Network Ireland Television (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In this absorbing documentary, Geldof, a self-confessed devotee of the great Irish Nobel Prize winning poet, traces how W.B. Yeats led the way in imagining a new, proud, strong Ireland into being after The Famine – and how, after centuries of colonial oppression, he gave the people of Ireland back a story they could believe in and fight for. As Gogarty said, there is no Free State without Yeats. By which he meant that Ireland does not exist without...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
What makes one part of a day more memorable than another? Alan Smeaton, Director of INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics, is using EEG technology to measure levels of electrical activity in the brain to better understand how it relates to the person’s attention level, and potentially provide insight into human memory encoding and processing. The program also discusses the “cocktail party effect” — the ability of the human brain to listen to one...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bioluminescence is nature’s chemical flashlight in the dark, illuminating lakes and oceans with a beautiful, magical glow. One of the best examples of bioluminescence in Ireland can be seen in Lough Hyne, and this program takes a night trip to see how this amazing natural phenomenon creates stunning blue sparkles in the pitch-dark water. The program also looks at photonics – or the science of light – and how researchers use fluorescence in cancer...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Are the days of Dairy Farmers being tied to the farm set to become a thing of the past with the help of robots? With milk quotas due to be lifted in 2015, farmers will need all the help they can get and Teagasc are examining the viability of robotic milking systems for Irish farms. Robotic milking is a voluntary milking system, which allows cows to present themselves for milking as they wish without the presence of the farmer. Each cow is fitted with...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Groundwater lakes or turloughs – where water lies hidden within the soil and rocks underground – dominate the west of Ireland. They’re hugely important as a source of drinking water and connect into rivers, lakes, and ecosystems; but they also contribute to devastating flooding events.This episode introduces the Geological Survey Ireland researchers who are using satellite technology to monitor and map Ireland’s turloughs to develop effective...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
2020 will be remembered for one unprecedented global event: the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds of thousands have died from COVID-19, and empty parks, streets, and skies were the eerie symbols of nationwide lockdowns which devastated global economies and local businesses. This program introduces Irish researchers using patient samples to analyze the genetic makeup of coronavirus to help minimise the spread and identify changes that may impact on treatments...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
El Salvador's prisons are bloody, brutal, and overcrowded. With 700 arrests a day, that level of overcrowding shows no signs of abating. And they have one of the highest homicides rates in the world. But rather than give up on prisons and prisoners, the people who are running the prison service have decided to change tack and reform the system. Their response is Yo Cambio. First change: the language. No longer referred to as inmates or prisoners now...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Blood is a vitally important part of the body. It provides the oxygen our organs need to survive, carries platelets that clot when we cut ourselves, and prevents us from getting infections. But it is also immensely complex. In this episode, we meet researchers investigating the effects of COVID-19 on platelets' ability to clot and discuss the impact of Long COVID.And while we use animal blood in products such as blood pudding or as a protein source...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ireland is renowned for its lush green grass… but lurking between the blades is a dangerous threat. Liver flukes are a parasite present on most Irish farms and they’re estimated to cost Irish farmers up to €90 million a year. Most farmers currently do a general douse of their sheep and cattle against liver fluke, but this can be expensive due to required milk withdrawals and the overuse of flukicides has also led to the emergence of resistant...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1926, 49-year-old Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and a debutant at the Court of Queen Victoria, shot Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range in front of an adoring crowd in CampidoglIo Rome.Her assassination attempt saw her imprisoned and interrogated, before a deal was brokered by Mussolini and the British Foreign Office to have Violet committed to a lunatic asylum, written off as a lone "mad Irishwoman,"...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
We live in a country with a rapidly ageing population yet we’re still obsessed with holding on to our youth. In the first episode of this series we look at some of the new ways in which science is trying to help us stay young. Aoibhinn tries out an ‘Ageing Suit’ that restricts movement, impairs vision and hearing, and ages her 40 years in 5 mins, Kathriona meets DCU’s Professor Oliver Dolly to find out about variant of Botox which could be...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Genetics is currently one of the most exciting areas of scientific research and after decades of promise, the science of gene therapy, where ‘bad genes’ are removed or replaced is finally starting to deliver. This program looks at a treatment for an inherited form of blindness called Retinitis Pigmentosa ,in which a genetic mutation leads to damage of the retina and a gradual loss of sight. The treatment, which is based on correcting that mutation,...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Kathriona meets Alain Alders, Michelin starred chef at the spectacular Castle Estate of ‘Restaurant De vrienden van Jacob’ in Amsterdam. A member of BordBia’s Chefs Irish Beef Club, Alain explains why he values Irish beef so highly as he prepares Kathriona the perfect, mouth-watering steak. Kathriona pulls on her white coat and hat and surrounds herself with beef carcasses and meets Teagasc’s Paul Allen to test a number of post-mortem factors...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 2050, Irish scientist Joseph Roche is hoping to be one of 20 people sent to the Red Planet to live (and die!) in a space settlement. A new crew of four will be sent every two years thereafter but none will be coming back. The ‘Mars One’ Project is the brainchild of Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdrop, and Dutch scientist Arno Wielders, and when they announced the project, 202,500 people applied from all over the world. As of April 2014, the candidate...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A recent European report on lung health found that Ireland has the third highest death rate from lung disease in Europe. Each year, there are as many deaths in Ireland due to respiratory disease as there are from heart disease, yet it does not seem to be prioritized. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a collection of lung diseases, the most common being chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It is often seen as a smoker’s disease; something...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
From entertainment to tourism to sex, 2016 is the year virtual reality has finally broken into the mainstream. But could it also be the future of healthcare and even used to validate or question historical testimony? Jonathan, Aoibhinn and Kathriona put on their headsets and journey into the virtual world… Jonathan experiences the world’s first VR rollercoaster in Alton Towers and meets technology journalist Adrian Weckler and tries out some of...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
On the evening of December 8, 1980, Mark Chapman shot John Lennon four times outside the famous Dakota apartment building opposite Central Park in New York. By killing the iconic founder of The Beatles and one of the most famous people on the planet, Chapman immediately joined the pantheon of the most notorious killers of the 20th Century. Why did this middle class young man who had idolized The Beatles kill his hero? A decade later, in a series of...