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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 23h
How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far‑right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism Prof. Tom Birkett, @viglundur.bsky.social and @liamh2os.bsky.social of @norsemap.bsky.social write @uk.theconversation.com. @erc.europa.eu
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How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far-right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism
The extreme right has learned to navigate Germany’s strict laws on extremist symbols
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 28/09/2026
Better data gathering needed to help prevent bullying in schools, new UCC and @esri.ie research finds.
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Better data gathering needed to help prevent bullying in schools, says official report
The report by UCC and ESRI, funded by the Department of Education, states that Ireland has made progress in understanding and addressing bullying, but more robust information is required.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 25/09/2026
4th in the world for sustainability. A decade in the global top 10. UCC has been ranked 4th of more than 1,700 universities ranked in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
UCC ranks fourth worldwide for sustainability among over 1,700 universities
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 24/09/2026
Busting Brain Myths: TikTok's viral neuroscientist @dr-brein.bsky.social, neuroscientist @stanforduniversity.bsky.social, joined @mcculld.bsky.social during this visit to UCC. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Dr Ben Rein sits at a microphone in a radio studio, surrounded by monitors, audio equipment and an RTÉ-branded microphone, with a recording booth visible through the window behind him.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 22/09/2026
Breakthrough microchip advances next-generation 6G communications Researchers @tyndallinstitute.bsky.social have helped develop programmable microchips designed to enable future 6G and satellite communications.
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Breakthrough microchip advances next-generation 6G communications | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 22/09/2026
The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen Mary Brunton and Susan Ferrier did outsell, inspire, and benefit from Austen, @drcleoocy.bsky.social writes on @theconversation.com.
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The two Scottish female novelists who outsold and inspired Jane Austen
They are practically unknown today ,but Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton gave Jane Austen a run for her money.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 17/09/2026
Leaving no one behind Climate change, migration, forced displacement, and the Sustainable Development Goals were the focus of a major EU Presidency associated event at UCC. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026... @sdsnireland.bsky.social
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 14/09/2026
🛡️ What does the Viking legacy look like today? Tom Birkett and his team have launched a project exploring how ideas and narratives about the #Vikings have evolved across Europe over the past 200 years. 👉 t.co/0L4WD9EsLL 📸 ©️Clare Keogh @norsemap.bsky.social @norseincork.bsky.social @ucc.ie
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 15/09/2026
"Coastal zones are incredibly important areas for humanity. This is especially true for Ireland, where all our major cities and on, or directly connected to, the coast." Kevin Walsh shares his work on the first national map of Ireland’s exposure to climate hazards. @epaireland.bsky.social
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UCC geologist behind Ireland's first climate exposure map
As the impacts of climate hazards intensify, I think more people will come to recognise that we are very much part of the natural world, not separate from it.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What a special pleasure to have birder, zoologist, and President of @ucc.ie, John O'Halloran, visit the rainforest today. UCC gave fantastic support to the production of our film and documentary, An Irish Atlantic Rainforest (now on RTÉ Player), for which I'm extremely grateful.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 10/09/2026
Strait of Hormuz crisis: how danger and uncertainty can affect the mental health of seafarers Dr Patricia Kennedy, UCC Applied Social Studies, and collaborators Eka Siradze and Anita Rayegani write.
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Strait of Hormuz crisis: how danger and uncertainty can affect the mental health of seafarers
Research links unsafe conditions, long hours and poor sleep with worse mental health at sea. Conflict can intensify each of these pressures.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 10/09/2026
‘Powerful storms are more common’: Threat of rising sea levels and coast erosion in Galway
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‘Powerful storms are more common’: Threat of rising sea levels and coast erosion in Galway
A fifth of State’s coastline is at grave risk from hazards such as flooding, with climate change playing key role
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 09/09/2026
Coastal Erosion: The areas most at risk Kevin Walsh, geoscientist and UCC PhD researcher, shares findings of the first national map of Ireland’s exposure to climate hazards. @rteradio1.bsky.social
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Coastal Erosion: The areas most at risk
One-fifth of the Republic’s coastline is at very high risk of flooding, erosion, or other coastal hazards. For more on this Kevin Walsh, geoscientist and researcher and University College Cork.
