Dublin City University

And it was a toss up between I was going to do one of those two things.

And I ended up top of the CAO form was this media course in DCU.

Communications was the title of the course, but it had a mix of science.

media, media technology, journalism, like a bit of everything that I wanted to try.

But into the story here.

Scientists at Dublin City University in Ireland, of course, have found a surprisingly simple way to produce graphene, a remarkable material known for being extremely strong, lightweight, and an excellent conductor of electricity.

So instead of using expensive laboratory equipment and specialized chemicals, researchers used a kitchen blender, tap water, an old newspaper and graphite recovered from electronic waste, in this case, a discarded smartphone.

Now, here's the challenge the team faced when it comes to producing useful graphene.

All of this came on the same day that NATO forces shot down a drone over Lithuania in the latest security scare on the Alliance's eastern flank, where tensions remain high and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues.

Well, we're joined now by Donika Obakon, who's Professor of Politics at Dublin City University.

And Donika, thanks for joining us.

Both of these incidents, how certain is it that Russia was behind both of them?

Danica, thank you so much for joining us.

And it's very interesting to speak to you.

That's Danica O'Bacon there, who's Professor of Politics at Dublin City University.

We'll be back in a moment.

good morning gavin well i'll tell you i'm outside lancer house as you were saying there it's bright pretty cool uh crowd control barriers they're being put in place but it is quiet here now no doubt that will be different when people start arriving uh there'll be lots On the agenda over the next couple of months, new laws on immigration and citizenship, road safety, the dispute over the new criminal legal aid scheme, and never a million miles away, the cost of living, energy costs and the budget.

Now, I'll be talking to Fionnán Síocháin, the Irish Independence Ireland editor and political scientist, Professor Jane Souter from Dublin City University in a couple of minutes.

But first, As the politicians are returning to work today, I was out and about asking people what issues they want politicians to tackle over the next few months.

The price of everything has only gone up.

week.

Here to help us explain is Ian Cooper, a senior research fellow at the Brexit Institute at Dublin City University, a Canadian.

Hi, Professor.

Hi, Vasi.

It's been my pleasure.

Thanks, sir.

Ian Cooper is a Senior Research Fellow at the Brexit Institute at Dublin City University and, of course, a Canadian who is our expert this week on the EU.

Very much appreciate the explanation.

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In this episode, a recording of a paper by Anastasios Vavalas from Dublin City University entitled Humble Suits on the Eve of Collapse: Petitioning the Royalist Coalition, 1649 to 1650.

Good morning.

Thank you, the organizers, for the opportunity to present once again in this conference.

And before I begin, I would like to thank Research Ireland and Dublin City University for facilitating my PhD research, and today's paper is a project, a work-in-progress project of that research.

Uh, I'll be talking about a somewhat peculiar phenomenon today, uh, petitions to the Marquess of Ormond as leader of the Royalist coalition in 1649 and 1650.

And it is peculiar because some of his detractors at the time identified it as, well, the de facto mode of the counter-administration, the way things were run.