Catch up with Faculty staff in the media this week, speaking on their research and helping our understanding of current issues. Listings are in staff alphabetical order. Any School groupings appear at the end of the listings.
Professor Patrick Geoghegan, School of Histories and Humanities and Trinity Long Room Hub, provides expert comment on Daniel O’Connell in a number of media items.
- Irish Times 06 August 2025: Daniel O’Connell would have enjoyed his life being celebrated 250 years on, says historian. The Liberator’s ancestral home in Kerry will hold a number of events from Wednesday to mark his anniversary.
- RTÉ Nationwide on RTÉ Player 06 August 2025: Nationwide reflects on the life and legacy of Daniel O’Connell, the man known as ‘The Liberator’. Segment with Professor Patrick Geoghegan begins at 12 mins 22 seconds.
- RTÉ Website 06 August 2025: State-led commemoration held at home of Daniel O'Connell.
- RTÉ News video 05 August 2025: Daniel O’Connell remembered on 250th anniversary of his birth.
Dr Supriya Kapoor, Trinity Business School, is quoted in an article on global trade and protectionism saying that ‘Rising protectionism and economic nationalism may lead to a gradual fragmentation of financial markets, where capital becomes more regionally concentrated rather than flowing freely across borders.’ World Finance 28 July 2025: The global trade war has just started.
Lucas Paulo da Silva, PhD Student, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, writes about his study in which he ‘sought to examine how the longstanding boycott of the rightwing tabloid the Sun in Liverpool affected people’s political attitudes up to 2004’. The Conversation 06 August 2025: Did the Sun boycott make Liverpool more leftwing? My study indicates it may have shifted views.
Dr Linda Doyle, Provost, wrote a post on her LinkedIn page about the real-world impact of a University and how Trinity has a significant impact on the development of public policy. She lists Trinity research and expertise which has been referenced multiple times in the Houses of the Oireachtas and those who appeared on Oireachtas committees in recent weeks. Among this list are many staff from the Faculty of AHSS, some of whom who have featured in the Faculty staff in the media lists or in separate news items on the FAHSS website. Please see the post here on LinkedIn.
School of Histories and Humanities and Trinity Long Room Hub. There are further media reports on the two-day O’Connell 250 Symposium organised by the Trinity Long Room Hub in association with the School of Histories and Humanities to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell.
- Irish Examiner 02 August 2025: Daniel O’Connell personified the perpetual importance of an independent Bar. An opinion piece about how Daniel O’Connell transformed an oppressive legal system references the Taoiseach's speech at the O’Connell 250 Symposium.
- Irish Examiner 03 August 2025: Daniel O’Connell: Stand-off at Clontarf unjustly stains the legacy of Ireland's greatest politician. This article about Daniel O’Connell quotes Professor Patrick Geoghegan and includes an image from the stamp launch at the O’Connell 250 Symposium.
- Radio Kerry 31 July 2025: New stamps unveiled to commemorate 250th anniversary of Daniel O’Connell.
- Irish Post 31 July 2025: Taoiseach launches new stamp marking 250 years since Daniel O’Connell’s birth.