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Research from @ucc.ie pinpoints Irish coastal areas at greatest risk of climate hazards. Interactive map and Coastal Hazard Exposure Index allows public click on any of 33,000 points and see the risk profile. Map here: ucc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant... www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Flood map: See the Irish coastline areas at ‘very high’ risk from flooding, erosion or sea level rise
Interactive online map allows public to check exposure to risks in their own area
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 08/09/2026
First national map reveals where Ireland’s coast is most exposed to erosion and flooding UCC research identifies areas where communities, cultural heritage and coastal assets are particularly exposed. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
UCC researchers have developed Ireland’s first national Coastal Exposure Index, pinpointing where communities, cultural heritage and other coastal assets face the greatest exposure. Mayo has the largest stretch of coastline classified as “Very High Exposure”, at 414.5 km.The ‘Coastal Exposure Index for Ireland’ revealing exposure along Dublin's coastline.The ‘Coastal Exposure Index for Ireland’ revealing exposure along Galway's coastline.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 02/09/2026
Thousand-year-old manuscript returns to Ireland for UCC exhibition
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Thousand-year-old manuscript returns to Ireland for UCC exhibition
The 57 vellum-leaf Annals of Inisfallen chronicles more than 1,000 years of Irish history, including Viking raids and comets
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 02/09/2026
One of most important surviving records of medieval Ireland The Annals of Inisfallen are now on public display in a major new free exhibition at University College Cork.⁣⁣ www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026... @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Close to a thousand years old, The Annals of Inisfallen is considered one of the most important surviving records of medieval Ireland.

Image: Clare KeoghBrian McCarthy, Fexco, and Kerry Bryson, Cork University Foundation, view the manuscript now on display in a free exhibition in The Glucksman, UCC.

Image: Clare Keogh.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 28/08/2026
Overheating passengers, fuel shortages and extreme weather. Dr Vahid Aryanpur examines how climate change is putting transport systems under growing pressure.
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How climate change affects different modes of transport – from roads to railways
Climate change does not affect every form of transport in the same way. And the result is more than just cancelled journeys.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 26/08/2026
First-day-of-school: Why the pictures and the memories may not match Prof. @gillian-murphy.bsky.social and Prof. @ciaragreene.bsky.social explore how photos can shape what parents and children later remember about milestone moments.
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Photographing the first day of school will freeze the moment but not the memory
Remembering is an active process. Each time we revisit an event, we reconstruct it
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 20/08/2026
Around 400,000 hectares of Irish farmland is held in commonage. These uplands have the potential to support some of the richest habitats in Ireland. Dr Eugene Costello joined RTÉ Countrywide to explore the history and future of our uplands and commonage.
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Uplands and Commonage
We’ll begin on the hills and it’s about commonage - land own between farmers. Roughly 400,000 hectares of farmland is held under commonage, and it can become some of the richest habitat in the country...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
(Scots) pine wasn't among the tree species that were present in the rainforest when I arrived in 2009. But paleoecological research carried out by William O'Brien of @ucc.ie revealed that it was a major component of the locality's original wildwood, so I reintroduced it about 10 years ago.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 19/08/2026
Hearing children of deaf adults experience stigma but show agency and resilience UCC researchers call for greater recognition of children of deaf adults in family services, social policy and research. @researchireland.ie
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Hearing children of deaf adults experience stigma but show agency and resilience – new research | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 13/08/2026
UCC to host public conference on Cork's rich history This September, ‘Cork Histories’ at UCC brings together new research and stories from across the county in a free conference. www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/ne...
 ‘Cork Histories’ will take place at University College Cork on 11-12 September 2026. Image: Cork City, 1883, National Library of Ireland on The Commons.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 13/08/2026
Eurovision winner ineligible to host if involved in 'armed conflict' Dr Finola Doyle O'Neill, Broadcast and Legal Historian, comments on new rules which aim to ensure contest provides ‘safe and welcoming environment’ for participants.
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Eurovision winner ineligible to host if involved in 'armed conflict'
The European Broadcasting Union - the organiser of the Eurovision Song Contest - has said the winning country will "automatically be ineligible to host" if their state is involved in an "armed conflic...
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 06/08/2026
Hugely excited to welcome our first students to the new BSc Sustainability this September. In my column today, I set out my case for this new kind of interdisciplinary degree. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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The climate crisis needs conductors, not just virtuosos
The answers to big global challenges can’t be found within single disciplines
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 02/08/2026
He/she/they.... the appropriate uses of some #pronouns have changed over the years. In time, we also lost the useful wit, unker and git. But what did they allow us to say? Read the interview with Tom Birkett, leader of the NorseMap #Viking research. 👇 @norseincork.bsky.social @ucc.ie #ERCCoG
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Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy
Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness".
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 29/07/2026
The case for having an imperfect memory Memory’s flexibility – and fallibility – are central to how it helps us survive and thrive, Prof. @gillian-murphy.bsky.social writes @uk.theconversation.com.
