-led AI project AGROBOOST.
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Why does it seem like good government is so hard to deliver? A new module for our students tackled these questions by bringing policy makers and shapers into the classroom.
More details about the guests and module: www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
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More details about the guests and module: www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Why does it seem like good government is so hard to deliver? A new module for our students tackled these questions by bringing policy makers and shapers into the classroom.
More details about the guests and module: www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social
More details about the guests and module: www.ucd.ie/spire/newsan...
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🏛️🇮🇪 A dedicated women’s museum may be developed in Ireland as recommended by an advisory committee chaired by Dr Sandra Collins, UCD’s University Librarian.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🏛️🇮🇪 A dedicated women’s museum may be developed in Ireland as recommended by an advisory committee chaired by Dr Sandra Collins, UCD’s University Librarian.
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What OpenAI’s Leadership Changes Reveal About Its Strategic Direction. Associate Professor Alessia Paccagnini speaks to @forbes.com
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...
#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
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#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What OpenAI’s Leadership Changes Reveal About Its Strategic Direction. Associate Professor Alessia Paccagnini speaks to @forbes.com
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...
#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...
#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
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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
🐝🕵️♀️ Honeybee activity linked to smaller bumblebees in heather habitats
A new study has revealed that bumblebee workers are getting smaller in areas with high honeybee activity.
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A new study has revealed that bumblebee workers are getting smaller in areas with high honeybee activity.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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
⛵️🏆 She’s on fire! Congratulations to UCD Ad Astra Academy sailing ace Eve McMahon on being named “Rising Star” at the Team Ireland Olympic Sport Awards.
December 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
⛵️🏆 She’s on fire! Congratulations to UCD Ad Astra Academy sailing ace Eve McMahon on being named “Rising Star” at the Team Ireland Olympic Sport Awards.
🐝🕵️♀️ Honeybee activity linked to smaller bumblebees in heather habitats
A new study has revealed that bumblebee workers are getting smaller in areas with high honeybee activity.
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A new study has revealed that bumblebee workers are getting smaller in areas with high honeybee activity.
✍️ @darastanley.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🐝🕵️♀️ Honeybee activity linked to smaller bumblebees in heather habitats
A new study has revealed that bumblebee workers are getting smaller in areas with high honeybee activity.
✍️ @darastanley.bsky.social
A new study has revealed that bumblebee workers are getting smaller in areas with high honeybee activity.
✍️ @darastanley.bsky.social
💙💛 Many congratulations and a warm welcome to Oisín Fagan, who has been named by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon as UCD’s Writer in Residence for 2026.
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Oisín Fagan announced as UCD Writer in Residence for 2026
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December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
💙💛 Many congratulations and a warm welcome to Oisín Fagan, who has been named by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon as UCD’s Writer in Residence for 2026.
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I have a book being published shortly. It can be pre-ordered here
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December 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I have a book being published shortly. It can be pre-ordered here
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👩🎓🏆 Warmest congratulations to UCD Professor Niamh Moore-Cherry, who has received a prestigious Fáilte Ireland prize for sustainable practices in conference planning.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
👩🎓🏆 Warmest congratulations to UCD Professor Niamh Moore-Cherry, who has received a prestigious Fáilte Ireland prize for sustainable practices in conference planning.
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🏥🤖 AINM, an AI healthcare project led by UCD, has been awarded €9.1 million under the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF).
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🏥🤖 AINM, an AI healthcare project led by UCD, has been awarded €9.1 million under the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF).
💙💛 Many congratulations to Associate Professor Laura K. Taylor of the UCD School of Psychology on being awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for her GENERATION EU project.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
💙💛 Many congratulations to Associate Professor Laura K. Taylor of the UCD School of Psychology on being awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for her GENERATION EU project.
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📰🏆 Eleven of Ireland’s leading business journalists have been recognised at the UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards.
For almost two decades, the Awards have celebrated exceptional work by print, broadcasting and digital journalists across a number of hard-fought categories.
For almost two decades, the Awards have celebrated exceptional work by print, broadcasting and digital journalists across a number of hard-fought categories.
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📰🏆 Eleven of Ireland’s leading business journalists have been recognised at the UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards.
