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New ideas, insights & thinking on Ireland & the world. From @RTE.ie with @ucc.ie @dublincityuni.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @tudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
Why do some people get 'hangry' more quickly than others? Researchers found some surprising results when they looked at why some people are better than others at reacting calmly when hunger strikes www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why do some people get 'hangry' more quickly than others?
Researchers found some surprising results when they investigated why some people are better at reacting calmly when hunger strikes
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January 21, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Why do some people get 'hangry' more quickly than others? Researchers found some surprising results when they looked at why some people are better than others at reacting calmly when hunger strikes www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: how digital banking technology is not improving the financial well-being of households in Ireland. Analysis by Marie Ryan @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How digital banking is not having benefits for Irish households
New research has found that digital banking technology is not improving the financial well-being of the squeezed middle in Ireland
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January 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: how digital banking technology is not improving the financial well-being of households in Ireland. Analysis by Marie Ryan @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
It's the year the flu virus has 'run riot' in Ireland, but it isn't the only respiratory virus on the scene. By Aoife Ryan-Christensen with insights from Christine Loscher @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Do you have a bug, cold or flu? You're not alone this season
It's the year the flu virus has 'run riot' in Ireland, but it isn't the only respiratory virus on the scene
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January 21, 2026 at 7:50 AM
It's the year the flu virus has 'run riot' in Ireland, but it isn't the only respiratory virus on the scene. By Aoife Ryan-Christensen with insights from Christine Loscher @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How Northern lights have fascinated Irish people for centuries. Historic records of the aurora borealis in Irish skies survive in folklore, newspapers and scientific reports, writes @angela-historian.bsky.social @dib.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How Northern lights have fascinated Irish people for centuries
Historic records of the aurora in Irish skies survive in folklore, newspapers and scientific reports.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
How Northern lights have fascinated Irish people for centuries. Historic records of the aurora borealis in Irish skies survive in folklore, newspapers and scientific reports, writes @angela-historian.bsky.social @dib.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Lego's Smart Bricks: 'the obvious next step in creative play'. Lego bricks may be simple, but putting them together rewards curiosity, trial and error and stubborn problem solving, writes Eoin White @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Lego's Smart Bricks: 'the obvious next step in creative play'
Lego bricks may be simple, but putting them together rewards curiosity, trial and error and stubborn problem solving
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January 20, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Lego's Smart Bricks: 'the obvious next step in creative play'. Lego bricks may be simple, but putting them together rewards curiosity, trial and error and stubborn problem solving, writes Eoin White @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
A guide to Greenland's natural resources. The abundance of natural resources beneath the ice on the largest island on Earth is tied to its hugely varied geological history over the past four billion years www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
A guide to Greenland's natural resources beneath the ice
The abundance of natural resources on the largest island on Earth is tied to its hugely varied geological history over the past four billion years
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January 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM
A guide to Greenland's natural resources. The abundance of natural resources beneath the ice on the largest island on Earth is tied to its hugely varied geological history over the past four billion years www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How digital banking technology is not improving the financial well-being of households in Ireland. Analysis of new research by Marie Ryan @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How digital banking is not having benefits for Irish households
New research has found that digital banking technology is not improving the financial well-being of the squeezed middle in Ireland
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January 20, 2026 at 7:50 AM
How digital banking technology is not improving the financial well-being of households in Ireland. Analysis of new research by Marie Ryan @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
7 reasons to go outside to engage with winter's natural wonders even with short days and long nights www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
7 reasons to go outside to engage with winter's natural wonders
While winter weather, short days and long nights can make leaving your home feel like a struggle, nature makes it all worthwhile
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January 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
7 reasons to go outside to engage with winter's natural wonders even with short days and long nights www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Listen to Dee Duffy & Katriona Flynn @tudublin.bsky.social discusses their #RTEBrainstorm article on if high price tags really mean a better quality t-shirt or coat on Today with David McCullagh @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Do expensive clothes mean durable clothes? We iron out the links between price and longevity
Dee Duffy, Lecturer at school of marketing and Entrepreneurship at TU Dublin and Desert Island Dress podcast co-host and Katriona Flynn, Lecturer in Fashion and Luxury Goods Management at the School o...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Listen to Dee Duffy & Katriona Flynn @tudublin.bsky.social discusses their #RTEBrainstorm article on if high price tags really mean a better quality t-shirt or coat on Today with David McCullagh @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
What happens when AI takes over HR? Human resources without the human means we are in danger of automating ourselves into irrelevance with AI-mediated processes, writes @ronancarbery.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
What happens when AI takes over HR?
