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RTÉ Brainstorm
New ideas and insights about the world around us. From RTÉ in co-operation with Irish universities and Research Ireland.
All you need to know about voice spoofing and audio
7 mins; March 25, 2026
What learning a second language does to your first language
6 mins; March 04, 2026
Who owns my child’s data?
6 mins; February 25, 2026
Are you being ripped off by the 'loyalty penalty'?
6 mins; February 18, 2026
How long will it take for my solar panels to pay for themselves?
6 mins; February 11, 2026
6 policy changes which could help consumers save money & cut costs
8 mins; February 04, 2026
Why do some words give us the ick?
5 mins; January 28, 2026
Why electric cars need to be heard as well as seen
27 mins; January 23, 2026
Why women are taking to the sheds in Ireland
24 mins; January 16, 2026
All you ever wanted to know about emergency planning
26 mins; January 09, 2026
Cad é an scéal leis an nGaeilge?
29 mins; December 12, 2025
What will Irish towns look like in the future?
28 mins; December 05, 2025
Where are the future strongholds of Gaelic games?
26 mins; November 28, 2025
From toys to wars, where will you encounter drones next?
29 mins; November 21, 2025
Where does the time go?
31 mins; November 14, 2025
The hospitality crisis: what's happening to Irish restaurants?
11 mins; November 04, 2025
Are 'quiet redundancies' happening in your workplace?
10 mins; October 21, 2025
Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?
6 mins; October 14, 2025
How slogans as Gaeilge have become part of Irish-Gaza protests
6 mins; October 07, 2025
Why is the Child of Prague statue associated with Irish weddings and weather?
6 mins; August 26, 2025
Are you stuck in the wrong job? 5 signs it’s time to move on
7 mins; August 19, 2025
What was on the menu in prehistoric Ireland?
9 mins; August 12, 2025
Do I have to work when I’m sick?
4 mins; August 05, 2025
It's 1970 and the Irish army are plotting to invade Northern Ireland
8 mins; July 29, 2025
Howya lads: how we address and greet others in Ireland
5 mins; July 22, 2025
How 92 year‑old Richard Morgan became a rowing world champion
6 mins; July 15, 2025
The colourful story of the Elephant House on Dublin's O'Connell Street
9 mins; July 08, 2025
The night JFK came to dinner in Dublin
7 mins; July 01, 2025
Meet George Ryan, the Tipperary Don Quixote in 18th century Peru
7 mins; June 24, 2025
Meet George Ryan, the Tipperary Don Quixote in 18th century Peru
7 mins; June 24, 2025
Is it possible to create a healthy, tasty beer with no alcohol?
7 mins; June 17, 2025
How RIP.ie became an unlikely Irish cultural phenomenon
7 mins; June 09, 2025
Why micro-retirement has become a new workplace trend for Gen Z & millennials
6 mins; June 02, 2025
How bonus points have changed Leaving Cert Maths
8 mins; May 27, 2025
Here are 10 landmark GAA sites to visit in 2025
10 mins; May 20, 2025
Why exemptions from studying Irish are an increasing phenomenon
5 mins; May 13, 2025
How do EVs perform in the real world? Here’s what one Cork driver discovered
8 mins; May 08, 2025
Why are my bills going up (and up) mid-contract?
8 mins; April 10, 2025
Do you have a middle-ageing brain?
5 mins; April 08, 2025
Why money doesn't always motivate employees
7 mins; April 01, 2025
Why you should be collecting and using rainwater
5 mins; March 25, 2025
The story of the first all-Ireland mapping survey 200 years ago
7 mins; March 18, 2025
Why do we work?
24 mins; March 07, 2025
How social media has impacted on young people's mental health
57 mins; February 28, 2025
All you ever wanted to know about Jupiter
33 mins; February 21, 2025
Where have all the Patricks gone?
48 mins; February 14, 2025
How do you create a bike-friendly neighbourhood?
38 mins; February 07, 2025
What can be done with 11,000 tons of used wind turbine blades?
