In the media
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Study: Homebirths overwhelmingly more positive experience for women
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Expert Comment: Govt review of Irish abortion law
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News: Trinity denames Berkeley Library
Trinity's board has decided to dename the Berkeley Library.
Extensive national and international coverage included:
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Study: Voting behaviour and exposure to Russian Twitter campaigns in 2016 US election
January 2023
An international research study involving researchers in Ireland, Europe and the USA found that that despite Russia’s disinformation operations on social media, there were no measurable changes in attitudes, polarisation, or voting behaviour among those exposed to the foreign influence campaign on Twitter.
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Government approves eviction ban
October 2022
In October the Irish Government announced a moratorium on evictions until April 2023. Dr Sarah Hamill and Dr Rachel Walsh from our School of Law provided expert comment to a number of media outlets.
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New report on Irish abortion services
July 2022
A report from the School of Social Work and Social Policy has found that Ireland’s new abortion services are overall working well but the needs of women seeking abortion services for severe foetal abnormality are not being met. Extensive coverage included:
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Archives around the world join forces and bring Ireland’s destroyed Public Record Office back to life
June 2022
An immersive digital recreation of the Public Record Office and its collections was launched by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D. Extensive coverage included:
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The forgotten sisters of WB Yeats - Cuala Press Research project
June 2022
The Cuala Press Research Project aims to re-introduce the world to Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, a talented duo who founded the Cuala Industries in 1908 – a female-led enterprise in Churchtown, Dublin that almost exclusively employed and trained young women.
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Trinity ranked in world's top 100 universities
June 2022For the first time in five years, Trinity rejoined the top 100 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, as it rose to 98th place.Extensive media coverage included:
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‘Goldilocks amount’ of time spent online could be good for teenagers’ wellbeing
May 2022
New research from the Department of Sociology in Trinity College Dublin has found further evidence of a relationship between online engagement and mental wellbeing in teenagers.