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| Formation | March 2012 |
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| Merger of | Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) and Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) |
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Key people | Peter Brown (Director) Jane Ohlmeyer (Chair) |
| Website | Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2024-07-27) |
The Irish Research Council (Irish: An Chomhairle um Thaighde in Éirinn) was an associate agency of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, under the aegis of the Higher Education Authority.
In November 2023, Simon Harris, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, announced the intention of the government to establish Taighde Éireann as a successor body to both Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council.[1] This was implemented by the Research and Innovation Act 2024.