The words, metaphors and ideas we use to describe experiences and phenomenons may not necessarily be able to explain them

The National Concert Hall is a national cultural institution and the designated home of music in Ireland.

For Thanksgiving, a beautiful conversation with the legendary primatologist — on her spiritual and moral wisdom, and the hope that sustains her.

I’m listening to my son and his friends making their final decisions about where and what to study at university. Mostly, I keep quiet; on the rare occasions when teenagers want your opinion, they’ll ...

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Connecting early-to-mid career researchers and policymakers. Evidence-based policy formation benefits from diversity among contributors. This event will bring together early-to-mid career researchers ...

All-class therapy sessions don’t help, and may even make matters worse. The evidence shows we need different solutions, says Dr Lucy Foulkes, an academic psychologist at Oxford University

Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought

Seminar exploring the challenges and opportunities of supporting student mental health in higher education. Followed by book launch.

Modern life is digital. Adults need to help young people navigate the costs and benefits, not launch bans and hope for the best.

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I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design

There is an urgent need to improve mental health outcomes among young people. One approach taken to address this problem has been the design and delivery of universal school-based prevention, based o...

The Irish Garden Bird Survey is fun, free and open to everyone! Over 1,600 households took part last year and the survey opens again in December 2019.