The capital's first housing architect played a key role in the battle with unfit housing conditions in the 1930s and 1940s. By Ruth McManus - School of History and Geography, DCU.

While determined to remain neutral, Ireland could not remain aloof from the potentially devastating implications of the Cold War. By Eoin Kinsella, Royal Irish Academy.

Many of us first think about healthy ageing the day we turn 65, but age-related changes in our bodies start long before that. By Caoileann Murphy and Sinéad McCarthy, Teagasc

The work of early Irish scholars and astronomical experts on developing mathematical tables helped to solve the thorny problems of Easter-calculation. By Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Department of History

There has been tremendous interest in using artificial intelligence tools to streamline hiring decisions in organisations, but the blind use of them without understanding why the algorithm prefers some candidates to others is risky. By Professor Kevin Murphy, University of Limerick8

'Wwhen I say that I have a difficult name, I should also ask: difficult for who? And difficult for what reasons?'. By Bhargabi Das, Maynooth University.

No family rivalled the prominence of the Ryans during the War of Independence, but few were as bitterly divided by the aftermath. By Michael Loughman, DCU.

Despite his fame, the exact location of the body of St Patrick has been a bone of contention for over a millennium. By Niamh Wycherley, Maynooth University.

Just how did "Danny Boy" became a song loved and hated in equal measures? By Aileen Dillane, University of Limerick

The creative model for the blockbuster Irish dance show was partly forged by a collaboration with a Kerry dance company. By Ciarán Walsh, Maynooth University.