Pint of Science Ireland

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Cleaning the Brain: The importance of sleep

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:30:00 GMT

In this episode of Pint of Science Ireland, Dr. Ailís O’Carroll speaks with Dr. Janosch Heller, Assistant Professor at Dublin City University, Honorary Lecturer at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, and Irish Research Council Laureate Awardee. They explore how the brain clears waste during sleep, the role of key molecules called aquaporins, and how this system is affected by aging and inflammatory disease. Dr. Heller also shares his career journey, insights on experimental failure, and the importance of science communication now more than ever. Enjoy!

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Season 3 - Episode 3 - Love them or Cull them: The Badger dilemma in Irish Conservation

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:34:29 GMT

In this episode of the Pint of Science Ireland Podcast, Conall speaks with Dr. Virginia Morera-Pujol, Ad Astra Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture at University College Dublin. They explore the role of badger conservation in the Irish ecosystem, the challenges badgers can present to bovine TB epidemiology, and the wider impact on Irish agriculture. Most importantly, they discuss the scientific approaches currently being developed to address this complex issue. Enjoy!

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Season 3 - Episode 2 - Immunometabolism with Dr. Cristhiane Favero de Aguiar

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:22:50 GMT

In this episode of Pint of Science Ireland, Anastasia speaks with Dr. Cristhiane Favero de Aguiar, a postdoctoral fellow at Trinity College Dublin. Listen in as they delve into the world of immunometabolism, discussing the differing metabolism of immune cells, the difficulty in studying complex systems and the misconceptions of immunology and metabolism in media.

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Season 3 - Episode 1 - Making A Giant Cup of Green Tea with Dr. Eoin Syron

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

In this podcast, Paul from the Pint of Science Ireland Podcast Team, chats with Dr. Eoin Syron from the University College of Dublin. They discuss chemical engineering concepts such as "green molecules for green energy", one of Dr. Syron's research topics of interest. They also converse about research methods, scale up of sustainable energy systems and Ireland's current energy systems!

Eoin compares chemical engineering to making a giant cup of tea! This is a brilliant analogy describing the workings of a chemical engineer in a relatable way. We hope you enjoy the podcast as we jump from "what does a chemical engineer do?" to "green molecules for green energy" and "lunch box reactors".

Take a moment to relax, pour a pint and learn about the world of chemical engineering!

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Season 3 - Introduction - Meet the Pint of Science Podcast Team!

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Meet the new season's Pint of Science Podcast Team! Enthusiastic science communicators from a diverse background ranging from molecular biology to open access science! Take a moment to enjoy a pint and listen to the team's motivations and background!

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Season 2 - Episode 6 - Public and Mental Health with Julie Arnott

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:08:49 GMT

As we all learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, public health is inextricably linked to mental health - Brian Kennedy talks to Julie Arnott, an epidemiologist and public health specialist. She has studied maternal health in Uganda and Tanzania, has worked with the HSE as a COVID-19 epidemiologist, and is currently researching the physical and mental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland.

The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.

Executive Producer, editing: Molly McCrory

Research: Molly McCrory and Dan Giffney

Interviewer: Brian Kennedy

Music:

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Season 2 - Episode 5 - Women in the Home & Workplace with Dr. Maeve O'Sullivan

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 15:46:08 GMT

Women provide the bulk of care within the household in Ireland - Dan Giffney talks to Dr. Maeve O'Sullivan, a lecturer/Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management & Decent Work, on how this came to be in Ireland, how it's changing and what can be done to relieve women of certain pressures and facilitate their wider and equal participation in the Irish workforce.

The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.

Executive Producer, editing, research: Aneta Nerguti

Interviewer: Dan Giffney.

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Season 2 Episode 4 - Your Brain on Books with Dr Ciara Egan

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 18:00:47 GMT

This episode features Brian Kennedy talking to Dr Ciara Egan, a lecturer in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Galway. Ciara talks to the pod about her research into how reading works in the brain, her work with adults who have dyslexia, and reproducible research.

