PhD students will be offered a €28,000 annual stipend from a new €100 million public-private partnership aimed at recruiting researchers from abroad and retaining doctoral students at home. Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris have announced a new partnership between industry and the government to recruit and retain research talent. Innovate for … Read more
Minister Simon Harris has launched ‘Impact 2030: Ireland’s New Research and Innovation Strategy’. Impact 2030 aims to build a more inclusive and engaged research and innovation system in Ireland that can help mobilise resources to address major issues ranging from the climate crisis to health and wellbeing. Impact 2030 will maximise the impact of research and … Read more
New research from the Central Bank has found that lower-income, older and rural households have faced a higher than average increase in the cost of living in recent months. This is because they spend a bigger proportion of their income on heating, energy, and transport, all of which have gone up sharply in price. In an … Read more
Young women are at high risk of abuse in their intimate relationships with one in five subjected to emotional, physical, or sexual abuse by a current or former partner, according to new research by Women’s Aid. The organization, which supports victims of domestic abuse, has published research indicating that 20% of women aged between 18 and 25 … Read more