Catch up with Faculty staff in the media this week, speaking on their research and helping our understanding of current issues.

Dr Norah Campbell, Trinity Business School. Alcohol labelling laws have repeatedly been delayed despite evidence for alcohol's harm on health, write Professor Sara Burke, School of Medicine, and Dr Norah Campbell, Trinity Business School, in the Irish Examiner 08 May 2025: We deserve better than delays to landmark health legislation.

Dr Ashish Kumar Jha, Trinity Business School, is mentioned in an article on a report he co-authored with Microsoft Ireland in the Belfast Newsletter on 07 May 2025: ‘Potential to revolutionise Northern Ireland’s economy': 86% of senior leaders believe AI has a role in generating economic growth and job creation. 

Professor Sean Duffy, School of Histories and Humanities, was an expert panel member on the BBC 4 In Our Time Podcast, on 13 April 2025, on the Battle of Clontarf.  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Brian Boru's victory over Sigtrygg Silkbeard and his Viking allies outside Dublin in 1014, one of the best known events in Irish history.

Professor Chris Morash, School of English, is one of five academics to review the shortlist for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize, that featured in an article in The Conversation on 12 May 2025. The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts.        

Dr Tylor Brand, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, provides expert comment to the Washington Post on the 12 May 2025, on the crisis in Gaza. What is famine? Here's what you need to know as the crisis in Gaza worsens. (Subscriber content)

Dr Claire Howlin, School of Psychology, talks about her recently published research which found that viewing art can boost wellbeing by giving meaning to life, to Sean Moncrieff on Newstalk Radio on 12 May 2025. How art galleries can improve your health!

Dr Catherine Farrell, Dr Martha O’Hagan-Luff and Ms Iseult Sheehy, Trinity Business School, feature and offer expert comment in an article in the Irish Times on 15 May 2025: How can businesses change their business model to support biodiversity?

Ms Hannah Mac Auliffe, PhD Student, School of Histories and Humanities, article analysing The Lebor Gabála Érenn, which tells an epic origin story for Ireland and the Irish language through a series of mythical invasions, is published on the RTÉ website on 14 May 2025: 5 things you didn't know about the epic Book of Invasions.

 

A number of staff provided expert comment on the recent election of the new pope.

Dr Jacob Erickson, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies, appeared twice on the Ireland Am TV programme in relation to the recent election of the new pope. Clips of both appearances are available on the programme’s YouTube channel:

Dr Fáinche Ryan, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies joined a panel of experts on the RTÉ News Special coverage of the election of the new pope in the Vatican City, on 08 May 2025. Dr Ryan also featured on the Nine O' Clock News as part of this coverage. Watch the clip here which starts at 10mins and 48secs.

Professor Linda Hogan, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies provided expert comment on the election of Pope Leo XIV, on RTÉ Radio Morning Ireland on 09 May 2025: 'A Pope who is engaged with the worldwide church' - early analysis of Pope Leo XIV.

Dr Bronagh Ann McShane, School of Histories and Humanities, writes that the new pope’s papacy may be less defined by dramatic gestures and more by a contemplative, doctrinally grounded tone, in the Irish Times on 09 May 2025. In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV. (Subscriber content).

The article is also available on the TCD Communications News page here.