“The Royal Irish Academy has been around since 1795, supporting and advancing research in the sciences and humanities. Its royal charter declared its aims to be ‘the promotion and investigation of the sciences, polite literature, and antiquities.’ It now has 385 ordinary members and 56 honorary members, all of whom have attained distinction in scholarship and research in Ireland. Its core funding comes from the Higher Education Authority and it resides in Academy House in Dublin’s Dawson Street …” (more)
[Irish Times, 24 February]