You can find Ciara on Twitter/X at @BrainbowPoi and her research can be found online at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ciara-Egan-4.

The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.

Executive Producer: Brian Kennedy

Editing: Kate Finucane

Interviewer: Brian Kennedy

Research: Molly McCrory and Brian Kennedy

Guest: Dr Ciara Egan

Music:

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Season 2 - Episode 3 - Returning Nature - A Howling Success?

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 08:48:01 GMT

For this episode, Peter Lebrocquy Cox interviews Kilian Murphy, an ecological research scientist working in the Lab of Willdife Ecology and Behaviour at UCD. Tune in to hear about the bigger picture ecology, our relationship with it and a message of hope for the future.

This episode is produced for POS Ireland by Eolas Productions. Follow more from Kilian Murphy on Twitter.

Producer: Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Interviewer: Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Research: Aneta Nerguti

Editor: Dan Giffney, Aneta Nerguti

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Season 2 - Episode 2 - AI-ming for Awareness

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 08:07:38 GMT

For this episode, Aneta Nerguti interviews Dr. Adrian Byrne on ethics, bias, legislation and opportunity in AI. What is the future of AI, how can/should it be regulated and what opportunities does it bring us?

This episode is produced for POS Ireland by Eolas Productions. Follow more from Dr. Byrne on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Producer: Aneta Nerguti

Interviewer: Aneta Nerguti

Research: Daniel Giffney, Molly McCrory, Peter Lebrocquy Cox and Julius Huelsmann.

Editor: Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Dr. Adrian Byrne is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Career-FIT PLUS Fellow at CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for Applied AI. He is also Lead Researcher; AI Ethics Centre, Idiro Analytics.

Dr. Byrne is in receipt of funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant. This podcast reflects the author's views only. Neither Enterprise Ireland nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information disclosed.

Music:

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Season 2 Episode 1 - Gut Feelings with Vanessa Teckentrup

Sun, 06 Aug 2023 15:00:00 GMT

This episode features Molly McCrory talking to Vanessa Teckentrup, a postdoctoral researcher in the Gillan Lab in Trinity College Dublin. Vanessa talks to us about her PhD research on stimulating the vagus nerve to study how the brain deals with physical and mental disturbances, as well as her thoughts on open science and replicability!

You can find Vanessa on Twitter at @glassybrain and the Gillan Lab in TCD at https://gillanlab.com.

The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.

Executive Producer: Kate Finucane

Editing: Kate Finucane

Interviewer: Molly McCrory

Research: Brian Kennedy and Kate Finucane

Guest: Vanessa Teckentrup

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Pint of Science 2023 and Season 2

Mon, 15 May 2023 15:36:44 GMT

We are taking a short break this month - Pint of Science 2023 starts next week across Ireland - you can view events on https://pintofscience.ie/

Season 2 coming soon!

Music:

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Episode 10 - Beyond Binary: Exposing Gender Bias in AI Systems

Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:52:51 GMT

Dan Giffney interviews Marion Bartl, a computational linguist working on gender bias and fairness in Natural Language Processing - how can AI be biased and what are we doing to change that?

You can find Marion on Twitter at @marion_bartl

The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.

Executive Producer: Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Editing: Aneta Nerguti & Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Interviewer: Dan Giffney

Research: Dan Giffney, Peter Lebrocquy Cox, Aneta Nerguti, Julius Huelsmann

Guest: Marion Bartl

Music:

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Episode 9 - Have you herd? Managing the deer in Phoenix Park with Andrew Ryan

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 16:00:00 GMT

This episode features Kate Finucane talking to Andrew Ryan, a master's student in University College Dublin who works with the deer in Phoenix Park. Tune in to hear about what goes into managing the herd and what it's like to research toxoplasmosis in wild deer.

You can find Andrew on twitter at @andrewoid97 and the Laboratory of Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour group in UCD at https://sites.google.com/ucd.ie/wildl-ecol-behav-at-ucd/home?authuser=0.