30 mins; January 31, 2025
Rain, floods & storms: why weather conditions are getting wetter
49 mins; January 23, 2025
The story of 3 wild Irish lives
65 hours 8 mins; January 14, 2025
How we’re tricked into buying new appliances
7 mins; December 31, 2024
How the way you walk tells the story of your health
6 mins; December 03, 2024
The golden age of video games is over
11 mins; November 26, 2024
5 things our deposit return scheme can learn from other countries
9 mins; November 19, 2024
Where did all the historical Irish weather data go?
8 mins; November 12, 2024
How competitive is the Irish broadband market?
6 mins; November 05, 2024
Do you work with a psychopath? Here's how to know
6 mins; October 29, 2024
'Ireland's gate to hell': a Co Roscommon cave and the Otherworld
6 mins; October 22, 2024
Tornadoes in Ireland: yes, we get them and here's how many
8 mins; October 15, 2024
From Germany to the US, the countries who plotted to invade Ireland
8 mins; October 08, 2024
Meet Anne O'Brien, the legendary soccer star from Inchicore
6 mins; October 01, 2024
Why we need a new bidding process for buying homes in Ireland
6 mins; September 24, 2024
Here's the real cost of your morning rush hour commute in Dublin
10 mins; September 17, 2024
Why do some people have no sense of direction?
6 mins; September 10, 2024
A step by step guide to how one Cork homeowner cut his energy costs
6 mins; September 02, 2024
Why doctors and nurses should use more plain language and less jargon
6 mins; August 26, 2024
How Irishman William Howard Russell invented modern war reporting
8 mins; August 19, 2024
5 reasons why it’s so difficult to get a divorce in Ireland
7 mins; August 12, 2024
Wreckers and levellers: evicting Ireland's poor during the Great Famine
9 mins; August 05, 2024
The successful 'back to basics' approach of farming in The Burren
5 mins; July 29, 2024
Why Irish field names and local placenames need to be recorded
6 mins; July 22, 2024
All you ever wanted to know about shipping containers
9 mins; July 15, 2024
How the Marino estate transformed Dublin housing 100 years ago
10 mins; July 08, 2024
How coffee badging became a new workplace trend
6 mins; July 01, 2024
Meet Lena Rice, the only Irish woman to ever triumph at Wimbledon
10 mins; June 24, 2024
How vaping has an unhealthy impact on indoor air quality
6 mins; June 17, 2024
The story behind Croke Park's rodeo extravaganza in 1924
8 mins; June 04, 2024
The story of the secret theatre buried under Dublin’s Busáras
8 mins; May 21, 2024
'Face the flag': the complicated history of the national anthem and Gaelic games
7 mins; May 14, 2024
How much does it really cost to build a new house in Ireland?
10 mins; May 07, 2024
Why do people talk so much at gigs and concerts?
8 mins; April 30, 2024
When Ireland said no to nuclear power in Co Wexford
8 mins; April 23, 2024
Wizard wanted: why job ads use such bizarre terms and descriptions
6 mins; April 16, 2024
Why class in the workplace remains a taboo subject in Ireland
6 mins; April 09, 2024
Why we keep comparing politicians to Hitler and why we need to stop
6 mins; April 02, 2024
How a new app could show you green travel routes through Dublin
5 mins; March 19, 2024
Why do breathing techniques stop panic attacks?
6 mins; March 05, 2024
3 misunderstandings about money that cost a lot in the long run
5 mins; February 27, 2024
How a kiss in public in DeValera’s Ireland caused a global sensation
6 mins; February 20, 2024
How remote working has changed how we learn on the job
6 mins; February 13, 2024
Why are teens half as likely to walk or cycle to school in Dublin as Dunshaughlin?
6 mins; February 06, 2024
Why do you have so many unread emails?
7 mins; January 30, 2024
Who was Kathleen Lynn? The diaries of a radical Irish woman
6 mins; January 23, 2024
Dia dhuit: what's behind Irish language's religious roots?
6 mins; January 16, 2024
5 tips to save money on your heating this winter
6 mins; January 09, 2024
Is Government policy leading to longer commutes and urban sprawl?
4 mins; January 03, 2024
'A good send-off': why food plays a major role in Irish wakes and funerals
9 mins; January 02, 2024
How Irish dance became a significant business for Irish women
6 mins; December 05, 2023
How did the marriage bar affect Irish women?
7 mins; November 28, 2023
Why so many of us will run up that hill with Kate Bush
6 mins; November 21, 2023
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