For almost two decades, the Awards have celebrated exceptional work by print, broadcasting and digital journalists across a number of hard-fought categories.
For almost two decades, the Awards have celebrated exceptional work by print, broadcasting and digital journalists across a number of hard-fought categories.
🧑🎓🏆 Champions! Huge congratulations to UCD AFC, who have won the Colleges and Universities Football League (CUFL) Premier Division title for a tenth time.
Following a decisive 4–0 victory over ATU Sligo at Athlone Town Stadium, the Students brought the CUFL Premier championship back to Belfield.
Following a decisive 4–0 victory over ATU Sligo at Athlone Town Stadium, the Students brought the CUFL Premier championship back to Belfield.
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🧑🎓🏆 Champions! Huge congratulations to UCD AFC, who have won the Colleges and Universities Football League (CUFL) Premier Division title for a tenth time.
Following a decisive 4–0 victory over ATU Sligo at Athlone Town Stadium, the Students brought the CUFL Premier championship back to Belfield.
Following a decisive 4–0 victory over ATU Sligo at Athlone Town Stadium, the Students brought the CUFL Premier championship back to Belfield.
💙💛 The University has honoured Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, alongside leading business executives Siobhán Talbot and Mark Dobbin, and economist Paul Sweeney, during the week of graduation ceremonies.
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
💙💛 The University has honoured Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, alongside leading business executives Siobhán Talbot and Mark Dobbin, and economist Paul Sweeney, during the week of graduation ceremonies.
💙 💛 Paul Sweeney, one of Ireland’s most influential economists, was also awarded a UCD honorary doctorate for his unique contributions to the country’s economic development.
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
💙 💛 Paul Sweeney, one of Ireland’s most influential economists, was also awarded a UCD honorary doctorate for his unique contributions to the country’s economic development.
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NUI was proud to confer three Higher Doctorates on Published Work on 4 December to Professors Orla Hardiman (DSc), Harry Kennedy (DMed) and Kevin D. Malone (DMed) at a ceremony in @ucddublin.bsky.social 🎓
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NUI was proud to confer three Higher Doctorates on Published Work on 4 December to Professors Orla Hardiman (DSc), Harry Kennedy (DMed) and Kevin D. Malone (DMed) at a ceremony in @ucddublin.bsky.social 🎓
🕯️🛖 “These were sizeable but dispersed communities, assembling at sites like Newgrange at specific times of the year, including the winter solstice."
- Associate Professor Jessica Smyth, UCD School of Archaeology
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- Associate Professor Jessica Smyth, UCD School of Archaeology
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You have to win a lottery to attend this winter solstice event
For five short December days each year, sunlight pierces the heart of Newgrange, a 5,200-year-old tomb whose perfect alignment draws thousands to Ireland’s Boyne Valley — but to see it up close and pe...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🕯️🛖 “These were sizeable but dispersed communities, assembling at sites like Newgrange at specific times of the year, including the winter solstice."
- Associate Professor Jessica Smyth, UCD School of Archaeology
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www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
- Associate Professor Jessica Smyth, UCD School of Archaeology
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www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
🎓✨ Huge congratulations to the 812 SNAs who last weekend graduated with an accredited Level 6 Diploma in Inclusive School Support, the fourth cohort to do so 👏
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🎓✨ Huge congratulations to the 812 SNAs who last weekend graduated with an accredited Level 6 Diploma in Inclusive School Support, the fourth cohort to do so 👏
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We are really proud of the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon who yesterday was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Literature (D.Litt) by @ucddublin.bsky.social. A wonderful achievement for Niall and his family.
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We are really proud of the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon who yesterday was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Literature (D.Litt) by @ucddublin.bsky.social. A wonderful achievement for Niall and his family.
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Many congratulations to my @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social colleague, @niamhmcherry.bsky.social who won the 'Sustainability Spotlight Award' from @failte-ireland.bsky.social for organising the 35th International Geographical Congress in 2024 www.failteireland.ie/Utility/News...
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Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, provides a range of practical support and advice to Irish tourism businesses.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Many congratulations to my @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social colleague, @niamhmcherry.bsky.social who won the 'Sustainability Spotlight Award' from @failte-ireland.bsky.social for organising the 35th International Geographical Congress in 2024 www.failteireland.ie/Utility/News...