The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.

Executive Producer: Kate Finucane

Editing: Brian Kennedy

Interviewer: Kate Finucane

Research: Brian Kennedy and Molly McCrory

Guest: Andrew Ryan

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Episode 8 - Health-esteem with Dr. Clíona Ní Cheallaigh

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 15:10:20 GMT

This episode features Peter Lebrocquy Cox talking to Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, an infectious diseases and internal medicine physician in St James's Hospital, Dublin, and Senior Lecturer in Medical Gerontology. In this episode, she explores the implications of our current health system on those who have less access to it due to perceived social status.

You can find Clíona on Twitter at @ClionaNi

The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.

Executive Producer: Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Editing: Aneta Nerguti & Dan Giffney

Interviewer: Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Research: Dan Giffney

Guest: Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Episode 7 - Working in the Space Industry with Dr. John Ward

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 11:14:32 GMT

This episode features Molly McCrory talking to Dr. John Ward, an astrophysicist turned Space Product Manager. Tune in to hear about what it's like to work in the space industry in Ireland.

You can find John on twitter at @astro_ward and Réaltra can be found at www.realtra.space

The Pint of Science Ireland Podcast is produced by Eolas Productions.

Executive Producer: Kate Finucane

Editing: Brian Kennedy and Kate Finucane

Interviewer: Molly McCrory

Research: Kate Finucane and Brian Kennedy

Guest: Dr. John Ward

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Episode 6 - Untangling Quantum Physics with Dr. Mark Mitchison

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 17:57:23 GMT

In this episode, Aneta Nerguti chats to Dr. Mark Mitchison about his work in using quantum physics to measure our universe and demystifies the mysterious world of quantum physics.

You can find Dr Mark Mitchison on twitter @MarkMitchison.

Executive Producer: Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Editing: Daniel Giffney and Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Interviewer: Aneta Nerguti

Research: Peter Lebrocquy Cox, Daniel Giffney and Molly Mccrory.

Guest: Dr. Mark Mitchison, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Episode 5 - Sex Differences in Health with Andrew McGovern

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:28:02 GMT

In this episode, Molly McCrory talks to Andrew McGovern about sex differences in the brain relating to health.

You can find Andrew's podcast, Living Room Logic, here: https://linktr.ee/LivingRoomLogic

Executive Producer: Molly McCrory

Editing: Kate Finucane

Interviewer: Molly McCrory

Research: Brian Kennedy

Guest: Andrew McGovern, PhD student University of Limerick

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Episode 4 - Finding Porpoise with Nicole Todd

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 08:36:14 GMT

In this episode, Daniel Giffney chats to PhD student Nicole Todd about her work with harbour porpoise in irish waters. Listen in to hear about the smaller, introverted cousins of Dolphins.

You can find Nicole's research paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12951

Executive Producer: Aneta Nerguti

Editing: Peter Lebrocquy Cox

Interviewer: Daniel Giffney

Guest: Nicole Todd, PhD student UCC

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Episode 3 - Solar Water Disinfection with Prof Kevin McGuigan

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 15:47:03 GMT

In this episode, we interview Professor Kevin McGuigan, a professor in RCSI whose research involves using solar energy to provide safe drinking water to vulnerable communities in low-to-medium-income countries.

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Episode 2 - Volcanoes & Earthquakes with Eleanor Dunn

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 17:47:31 GMT

Eleanor Dunn speaks with Brian Kennedy about her research into the relationship between volcanoes and earthquakes and new methods of prediction.

Music:

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Episode 1 - Genetics & Blindness with Laura Whelan

Sun, 08 May 2022 13:59:06 GMT

In this episode, we interview Laura Whelan who is a final year PhD candidate in Professor Jane Farrar’s lab in Trinity College Dublin, researching inherited blindness. She explains the basics of genetics and how it applies to her research on a specific form of blindness.

Music

Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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