Network Ireland Television (Firm)
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
[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
[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
[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
[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
The thoroughbred breeding industry operates within confines of very tight breeding and racing calendar. Breeders try to produce foals as close to January 1st as possible and currently, they artificially advance the mares' breeding cycle by keeping them indoors under lights for approx 12 weeks from December. Barbara Murphy, head of UCD spinout company Equilume has developed a light mask that consists of tiny blue LED lights set into one of the eye...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and for years, researchers have been studying it as a potential pollution-free energy of the future.This episode investigates how aligning wind energy with hydrogen production could be a key part of the decarbonization jigsaw for transport and heating. It looks at how scientists are splitting water to produce emission-free ‘green’ hydrogen and examines trials of hydrogen-powered buses. It also...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When YouTube was launched in 2005 surely nobody could have predicted its meteoric rise in popularity, influence and usage. In less than a decade, viewings of videos on the site have gone from 8 million views a day to a staggering 2 billion views, and the internet may well be reaching the capacity of being able to cope with this success. The semiconductor industry is crucial to the evolution and success of computer technology and internet development....
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Who hasn’t felt the urge to sing in the shower, to chime in on the chorus of their favourite tune or belt out an anthem at a sporting event? Melodies ring out at every important human activity – from romancing mates to soothing babies, from worshipping to mourning, celebrating to protesting. What triggers this response in humans? Are we hardwired for music? Addicted to rhythm? What power does music have over our bodies and our brains? Scientists...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Caracas is the most urbanized city in the most urbanized country in the most urbanized region of the world. Nine-three percent of the population of the country live in urban areas. The city has a population of 2.1 million and 5.1 million depending on where the boundary is drawn. The boundary keeps shifting outwards and upwards. And the city continues to draw people in not just from within Venezuela and neighboring countries but also from The Caribbean...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Program is the most ambitious earth observation program in the world. The first satellite, Sentinel 1a, was launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana in April 2014, and Jonathan meets Barry Fennell from Enterprise Ireland to find out how the data is already being put to use in Ireland: from advances in environmental observation for flooding and coastal erosion, to the monitoring of our coastal borders...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
From Sunday roast dinners to Friday night takeaways, food has long been a central feature of our lives. We don’t just eat for our survival, we eat for pleasure, to celebrate weddings, deaths, birthdays, achievements. Yet we still don’t fully understand how the digestive system works, how our bodies choose which compounds to absorb, and how the microbiome in the gut interacts with the brain.In this episode, we meet researchers exploring how these...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This week we look at some of the advances in science and technology which are helping us to limit, prevent or recover from injury, and improve our general performance… but also find out what can happen when we push things a little too far… Concussion continues to be a hot topic in the sports world. Jonathan meets RCSI’s Dara Meldrum who is developing an app to rehabilitate inner-ear imbalance – a common symptom of concussion – and talks...