Research Ireland’s News Stories

Dr Marco Rosario Capodiferro, Trinity College Dublin and Pathway awardee, James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and Dr Ruth Freeman, Director of Research for Society at Research Ireland.
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Minister Lawless announces €23 million for early-career researchers

June 2025
Stacked hands in a group circle, each person wearing a different colour sweater.
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Research Ireland launches pilot Disability Policy and Supplemental Grant

26 June 2025
Prof. Garry Duffy, University of Galway and Director of the ARC Hub for HealthTech, James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and Celine Fitzgerald, Interim CEO, Research Ireland
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Minister Lawless announces €34m Research Ireland Hub to accelerate research commercialisation

26 June 2025
L-R Catríona Ní Dhrisceoil, Executive Librarian - Cork County Council Library & Arts Service, Alan Carbery, Acting University Librarian - University College Cork Library, Prof Fergus Shanahan, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at University College Cork and founder of Research Ireland Centre APC Microbiome Ireland, Prof Paul Ross, Director of APC Microbiome Ireland and Co-Director of UCC Futures Food Microbiome and Health, Nora Harrington, Executive Librarian - Cork City Council Libraries.
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World Microbiome Day 2025

24 June 2025
: Cast and crew of the 'Counter Attack' documentary are pictured with MC Dr Claire O'Connell, at the Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin
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New Documentary Showcases Ireland’s MedTech Strengths

16 June 2025
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Research Ireland Disability Policy

Research Ireland has launched its pilot Disability Policy and Supplemental Grant. This policy aims to provide eligible Research Ireland-funded grant holders with supplementary budget for the costs of required, eligible reasonable accommodations.
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Research Ireland Forum

The first-ever Research Ireland Forum brings together over 800 people from government, universities, businesses, and other sectors across Ireland.
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ABOUT RESEARCH IRELAND

Ireland’s newest research and innovation agency

In 2024, Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland was established. This amalgamation of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council is a key part of the Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy.

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