Human resources without the human means we are in danger of automating ourselves into irrelevance with AI-mediated processes
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January 19, 2026 at 9:32 AM
What happens when AI takes over HR? Human resources without the human means we are in danger of automating ourselves into irrelevance with AI-mediated processes, writes @ronancarbery.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Blue Monday: no, today isn't the most depressing day of the year, but an unhelpful piece of pseudoscientific nonsense. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Blue Monday: no, today isn't the most depressing day of the year
Some people find January hard but Blue Monday is an unhelpful piece of pseudoscientific nonsense
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January 19, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Blue Monday: no, today isn't the most depressing day of the year, but an unhelpful piece of pseudoscientific nonsense. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Irish skies 2026: we'll get a rare close-by view of a total solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse and two spectacular meteor showers in the coming months, writes Kevin Nolan @tudublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Irish skies 2026: meteor showers, eclipses & planetary spectacles
We'll get a rare close-by view of a total solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse and two spectacular meteor showers in the coming months
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January 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Irish skies 2026: we'll get a rare close-by view of a total solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse and two spectacular meteor showers in the coming months, writes Kevin Nolan @tudublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: why are pints so pricey in Ireland? @howardemma.bsky.social @tudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie on why the price of a pint of plain in Irish pubs has increased at a much higher rate than headline inflation over the past three years www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why are pints so pricey in Ireland?
The price of a pint of plain in Irish pubs has increased at a much higher rate than headline inflation over the past three years
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January 16, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: why are pints so pricey in Ireland? @howardemma.bsky.social @tudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie on why the price of a pint of plain in Irish pubs has increased at a much higher rate than headline inflation over the past three years www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why swearing is good for your health. Research shows that a well-placed expletive can dull pain, regulate the heart and help the body recover from stress www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why swearing is good for your health
Research shows that a well-placed expletive can dull pain, regulate the heart and help the body recover from stress
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January 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Why swearing is good for your health. Research shows that a well-placed expletive can dull pain, regulate the heart and help the body recover from stress www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why women are taking to the sheds in Ireland. New #RTEBrainstorm @researchireland.ie podcast looks at rising number of women's sheds around the country. Presented by Ronan Kelly w/ @drmeganvine.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social & Olive Davis, Tullamore Women's Sheds www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why women are taking to the sheds in Ireland
There are 120 or so women's sheds in operation around the country at present and that number is on the rise
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January 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Why women are taking to the sheds in Ireland. New #RTEBrainstorm @researchireland.ie podcast looks at rising number of women's sheds around the country. Presented by Ronan Kelly w/ @drmeganvine.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social & Olive Davis, Tullamore Women's Sheds www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How loneliness and isolation can fuel anti-democratic attitudes. Reseach has found that the feeling of not belonging and being failed by the current system can make people receptive to extremist ideologies, writes Shane Murphy @dublincityuni.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How loneliness and isolation can fuel anti-democratic attitudes
Reseach has found that the feeling of not belonging and being failed by the current system can make people receptive to extremist ideologies
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January 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
How loneliness and isolation can fuel anti-democratic attitudes. Reseach has found that the feeling of not belonging and being failed by the current system can make people receptive to extremist ideologies, writes Shane Murphy @dublincityuni.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why are pints so pricey in Ireland? Analysis by @howardemma.bsky.social @tudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie on why the price of a pint of plain in Irish pubs has increased at a much higher rate than headline inflation over the past three years www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why are pints so pricey in Ireland?
