RTÉ Brainstorm

The many challenges Eitnne Pentony faced in the 1930s did not stop her becoming a successful golfer at home and abroad

The story of Ulysses unfolds through the food Leopold Bloom eats as he travels around Dublin by day and night

The electric scooter's economic and environmental credentials make it a transport winner

There is much evidence to suggest that the traits of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathology are linked to career advancement.

By Ciarán Reilly, Maynooth University

The painting embodies many of the complexities that deny a simple representation of modern Irish history. By Dr Siobhán Doyle, TU Dublin.

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.