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The case for having an imperfect memory – a psychologist explains
What if today’s ‘total recall’ technology is creating a memory system we do not need or benefit from?
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 24/07/2026
Orcas filmed making sunfish explode by ramming them at high speed Prof. John Davenport, UCC Emeritus Professor of Zoology, comments on the extraordinary footage. @newscientist.com
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Orcas filmed making sunfish explode by ramming them at high speed | New Scientist
Orcas have been seen smashing into sharp-tail sunfish so hard that the fish bursts into thousands of fragments, perhaps as a form of play as well as food processing
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 23/07/2026
'We were all just in awe': Shedding new light on the long, slow, ice-cold life of a deep-sea shark UCC Marine Ecology PhD researcher Jasmine Stavenow Jerremalm was among those to study a species shrouded in mystery.
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'We were all just in awe': A stranding in Ireland sheds new light on the long, slow, ice-cold life of a deep-sea shark
Some Greenland sharks alive today may have been contemporaries of Shakespeare. With a scarred heart that beats for centuries, this deep-sea shark defies age-related decline.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 14/07/2026
A 3-year project designed to enable behaviour change in Cork City by encouraging people to rethink and reduce the number of short car journeys has been awarded €750,000 through the Creative Ireland Climate Action Fund. 1/2 www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
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Cultureways project awarded €750,000 from the Creative Ireland Climate Action Fund | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 26/06/2026
Regenerating an Italian region blighted by mafia stereotypes Hiking tourism is helping to rehabilitate a once-notorious region of Calabria, Dr @auroramoxon.bsky.social writes @theconversation.com.
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The revamped hiking trail regenerating an Italian region blighted by mafia stereotypes
Hiking tourism is helping to rehabilitate a once-notorious region of Calabria and boost the local economy in area suffering from rural decline.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 26/06/2026
Claire Connolly wins Robert Rhodes Prize
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Claire Connolly wins Robert Rhodes Prize
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 24/06/2026
Professor Claire Connolly wins major Irish literature award ⁣⁣⁣ Congratulations to Prof. @claireconnolly.bsky.social on being awarded the prestigious Robert Rhodes Prize for her acclaimed work ‘Irish Romanticism: A Literary History’.⁣⁣⁣ www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 23/06/2026
UCC has become the first and only university in Europe to achieve one of the world’s most prestigious sustainability ratings on The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System. (STARS) www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
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UCC becomes first University in Europe to achieve prestigious sustainability rating | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 23/06/2026
The secret history of bride abduction in 18th century Ireland Heiresses, girls and women expected to inherit property were targeted by the younger sons of genteel families who were unwilling to work for a living, Dr Felix Rolt writes.
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The secret history of bride abduction in 18th century Ireland
Heiresses, girls and women expected to inherit property were targeted by the younger sons of genteel families who were unwilling to work for a living
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 20/06/2026
On #WorldRefugeeDay, UCC is proud to be a Sanctuary University. We seek to support the participation, belonging, and success of people seeking sanctuary. Apalang Atar was forced to flee her home in South Sudan, but is now studying for a Masters at CUBS through UCC’s Education Pathways Programme.
Person standing outdoors in UCC's Quad, facing the camera, wearing a striped short-sleeve shirt and headband, with blurred trees and buildings in the background on a lightly rainy day.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 18/06/2026
UCC has risen 26 places in one of the world’s leading education rankings. The 26/27 edition of the QS World University Rankings sees UCC placed 220 in the world. Today’s ranking comes on the back of a 27-place improvement last year, and is our fourth consecutive rise. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
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UCC continues to rise in latest QS World University Rankings | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 12/06/2026
A landmark collaboration for Irish sport and scholarship We're proud to announce a new partnership with the GAA to publish Atlas of the GAA, a major new volume in the acclaimed Atlas Series. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
Professor John O’Halloran, President of University College Cork; Amy O'Connor, Cork senior camogie team player and UCC alumnus; Ben Cunningham, Cork senior hurling team player and UCC student and Jarlath Burns, Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael at the announcement of a new partnership between UCC and the GAA to publish Atlas of the GAA in the award-winning Atlas Series from Cork University Press. Photo: Marcin Lewandowski
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 10/06/2026
Teaching climate change through storytelling in Irish schools A new UCC and Met Éireann collaboration aims to support climate change awareness, student confidence and action in primary and secondary schools. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
Dr Claire Scannell, Principal Meteorological Officer at Met Éireann: Dr Catriona Duffy, Climate Services Division, Met Éireann; Dr Rosa Rogers, Research Fellow and author of Chasing the Curlew’s Call; and Rosa Kelly, Visual Artist. Image: Clare Keogh.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 05/06/2026
Launching Ireland’s first LGBT+ Action Plan in a higher education institution⁣⁣ We’re proud to launch ‘Together with Pride: LGBT+ Action Plan 2026–2028’, a clear and ambitious roadmap to embed LGBT+ inclusion across every aspect of university life.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
UCC staff and students wearing rainbow-colored accessories and holding Pride flags gather outdoors beside an ice cream truck on a sunny day. Several people smile and wave at the camera while standing near a pedestrian crossing in front of stone and modern buildings, with trees and blue sky in the background.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 04/06/2026
Fossil fuel phase-out plan is missing link in energy and climate policy Ireland has clean energy targets but no strategy for ending oil and gas, Prof. @hannahdaly.ie writes.
