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.
Michael Becker, School of Law, is quoted in an article in the Guardian on why the ICJ is delaying a Gaza genocide judgement and says that a judgement may not come until 2027. The Guardian 27 July 2025: 'Really cautious': why the ICJ is delaying a Gaza genocide verdict.
Professor Louis Brennan, Fellow Emeritus, Trinity Business School, offers insight and historical context in an article on the deal between the United States and the European Union which may have averted a transatlantic trade war, but worries persist in in Ireland where crucial sectors are dependent on US multinationals. Radio France International (RFI) 28 July 2025: Ireland's 'economic miracle' at risk from tariffs.
Dr Peter Crooks, School of Histories and Humanities, is mentioned in an opinion piece in the Irish Times on the Virtual Treasury Record of Ireland Project which states, 'Boldly imaginative and ambitious, this project was conceived by Dr Peter Crooks of Trinity College Dublin in 2015 and has involved great effort on the part of archivists and historians to locate material in Irish and international archives.' The Irish Times - July 25, 2025: How millions of priceless words lost in a fire were painstakingly recovered. The essential mission of anyone who takes the past seriously is 'to make human understanding more profound'. (Subscriber content).
Professor David Kenny, School of Law, features in this podcast episode of Talking History, which discusses the man who helped make Henry VIII, until Henry VIII turned on him. Newstalk Radio 106-108FM talking History podcast on 27 July 2025: Thomas Cromwell: His Final Years.
Dr Stephen Murphy, Trinity Business School, discusses his new ethnographic research into conspiracy theory groups on RTÉ radio. RTÉ Radio Drivetime 29 July 2025: New research on conspiracy theory groups. Interview starts at 54:06 minutes into the show.
Please see also the news item about Dr Murphy’s research on the FAHSS news webpage.
Bhavya Shrivastava, PhD student, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, writes how as Ireland's population grows older and childbirth happens later in life, more families are supporting three generations at once. RTE.ie 30 July 2025: How 'sandwich generation' are caught up in cost of living crisis.
School of Histories and Humanities and Trinity Long Room Hub. There are multiple 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.
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Please see also the news story on the symposium on the FAHSS website here.
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Professor Patrick Geoghegan, School of Histories and Humanities and Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub, discusses commemorations celebrating 250 years since the birth of Daniel O'Connell on RTÉ radio. RTÉ Radio 1 Morning Ireland - 30 July 2025: Commemorating 250 years since the birth of Daniel O'Connell.
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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, University of Minnesota, a speaker at the symposium, is interviewed on the O'Connell 250 symposium by Dónaill Ó Conaill on Raidió na Life on 30 July 2025.
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Professor Christine Kinealy, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut, writes that O’Connell’s words and beliefs inspired many, including American abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass, who travelled to Ireland in the hope of hearing him speak, in an article in the Irish Independent. Irish Independent 30 July 2025: Daniel O’Connell’s ‘agitate’ message remains pertinent in the modern world, 250 years after his birth. (Subscriber content)
- Oleksandra Matviichuk: Ukrainian human rights lawyer and head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Center for Civil Liberties. She is interviewed on RTE’s Claire Byrne show and towards the end of the interview she talks about the relevance of Daniel O’Connell to the world today. RTÉ Radio 1 Claire Byrne Show 28 July 2025: Oleksandra Matviichuk: Ukrainian human rights lawyer on the global Legacy of Daniel O'Connell. Listen from 15.00 minutes for her comments on Daniel O'Connell.
- In an article in the Irish Times Oleksandra Matviichuk writes that there is a dangerous silence on the crime that made all other atrocities possible: the crime of aggression. Irish Times 30 July 2025: We must be honest about who Vladimir Putin is. His goal is not peace, but empire. (Subscriber content)
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Two new stamps commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell were unveiled by Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Trinity during the O'Connell 250 Symposium and feature in an article in the Journal. Journal.ie on 30 July 2025: Stamps of Daniel 'The Liberator' O'Connell have been unveiled to celebrate his 250th birthday.