Opinion
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Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason delivers Henry Grattan Lecture
The School of Social Sciences and Philosophy lecture series has been running since 2013, featuring speakers including former Taoiseach Mr John Bruton, former President of Ireland Mary McAleese and Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank.
3 May 2023
Society
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Abortion services review: Little has changed in some parts of the country
Catherine Conlon, School of Social Work and Social Policy, Dr Deirdre Duffy, Lancaster University, write about their research about service users and providers of abortion service in Ireland. This piece was first published by The Irish Times.
2 May 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Why Leaving Cert results delay has to stop
Vice-Provost Orla Sheils writes: It is difficult to pinpoint an excuse for the ongoing delay that justifies the enormous disruption to students’ progression beyond second level education. From a logistical perspective, the delay means colleges and universities once again face organising a staggered start.
20 Apr 2023
Society|Students
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International lessons from the Good Friday Agreement, 25 years on
Decades of peace efforts have created a remarkable wealth of human peacemaking experience in Ireland at all levels of society, from diplomats to community workers, says Dr David Mitchell, in this piece originally published in The Irish Independent.
6 Apr 2023
Research|Society
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How a night of poor sleep can affect your next day at work – and four ways to function better
Trinity's Professor Wladislaw Riven with an interesting piece first published by The Conversation, with some handy hints for those who haven't slept well before work.
3 Apr 2023
Business|Health
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Are criminal proceedings the only route to truth for Baby John?
Dr Catherine Conlon writes about her research on concealed pregnancy in contemporary Ireland in this piece that was first published in The Irish Examiner.
29 Mar 2023
Research|Society
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We used to think diamonds were everywhere. New research suggests they’ve always been rare
Emma Tomlinson, Assistant Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, co-authored this piece about what her collaborative research is teaching us about the formation of diamonds throughout time.
16 Mar 2023
Environment|Research|Science
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International law doesn’t protect people fleeing environmental disaster – here’s how it could
Only the creation of an efficient international framework of laws can guarantee refuge for people fleeing such environmental disasters in future, says Morgiane Noel, PhD Candidate, School of Law.
14 Mar 2023
Research|Society
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Landlords and tenants could both be aggrieved by the government’s ‘first refusal’ plan
It is hard to fully tease out the constitutional issues which may arise from the announcement that tenants will get the first chance to buy their home from their landlord, writes Dr Sarah Hamill, School of Law, in a piece first published in The Sunday Business Post.
13 Mar 2023
Research|Society
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Are interest rates really going to keep rising sharply?
Until core inflation is definitely under control, borrowing costs are going to rise more sharply than everyone was hoping, says Dr Supriya Kapoor, Trinity Business School, in this piece published in The Conversation.
13 Mar 2023
Business|Research|Society