Catch up with Faculty staff in recent media. Providing knowledge and understanding through their writing, speaking, research, and expert comment.

Listings are in staff alphabetical order. Any School items appear at the end of the listings. Please click on the relevant link(s) in each section to access the media item.

 

Professor Ruth Barton, Fellow Emeritus, School of Creative Arts, was a panel guest on a radio programme, marking 100 years since the birth of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, to celebrate her life, films, and enduring legacy on RTÉ Radio 1 Arena on 01 June 2026: Marilyn at 100.

 

Dr Jacob J. Erickson, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies, has written an article on Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical letter on AI in Religion Dispatches on 02 June 2026: Ecologies of Communication - The Built Environments of Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas.

 

Professor Ronan Lyons, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, provides expert comment in this article about the private housing rental market, saying that ‘The lack of rental housing has pushed up the price of rent so much that it is certainly beyond the reach of a single income, and in some cases two of them’ in the Irish Independent on 02 June 2026: Solo parents and single renters ‘completely squeezed’ out of private rental market.

 

Professor Alan Matthews, Fellow Emeritus, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, provides expert comment in an article on CAP saying that ‘new EU proposals to redefine who qualifies for CAP payments are unlikely to significantly change who receives support - but could add another layer of administrative complexity, according to Trinity College Dublin agricultural economist Alan Matthews’. Irish Independent on 02 June 2026: CAP reform may add complexity but not change who receives support, says TCD expert. (Subscriber content)

 

Dr Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Research conducted by Dr Roantree is cited in this article about derelict buildings in the Irish Times on 01 June 2026: It is no surprise people are inclined towards radical direct action given the level of dereliction in Dublin. (Subscriber content)

 

Dr Joe Whelan, School of Social Work and Social Policy. New research by Dr Whelan documents the experience of residents from Dolphin House flats in Dublin 8 of living under the shadow of prolonged regeneration plans and is the feature of this article which notes that ‘[P]prolonged uncertainty should be recognised as ‘a form of social harm’. Irish Times on 02 June 2026: Uncertain Dolphin House regeneration leaves residents with ‘a sense of powerlessness’.