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 Jennifer Edmond, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, and Professor Ian Robertson, Fellow Emeritus, School of Psychology, feature in this article which reports on an event organised by the Fellows of Trinity College Dublin to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the concept of a university. Trinity College News website on 23 April 2026: “Everybody is slightly terrified”: What is a university in the age of AI?
Dr Colin J. Flynn, School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Science and Dr Noel Ó Murchadha, School of Education. Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary TD launched ‘The Irish Language Attitudes Survey, 2025: Ability, Use and Attitudes on the Island of Ireland’. The study was conducted by Dr Flynn and Dr Ó Murchadha in collaboration with Ipsos/B&A and was commissioned by Foras na Gaeilge with funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht during summer 2025.
- The report is the feature of this article which states that only tiny minorities in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are opposed to the language on The Journal.ie on 19 May 2026: Irish language is supported by majorities north and south, a new survey suggests.
- Please see also a news item on this report on the FAHSS website on 20 May 2026: Tá móramh soiléir sa dá dhlínse anois i bhfabhar na Gaeilge / A clear majority in both jurisdictions are now in favour of the Irish language.
- The report is available on the Foras Na Gaeilge website: Research Launch - The Survey on Attitudes towards the Irish Language 2025.
Professor Na Fu, Trinity Business School, is quoted in this front page article about the true motivation for the recent heavy job cuts announced at Meta, in the Irish Independent on 21 May 2026: Big Tech firms accused of AI washing as Meta cuts jobs. (Subscriber content)
Dr Seán Hewitt, School of English, is mentioned in this article as his debut novel ‘Open, Heaven’ was shortlisted for the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize. The Dylan Thomas Prize is a prestigious award for young writers. The Guardian on 14 May 2026: American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘blistering’ debut poetry collection.
Some reviews of Dr Hewitt’s book are available here:
- The Guardian on 24 April 2025: Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt review – an exquisite tale of first love.
- Irish Times on 30 April 2025: Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt: a portrait of the sensualist as a young man. (Subscriber content)
Further information on the Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize is available here.
Professor Ronan Lyons, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, features in a number of media items following the publication of the latest DAFT Rental Report Q1 2026 which he authored. The report finds that the recent ‘sharp surge in rents coincides with the new rent control system’ and that the ‘impact has been to bring about an increase in market rents larger than any seen over the past 25 years’.
- The Irish Times on 20 May 2026: Rents in Ireland surged by highest level on record after new control system started. (Subscriber content)
- The Journal.ie on 20 May 2026: Cost of renting hits record levels during introduction of new government rules.
- RTÉ website on 20 May 2026: 'Sharp' increase in rent prices as new rules in effect.
- RTÉ Radio 1 Morning Ireland on 20 May 2026: Rent rose by over 4% in last quarter.
- Irish Independent on 20 May 2026: Renters hit by record hikes just before new rules came in.
- Irish Examiner on 20 May 2026: Rents rose a record 4.4% after Government reforms came into force, new report shows.
- The report is available on the DAFT website: Irish Rental Report Q1 2026.
Dr Elisabetta Magnanti and Dr Mark Faulkner, School of English, received further global coverage of their discovery of a 1,200-year-old manuscript in Old English of Caedmon’s Hymn.
- The Boston Globe on 17 May 2026: Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem. (Subscriber content)
- The Independent (UK) on 17 May 2026: ‘Speechless’ experts uncover oldest English poem hiding in medieval book.
- Belfast Telegraph on 17 May 2026: Researchers ‘speechless’ as oldest English poem found in medieval book in Rome.
- Indian Express on 20 May 2026: Explained: Caedmon’s Hymn, the oldest English poem just got more dated.
Professor Mary Rogan, School of Law, is quoted in an in-depth article about discharge process in Irish nursing homes in The Journal.ie on 19 May 2026: 28 days later: Fears over people being ‘evicted’ from nursing homes.
Department of Irish and Celtic Studies, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies. The one-day conference organised by the Department to celebrate the blackbird / an lon dubh was recommended on the Dublin InQuirer website on 14 May 2026: Things To Do: Really get to grips with the blackbird, celebrate referees, spend too much time in Trinity College.
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies. An article on students from Gaza studying in Ireland features comments from Niven Loubbad, who is finishing a Masters in Applied Intercultural Communication at Trinity, who is quoted as saying that “Coming here was like a dream for me. I thought 'Oh my God I can't wait to survive the genocide, to have a new start'. But when I arrived, I saw it was not that easy." RTÉ website on 17 May 2026: 'Life feels like a movie' - Gazans studying in Ireland.
Trinity Business School. This article notes that Indian School of Business, Lagos Business School and Trinity College Dublin Business School scored highest on a combined measure of revenue growth and repeat business for open-enrolment programmes in the Financial Times on 18 May 2026: London and Milan top twin FT executive education rankings.