Winter Nights - a festival of conversation, culture and ideas from The Irish Times About this event From January 24th to January 27th, join us for Winter Nights, when internationally renowned guests will join Irish Times journalists for four nights of unforgettable debate, discussion, distraction, and everything in between. Ticket price: €50. A ticket gets you access to the whole online festival. All events will be recorded and available On Demand in the week following the festival, so you can catch up on anything you miss, or watch back an event.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the nation’s health and the effective delivery of care. It has cost lives. Healthcare staff have worked long and stressful hours tending to the ill and dying in an emotional vacuum where a patient’s family and friends have had to stay away. Telehealth has become commonplace, with care providers offering or even requiring a telehealth consultation instead of a walk-in appointment. Has this major global healthcare crisis – with some negative and some positive disruptions to the delivery of care – given us a once in a lifetime chance to undo decades

I WISH is an initiative to inspire, encourage and motivate young female students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. STEM can change our world. We have so many world problems to solve – food shortage, climate change, pollution, ageing population. These will be solved through STEM if you help us harness the power of thousands of girls to shape a better world. I WISH (Inspiring Women in Stem) features a conference and interactive exhibitions. The conference also feature workshops, daily keynotes and engaging talks by women and men who have seen the opportunities