I've spent the past year or so writing about cognitive offloading, especially in children. I’ve argued that outsourcing to AI weakens critical thinking skills. I’ve read the recent research. I’m ...

The A5 dual carriageway may be widely recognised as strategically significant for the north west, but it has also been the subject of sustained legal challenge. In June 2025, the High Court quashed ...

Advances in brain imaging technology have expanded the ability of medical professionals to observe neurological activity associated with cognitive function. Imaging tools allow clinicians to study ...

A few years ago I wrote about digital-induced amnesia—the erosion of memory that occurs as we outsource thinking to our devices. I later reflected on technostress, the strain that occurs as those ...

A 36-year-old Tipperary man jailed for the sexual assault of his young cousin over a five-year period has argued that the trial judge did not give enough consideration to his limited cognitive ...

Evan Ferguson’s absence from Ireland’s World Cup play-offs spells bad news for the Boys in Green, despite Troy Parrott’s goal exploits. That’s the verdict of former World Cup runner-up and pundit Didi ...

US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has announced plans to create an additional 200 jobs in Ireland. The firm established its European headquarters in Dublin in 2024 and to accommodate ...

Construction of more than 450 homes in west Dublin is set to begin after the developer behind the scheme secured an extension of its planning permission under emergency legislation introduced last ...

The FAI will seek to reduce its debt from €36.5million to €25.5m by the end of 2029, according to the aims outlined in its Strategy for the 2026-2029 period. This is one of the ambitions that features ...

ECONOMIC and social factors are contributing to Irish people having children later in their lives. Studies have shown that Ireland’s total fertility rate – measured by live births per woman – has ...