The price of a pint of plain in Irish pubs has increased at a much higher rate than headline inflation over the past three years
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January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Why are pints so pricey in Ireland? Analysis by @howardemma.bsky.social @tudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie on why the price of a pint of plain in Irish pubs has increased at a much higher rate than headline inflation over the past three years www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
5 steps to building lifelong healthy eating habits for your kids. Just as our children often mirror our own interests, voice and mannerisms, they also notice and absorb our attitudes and behaviours towards food, writes @benleensmith.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
5 steps to building lifelong healthy eating habits for your kids
Just as our children often mirror our own interests, voice and mannerisms, they also notice and absorb our attitudes and behaviours towards food
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January 15, 2026 at 9:39 AM
5 steps to building lifelong healthy eating habits for your kids. Just as our children often mirror our own interests, voice and mannerisms, they also notice and absorb our attitudes and behaviours towards food, writes @benleensmith.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Do you know what financial terms mean without asking ChatGPT? Understanding these terms and what financial literacy is all about helps you to manage your money so your money doesn't manage you, explains Louise O'Sullivan @tudublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Do you know what financial terms mean without asking ChatGPT?
Understanding these terms and what financial literacy is all about helps you to manage your money so your money doesn't manage you
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January 15, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Do you know what financial terms mean without asking ChatGPT? Understanding these terms and what financial literacy is all about helps you to manage your money so your money doesn't manage you, explains Louise O'Sullivan @tudublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
When running a stall on Dublin's Moore Street is the family business...One of the most notable things about Moore Street and other capital city markets is the extent to which they were operated by women, writes Mary Muldowney www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
When running a stall on Moore Street is the family business
One of the most notable things about Moore Street and other capital city markets is the extent to which they were operated by women
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January 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM
When running a stall on Dublin's Moore Street is the family business...One of the most notable things about Moore Street and other capital city markets is the extent to which they were operated by women, writes Mary Muldowney www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: what does EU's U-turn on petrol & diesel cars mean for Irish drivers? By @jason-power.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
What does EU's U-turn on petrol & diesel cars mean for drivers?
The EU has gone from a total ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2035 to a more complex approach aiming for a 90% reduction in transport emissions
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January 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: what does EU's U-turn on petrol & diesel cars mean for Irish drivers? By @jason-power.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Ireland's coldest days are becoming less frequent & severe. New research by Dáire Healy & @andrewcparnell.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie shows how our coldest winters are warming faster than our hottest summer heatwaves www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Ireland's coldest days are becoming less frequent and severe
New research shows that Ireland's coldest winters are warming faster than our hottest summer heatwaves
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January 14, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Why Ireland's coldest days are becoming less frequent & severe. New research by Dáire Healy & @andrewcparnell.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie shows how our coldest winters are warming faster than our hottest summer heatwaves www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How did the US become the main threat to the future of NATO? America's departure from the multilateral principles that NATO was founded upon will force the organisation to redefine its future strategy, writes David Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How did the US become the main threat to the future of NATO?
America's departure from the multilateral principles that NATO was founded upon will force the organisation to redefine its future strategy
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January 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM
How did the US become the main threat to the future of NATO? America's departure from the multilateral principles that NATO was founded upon will force the organisation to redefine its future strategy, writes David Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
What does EU's U-turn on petrol & diesel cars mean for Irish drivers? The EU has gone from a total ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2035 to a more complex approach aiming for a 90% reduction in transport emissions, writes @jason-power.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
What does EU's U-turn on petrol & diesel cars mean for drivers?
The EU has gone from a total ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2035 to a more complex approach aiming for a 90% reduction in transport emissions
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January 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
What does EU's U-turn on petrol & diesel cars mean for Irish drivers? The EU has gone from a total ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2035 to a more complex approach aiming for a 90% reduction in transport emissions, writes @jason-power.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Do high price tags really mean a better quality t-shirt or coat? True durability is measured in design intelligence, responsible materials and emotional connection, not luxury markups or brand prestige, write Dee Duffy & Katriona Flynn @tudublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Do high price tags really mean a better quality t-shirt or coat?
True durability is measured in design intelligence, responsible materials and emotional connection, not luxury markups or brand prestige
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January 13, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Do high price tags really mean a better quality t-shirt or coat? True durability is measured in design intelligence, responsible materials and emotional connection, not luxury markups or brand prestige, write Dee Duffy & Katriona Flynn @tudublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...