Articles
-
Trinity and Dublin City Council launch Ireland’s first local government Generative AI Lab
The ADAPT Research Ireland Centre at Trinity is leading a new model of collaboration to support the safe and trusted adoption of GenAI opportunities within Dublin City Council.
20 Feb 2025
Business|Community|Innovation|Research
-
Researchers secure EPA funding to pursue seven “green living” projects
Seven researchers from Trinity have secured Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding totalling €4.4 million to pursue research projects with a focus in climate change, environmental and human health, and more sustainable living
20 Feb 2025
Research|Science|Sustainability
-
Trinity's iconic Campanile re-emerges after repairs
Trinity’s Estates and Facilities team have worked since the summer of 2024 towards a comprehensive upgrade of the 100-foot bell tower, which was constructed in 1853, and is the first major structure visitors to Trinity see after coming through the Front Arch.
21 Feb 2025
Community|Environment
-
Shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize announced
The shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2025 has been announced today by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre.
24 Feb 2025
-
Ireland’s protected dunes are thriving – thanks to well-managed tourism
Biodiversity is proliferating within one of Ireland’s Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) according to new research from Trinity, which is at odds with the often-held assumption that tourism and conservation make for poor bedfellows.
25 Feb 2025
-
Irish study identifies financial and canvassing barriers for disabled political candidates
The first Irish study of disabled political candidates was conducted by researchers in the School of Education and colleagues in the University of Galway.
25 Feb 2025
Research|Society
-
Seven Trinity projects scoop Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future funding
Researchers from Trinity have scooped a combined €6.5 million to lead research projects tackling challenges that range from enhancing the performance of 2D nanomaterials to bioengineering corneas.
26 Feb 2025
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
-
Trinity lays to rest human remains found during E3 works
“These remains, now entrusted to our care, are the remnants of real people, each with their own stories, who lived at a time when the study of anatomy was in its infancy."
27 Feb 2025
Community|Society
-
America is suffering from an epidemic of mass cowardice
The US is not yet a fascist society, but acting as if it is risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy, writes Prof. Daniel Geary, School of Histories and Humanities, in a comment piece in The Irish Times
27 Feb 2025
Research|Society
-
Dírithe ag Cumann Feamainne nua na hÉireann ar an acmhainneacht neamhshaothraithe atá ag saothrú na feamainne
Tá Cumann nuabhunaithe Feamainne na hÉireann (ISA) chun díriú ar an acmhainneacht nach bhfuil leas bainte as fós maidir le saothrú feamainne. Seolfar an cumann ag imeacht i gColáiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath tráthnóna inniu.
28 Feb 2025
Business|Research|Science|Society
-
Untapped potential of seaweed farming the focus of new Irish Seaweed Association
Hosted by the Centre for Social Innovation at Trinity Business School and the School of Natural Sciences, the Irish Seaweed Association is a spin out from the C-FAARER research project.
28 Feb 2025
Business|Research|Science|Sustainability
-
One-in-five people who use alcohol and other drugs have symptoms of ADHD
Professor Catherine Comiskey and a research team at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in partnership with the national Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign called for Immediate training in neurodiversity for drugs services’ staff at all levels.
28 Feb 2025
Health|Research|Society
-
If humans are ‘bundles of habits,’ can we take control of them?
Eike Buabang, School of Psychology and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, shares five essential strategies to master your habits in an article for The Conversation.
3 Mar 2025
Research|Science|Society
-
Astrophysicists discover complex weather of starless “Super-Jupiter”
An international team of researchers has discovered that variations in brightness must be the result of complex weather, providing crucial new insights into the 3-D complexity of gas giant atmospheres within and beyond our solar system.
3 Mar 2025
Research|Science
-
Trailblazer Aoife McLysaght stars on new Women in STEM stamp
Issuing just ahead of International Women’s Day 2025 on 8th March, An Post’s new stamps acknowledge the achievements of Women in STEM and the challenges.
5 Mar 2025
Culture|Science|Society
-
AI could supercharge human collective intelligence in everything from disaster relief to medical research
By enhancing human decision-making, AI systems offer faster and more accurate insights – whether in medical research, disaster response, or environmental protection, write Hao Cui and Taha Yasseri, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy in a piece for The Conversation.
5 Mar 2025
Research|Society
-
Female contractors earn higher average daily rate than male counterparts
Female contractors in Ireland earn a higher average daily rate than their male counterparts, according to a new study from the Ireland’s Project Economy survey conducted by researchers in Trinity Business School.
5 Mar 2025
Business|Research|Society
-
Mark Little appointed new Director of Trinity Translational Medicine Institute
Professor Mark Little takes office from out-going Director Professor Aideen Long
5 Mar 2025
Health|Research
-
Decolonising Ireland’s education system remains vital despite the country’s wealth and privilege
Ireland urgently needs to decolonise its higher education system, write Aoife Lynam, Conor McGuckin and Lucie Ehiwe from the School of Education in this piece for The Conversation.
6 Mar 2025
Research|Society
-
New advocacy group aims to develop cohesive concussion guidelines across all sporting codes
Trinity is today hosting the inaugural meeting of a new concussion advocacy group, which brings together researchers, medics, sportspeople and charities, and puts the burning issue of concussive brain injuries in sports such as rugby, GAA, football and boxing firmly in the spotlight.
7 Mar 2025
Health|Research|Science|Society