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Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: will the price of my weekly grocery shop ever fall? Oliver Browne Cork University Business School (CUBS) UCC Ireland analyses the complex reasons for the 36% increase in grocery prices in the last four years and why it's unlikely to change any time soon rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

How design justice could transform Dublin. fiona Murphy Dublin City University on how this fundamentally different way of understanding who and what a city is for could transform the capital rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

How storms, cyberattacks and wars show cash is still king. Analysis by Olive McCarthy Co-operatives at UCC Cork University Business School (CUBS) UCC Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Could AI help you learn Gaeilge? 'If AI is going to shape our digital future, we must ensure that future speaks more than just English'. By Josh McGiff University Of Limerick Research Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…


The secret weapon in the Northern Ireland peace process? Humour played a subtle yet significant role in the negotiations which led to the Good Friday Agreement, writes Dr Eleanor Leah Williams Law and Gov DCU Dublin City University rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

How US tariff war will affect the price you pay for petrol and electricity. Analysis by Paul Deane ERI MaREI UCC Ireland Research Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: how storms, cyberattacks and wars show cash is still king. Analysis by Olive McCarthy Co-operatives at UCC Cork University Business School (CUBS) UCC Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

The importance of having a desk in the office to call your own: employers forcing workers back to the office when they no longer have a desk (or office) are making some obvious and less obvious mistakes, writes Kevin Murphy Business at UL University Of Limerick rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

The superstitions and mysteries around Ireland's 'fairy forts'. Marion McGarry Atlantic Technological University on how many Irish ringforts were associated in the recent past with supernatural happenings rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Chicken Jockey! A Minecraft Movie is one of many films where cinema audiences are reacting to what's happening on screen with chaotic behaviour and in ridiculous ways. By Tom Caffrey🧛 Dublin City University rte.ie/brainstorm/202…


Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: how US tariff war will affect the price you pay for petrol and electricity. Analysis by Paul Deane ERI MaREI UCC Ireland Research Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Why Sitric Silkenbeard is the greatest Dubliner of all time. He may be seen as one of the baddies of Irish history thanks to the Battle of Clontarf, but Silkenbeard built Dublin into a cosmopolitan city, writes Niamh Wycherley Maynooth University Research Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

What lessons from Brexit can Irish firms use to deal with US tariffs? The Brexit experience offers timely and powerful pointers for organisations in how to future-proof themselves and survive uncertainty, explains Michelle Carr Cork University Business School (CUBS) UCC Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

The ins and outs of Ireland joining and leaving the Commonwealth. Q&A by Martin O'Donoghue MPI Legal History and Legal Theory Research Ireland about the long history of arguments over Ireland and the Commonwealth (even since we left in 1949) rte.ie/brainstorm/202…


Clean water or more cows: elevated nitrogen levels in Irish water is an unintended consequence of agricultural expansion and action must be taken to address this, writes Fiona Regan DCU Water Institute Dublin City University Research Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…


Death and dinner: the story of the unexpected outcome of the first State banquet at Dublin Castle in 1934. By Dr Elaine Mahon TU Dublin / OT Baile Átha Cliath rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

What was 'whipping the herring' all about? This was one of many traditions associated with Easter in Ireland, including a 'black fast' on Good Friday and 'cake dances' on Easter Sunday. By Marion McGarry Atlantic Technological University rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: the ins and outs of Ireland joining and leaving the Commonwealth. Martin O'Donoghue MPI Legal History and Legal Theory Research Ireland on all you need to know about the arguments over Ireland and the Commonwealth (and still going on since we left in 1949) rte.ie/brainstorm/202…