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Fossil fuel phase-out plan is missing link in energy and climate policy
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Ireland has clean energy targets but no strategy for ending oil and gas
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 03/06/2026
‘What helps for me is that I go off and do other things [...] and try to stretch the muscles a bit.’ Bestselling author John Connolly reflects on his career in crime fiction and why he ‘became very fond of UCC’ while completing his Creative Writing PhD. @jconnollybooks.bsky.social
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'I became very fond of UCC': John Connolly on his latest novel and his PhD studies in Cork
A River Red With Blood brings the Charlie Parker series up to 23 instalments, and the author has also found the time to further his academic career on Leeside
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 28/05/2026
President of Ireland Catherine Connolly visits Cork Marking her first official trip to Cork, Uachtarán na hÉireann visited Gaelcholáiste Mhic Shuibhne and UCC. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly met with students from St. Patrick's Girls' National School. The students visited campus as part of Access UCC’s Professor Fluffy outreach programme for DEIS primary schools, designed to inspire young students and encourage future participation in higher education. Image: Provision.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 26/05/2026
‘A defining moment in Ireland’s history’: UCC symposium explores significance of 1926 Census www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/ne... @csoireland.bsky.social
Pictured left to right: Eileen Murphy, Principal Officer: Census Administration, CSO; Richard McMahon, Assistant Director General, Demography and Housing Directorate, CSO; Professor Ciara Breathnach, UCC School of History, and Dr Helene O’Keefe, UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 19/05/2026
Evil literature and indecent dancing: Why 1926 was a pivotal year in Irish cultural history In advance of a public symposium on Ireland in 1926, Dr Donal Ó Drisceoil writes @irishexaminer.bsky.social.
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Evil literature and indecent dancing: Why 1926 was a pivotal year in Irish cultural history
In advance of a public symposium at UCC on Ireland in 1926, Dr Donal Ó Drisceoil sets the scene of newly-independent nation where some of its most conservative forces are beginning to hold sway
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 14/05/2026
Harassment by online influencers requires legal change People have been subjected to humiliation and degradation by an influencer using Meta's glasses - this needs urgent attention, @jamesosullivan.bsky.social, UCC School of English and Digital Humanities, writes.
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Harassment by online influencers requires legal change
Ordinary people in Cork have been subjected to humiliation and degradation by an influencer using Meta's glasses - this needs urgent attention from policymakers, writes James O’Sullivan
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 06/05/2026
40 million visits in less than a month. To mark the landmark release of the 1926 Census, UCC School of History will host a one-day public symposium on 25 May. Registration is now open: www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/ne...
Census 1926: Capturing a social and cultural moment. UCC symposium on 25 May. A group of people dance together on a wet outdoor surface in a rural setting, beside one seated musician playing an accordion
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 01/05/2026
What is multimorbidity - and why is it an emerging challenge? Multiple illnesses can cause major challenges for the person living with the conditions, health systems and wider society, Dr Myles Balfe and Aidan Keane write.
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What is multimorbidity - and why is it an emerging challenge?
Multiple illnesses can cause major challenges for the person who has the conditions, health systems and wider society
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 30/04/2026
Ireland’s first all-island prison education toolkit launched A new prison education toolkit aims to break barriers across higher education and justice systems.
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Ireland’s first all-island prison education toolkit launched | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 30/04/2026
Is Trump losing the support of his Maga base? Cracks have begun to appear as prominent figures break from Trump, Dr Clodagh Harrington writes @uk.theconversation.com. theconversation.com/is-trump-los...
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Is Trump losing the support of his Maga base?
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson, two of the Maga movement’s most prominent figures, have broken with Trump in recent months.
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