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📻Listen back: Prof Katriona O’Sullivan was on Newstalk’s Pat Kenny show where she discussed the newly opened National Centre for Inclusive Higher Education.

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November 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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A new space telescope with Irish scientific involvement will soon begin operations on a mission to study how stars form and evolve, writes Dr Emma Whelan of the Dept of Physics and MU's lead on the project. 🔭

@mu-physics.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

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November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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📺Watch back: Prof Tim McCarthy on Futureville (Ep 2) demonstrated how automated drone docking station technology, supported by artificial intelligence, can help first responders deliver faster and more effective search-and-rescue operations in busy urban environments.

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November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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MU researchers are set to receive over €3 million in funding from Research Ireland under the Frontiers for the Future Programme to address key challenges in areas including sustainable chemistry, antifungal resistance, and machine learning in astronomy.

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November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The new Centre will be led by award-winning academic, advocate, and author of Poor, Prof Katriona O’Sullivan, and aims to create solutions to reduce inequality and expand opportunity across Ireland’s higher education system.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Maynooth University (MU) officially opened the National Centre for Inclusive Higher Education (NCIHE), Ireland’s first national centre dedicated to advancing equity, inclusion, and access in higher education.

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November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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All you need to know about string theory 🌌

The concept that string theory suggests a vast range of possible universes is explored by Kay Lehnert from MU’s Department of Physics.

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November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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MU’s School of Law and Criminology has opened a new Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, entitled Realising European Values through European Law (REVEL).

The @reveljmce.bsky.social Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence will be led by Prof Tobias Lock.

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November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Golden morning on #SouthCampus

📸 by Daniel Balteanu
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November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Fond memories of yesterday's weather 🍂
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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🧪✨ Science Night 2025 is coming!

Join us at Maynooth University on Friday, 14 Nov, 6–8:30 pm for a free, hands-on, family-friendly evening of science, experiments, and fun!

🎟️ Book your ticket now: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1801387872...

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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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This is going to feature on RTE One's Futureville Ireland series next Wednesday at 7pm, as part of Science Week.

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November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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A pioneering research exercise in Dublin has demonstrated how automated drone docking station technology, supported by AI, can help first responders deliver faster & more effective search-and-rescue operations in busy urban environments.

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November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Congratulations to our MU Equality Officer, Sam Blanckensee, who has been appointed to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. 👏👏👏

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November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The Schools’ Collection of Irish folklore offers us a treasure trove of knowledge on the customs surrounding Halloween, many of which are still observed, writes Dr Lára Ní Mhaoláin of the Department of Nua-Ghaeilge.

📸© National Folklore Collection, UCD.

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October 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Maynooth University (MU) has officially launched its new School of Nursing, marking a significant development for both the University and Irish healthcare. 👏👏

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October 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Researchers at ICARUS, Maynooth University’s climate research centre, have launched a new citizen science project, seeking help to rescue African weather data that is vital for research about a part of the world that is very vulnerable to climate change.

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October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Congratulations to MU student Daniel Drapeau (Dept of Maths & Stats) on receiving the 2025 Hamilton Prize in Mathematics from the @ria.ie.

The prestigious award recognises Ireland’s top undergraduate mathematics students. 👏👏👏
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October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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It's Research Week! MU invites the public in to hear about and engage with the rich body of multi-disciplinary research being undertaken right here in Maynooth, and the impact those discoveries are having across the globe.

#ResearchWeek #MaynoothUni

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October 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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"At night, I dream my brother Nour is looking for me. ‘I’m in Ireland, Habibi’ I say to him. ‘Everything is green and lovely'."

MU Gaza Scholarship Initiative student @abunour.bsky.social wrote a piece on leaving Gaza for Ireland in the Weekend Irish Times.

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October 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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MU has been awarded €1 million in HEA performance funding in recognition of the impact of 5*S, a project that aims to improve the geospatial and sustainability literacy of teachers and students through a range of training and resources.

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October 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Tá Ollscoil Mhá Nuad (OMN) tar éis dealbh den Athair Peadar Ó Laoghaire a nochtadh. Bronnadh an dealbh ar an Ollscoil ag muintir Chaisleáin Uí Liatháin, Co. Chorcaí, áit inár chaith an t-athbheochanóir Gaeilge agus ceannródaí liteartha ceiliúrtha beagnach 40 bliain mar shagart paróiste.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Maynooth University (MU) has unveiled a sculpture of an tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire, a gift from the people of Castlelyons, Co Cork where the celebrated Irish-language revivalist and literary pioneer served as parish priest for nearly 40 years.

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October 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Best of luck to recent MU graduate and Dyson National Award winner Zoë O’Sullivan who has been shortlisted as a global finalist in the 20th James Dyson Award for her invention Lymphia - a home-use device that empowers patients to carry out lymphatic drainage therapy independently & with confidence.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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From 20-23 October 2025, MU invites the public in to hear about and engage with the rich body of multi-disciplinary research being undertaken right here in Maynooth, and the impact those discoveries are having across the globe.

#ResearchWeek #MaynoothUni

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October 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM