Tara McCarthy is to be appointed as the new chief executive of Bord Bia, it was announced today.

Pregnant women are consuming too much saturated fat, not enough vitamin D, and only one-in-three are taking the required amount of folic acid, a new study has found.

A councillor criticised in RTÉ’s Investigations Unit exposé on standards in public office has sought to defend taking part in a planning vote which impacted a site he co-owns.

‘Knowledge’ workers would be willing to work up to eight extra hours per week if they could do so remotely, potentially providing the economy with an extra €827m per year, it has been claimed.

President Michael D Higgins has accused international ratings agencies of putting Irish people in a “post-modern prison”.

One of the most profound obligations of a leading university in any major city is its capacity to nurture, inspire, educate and deliver the next generation of a nation’s leadership.

Boys aged 16-20 are four times more likely to take their own lives than older people, a major study on suicide in Ireland has found.

Fears of rising costs, the property tax, and unemployment are putting pressure on people’s spending power and keeping consumer confidence low.

A mother’s education trumps marriage or cohabitation when it comes to the wellbeing of children, a study reveals.

Whether you say it’s all bunk or it’s a nightmare from which you’re trying to awake, there’s one thing you can count on when it comes to history.

BEHIND the statistics on the unemployment crisis and lengthening nationwide dole queues, a sorry tale of frustration, collapsed morale and desperation has emerged.

RENOWNED crop scientist and academic Professor Jimmy Burke has been named as the first ever holder of the new Masstock Chair in Crop Science at University College Dublin (UCD).

THE GAA is set for a major September shake-up at senior management level with commercial director Dermot Power to step down at the end of the season.

Developers built about 170,000 more homes than were needed during the property bubble, academics claimed today.

CONSUMER markets remained very weak in quarter two of 2009 but pub sales fared better than most, a new report has found.

THE future of the minimum wage should be open to discussion given Ireland has the second-highest minimum wage in Europe, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin.

THERE are almost 36,000 people in Ireland being treated for epilepsy and the number of cases is increasing, new figures show.

THE Central Bank knew about the huge inflow of funds into certain Irish banks last September as the banking crisis erupted.

CHILD pornography is becoming more available but increasingly difficult to combat, according to a new report.

A SENIOR UCD academic and a lecturer in the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) both obtained PhDs from the same unaccredited institution as disgraced Government science adviser Barry McSweeney.

OVER 70% of respondents to a Gaelic Players Association survey favour a move from amateurism to semi-professionalism. The survey was conducted over the last number of weeks by UCD’s Centre for Sports Studies.

TECHNOLOGY firm ChangingWorlds has opened a new research and development facility at the NovaUCD innovation centre.

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THE range and variety of offences covered under child pornography legislation means that non-custodial sentences are often “the most appropriate”, a criminologist said yesterday.

DUBLIN’S O’Connell Street is the most dangerous in the country, according to a report on public order offences to be published today.