This is a guest contribution from John McCartney (former Head of Research at Lisney): you can read it here.
Author: Philip Lane
The distinguished scientist Garret (one ‘t’) A. Fitzgerald of the University of Pennsylvania writes in today’s Irish Times about the joys of a highly-successful research career: you can read it here.
Although it is written in the context of encouraging Leaving Cert students to consider science as a career option, his description also fits other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.
The CSO has released a new edition of this very comprehensive set of indicators that compares Ireland to other countries across a wide range of dimensions: you can read it here.
You can read it here.
Jim O’Leary analyses these topics in today’s Irish Times: you can read it here.