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Irish Universities Launch Shared Service Jobs Portal

Ireland’s seven universities have launched a new shared services portal advertising all vacancies in Ireland’s university sector

20 Oct 2014

TILDA Study Finds 4 out of 5 Over 50s in Ireland are Overweight or Obese

The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) highlights the consequences of high rates of obesity for health and health service demand in the over 50s in Ireland.

28 Jul 2014

Placing Happiness under a Microscope – Trinity Week Programme to investigate the Science of Happiness

Trinity College Dublin will be examining, dissecti...

7 Apr 2014

Trinity Students Take Home Seven Student Achievement Awards

Students from Trinity were presented with the most...

9 May 2014

Children’s Research Centre hosts International Summer School in Child and Youth Welfare

The Children’s Research Centre (CRC) at Trinity College Dublin hosted 27 students and staff from Israel, Russia, Ireland and Germany at a week-long Summer School as part of the EU Tempus Project.

30 Jul 2014

Trinity Regatta Reunites Sporting Alumni from across the Globe

The Annual Trinity Regatta at Islandbridge (...

25 Apr 2014

New Collection of Poems by Trinity Academic Gerald Dawe

'Mickey Finn's Air', the latest collection of poems by the Trinity poet and essayist was launched by award-winning author Richard Ford.

20 Oct 2014

Trinity Hosts Public Lecture on the Early Universe and Big Bang

Recent experiments have told us more about the mysterious 'dark matter' and 'dark energy' composition of the pre-Big Bang Universe.

4 Jun 2014

Trinity Zoologists Discover Bird Species in Indonesia

A team of zoologists characterised a new species of colourful bird, called the Wakatobi Flowerpecker, in Indonesia.

9 Jun 2014

Comet the Likely Cause of Ancient Crater

Geologists at Trinity believe the Sudbury Basin – one of the largest of its kind on Earth – was likely caused by a comet hitting the earth over 1.8 billion years ago.

17 Nov 2014

Simple Educational Initiative Dramatically Reduces Pre-Hospital Delay for Patients with Heart Attack/Angina Symptoms

Trinity College Study showed a more than 5 hour difference in pre-hospital delay between patients who received 40 minute educational session compared to those who did not.

22 May 2014

Cycling on the Increase in Dublin – But How Safe is it?

More and more people are jumping on their bikes to get to work but the frequency of accidents is concerning, with only one in three recorded by safety authorities.

18 Jun 2014

Major New Trinity Initiative to Increase Number of Northern Ireland Students

Trinity has launched a ground-breaking new initiative to help triple the number of incoming students from Northern Ireland.

3 Jul 2014

Trinity Researchers Publish Report on Second-Generation Migrant Children and their Families

This is one of the first studies in Ireland to focus on children born to migrant parents.

6 Aug 2014

‘Beautiful-Mars’ Website As Gaeilge will Ignite Interest in Martian Science and the Irish Language

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin hope schoolchildren will be encouraged to learn Irish while connecting with the geography and science of the famous Red Planet.

2 Oct 2014

The Ebola Outbreak – Is Africa Really Rising?

Associate Professor in Geography in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin, Padraig Carmody, says: “Much of Africa has made substantial socio-economic progress in the last decade in particular, but for the continent to truly “rise”, a new relationship with the international system and a new state-citizen bargain is required.”

27 Nov 2014

Trinity Sports Scholarship Students Head for Commonwealth Games

Trinity Sports Scholarship students, Victoria Mullin and Prakash Vijayanath will represent their countries in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

22 Jul 2014

Chemists Crack the Chirality Code

Trinity chemists have developed a technique that solves a long-standing conundrum to allow the creation of synthetic amino acids, which will have significant applications in drug development and in building novel proteins.

11 Dec 2014

Sustainable Consumption Project, CONSENSUS, Secures Funding for Innovative Research

CONSENSUS, a research project on sustainable cons...

28 Jan 2014

Five Trinity Researchers Win Starting Investigator or Development Awards

The grants, awarded by Science Foundation Ireland, are designed to help Ireland’s most promising young researchers to embark on fully independent research careers.

28 Jul 2014

Advances Made in Improving Error Awareness in Older People

Neuroscientists at Trinity College Dublin have fo...

14 Apr 2014

Irish Researchers Make A Material Breakthrough

Professor John Boland and his team are the first in the world to measure 'Poisson’s Ratio' on the nanoscale - a breakthrough that will significantly impact the development of flexible electronics.

24 Jul 2014

Conference Celebrates Ireland’s Greatest Philosopher George Berkeley

The enduring contribution of Ireland's greatest p...

8 Apr 2014

Trinity College’s MOOC Team Travel to Wexford for Townhall Meet

The team behind Trinity College Dublin’s online Irish history course enjoyed a lively meeting with learners at Wexford Town Library.

14 Oct 2014

Studies Show How Copycat Feeders Benefit by Imitating Their Competitors

Biologists from Trinity College Dublin have shown...

10 Feb 2014

Over 15,000 sign up for Trinity College Dublin’s first MOOC

'Irish Lives in War and Revolution: Exploring Ireland's history 1912-1923', Trinity’s Massive Open Online Course, run in partnership with FutureLearn, begins on September 1.

22 Aug 2014

Freshers’ Week Kick Starts New Academic Year

Freshers' Week 2014 started the new academic year on a high note. Front Square was buzzing with activity as over 150 Trinity student societies and clubs encouraged new members to join at their stalls.

22 Sep 2014

Trinity Immunologist Wins Nature’s Inspirational Mentor Award

Professor of Comparative Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, Cliona O'Farrelly, won the prestigious award for her ability to inspire students and researchers.

5 Nov 2014

Trinity Launches New Online Courses

Trinity’s Online Education Unit has announced the introduction of two new online/distance postgraduate courses and Trinity’s first free online course, starting in September 2014.

4 Jun 2014

Women Improve Driving More than Men Following ‘Black Box’ Feedback

A road safety study conducted by engineers at Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with CRASH Services used the latest 'black box' technology to provide driver feedback.

6 Oct 2014