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 Suzanne Cahill, School of Social Work and Social Policy, has written an opinion piece on how nursing home models don't fully address fears about dementia and long-term care in the face of an ageing population in the Irish Examiner on 06 February 2026: Is a shift towards for-profit care homes a fair deal for all?
Dr Norah Campbell, Trinity Business School, provides expert comment on why our food environment needs reform and why the onus should not be on individuals as consumers in the Irish Times on 08 February 2026: Chilling headlines about so-called ‘UPFs’ keep coming. What do Irish shoppers need to know? (Subscriber Content)
Dr Sarah Hamill, School of Law, questions whether the Government's fear of losing a legal challenge may be limiting its ability to offer greater protection to victims who wish to stay in their own homes in the Irish Times on 07 February 2026: ‘I was so terrified’: How domestic abuse victims are becoming homeless. (Subscriber content)
Professor Massimo Faggioli, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies, is quoted in this article about his recent lecture ‘Catholicism and Global Politics Today: The Challenge of Integralism and Political Messianism’ in The Tablet on 12 February 2026: Church must ‘defend democracy against authoritarianism’, says Loyola Institute professor.
Professor Alan Matthews, Fellow Emeritus, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Professor Matthews, expert analysis is referred to in this article stating that it has shown that the impact of the limited beef trade liberalisation with South America introduced by the Mercosur trade deal could only be marginal on the incomes of Irish farmers, in an article on The Currency on 08 February 2026: Larry Murrin and the proxy war consuming Bord Bia.
Professor Gail McElroy, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Hugh Linehan looks at the 2024 general election and features an essay by Professor McElroy in an Irish Times Podcast Inside Politics on 11 February 2026: Inside Politics: Irish politics shifted left. Why?
Emmet Oliver, Adjunct Teaching Fellow, Trinity Business School, joined Jim Clarken, CEO of Oxfam Ireland, to discuss the implementation of a wealth tax in Ireland on Newstalk Radio on 28 January 2026: Would A Wealth Tax Work In Ireland?
Dr Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, appeared at a recent Oireachtas Committee, and provided expert comment with other economists who ‘said money given away through the tax system is often tracked and reviewed far less closely than spending on services or projects’. The Irish Independent on 10 February 2026: Tax breaks ‘face less scrutiny’ than public spending.
Professor Ian Robertson, Fellow Emeritus, School of Psychology.
- Professor Robertson wrote an article on Anxiety in the Irish Times on 08 February 2026: We risk over-diagnosing anxiety. There’s another way to look at it. (Subscriber content)
- Coverage of a positive health summit in RCSI focuses in on the keynote speech delivered by Professor Robertson in an article in the Irish Times on 10 February 2026: The power of confidence: ‘Chronic high levels of success create high levels of influence... it can go to people’s heads.’ (Subscriber content)
Professor Martin Worthington, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, was a guest on a radio show discussing the laws that Hammurabi (c1810 - c1750 BC), King of Babylon, had carved into a black basalt pillar in present day Iraq and which, since its rediscovery in 1901 in present day Iran, has affirmed Hammurabi's reputation as one of the first great lawmakers, on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time on 12 February 2026: The Code of Hammurabi. Please note BBC Sounds is not available in the Republic of Ireland, however this programme will appear on Apple/Spotify/BBC.com etc from 12 March 2026.