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 Deirdre Ahern, School of Law, has been appointed as one of the seven members to the new Board of Oifig IS na hÉireann (the AI Office of Ireland). Further details are available in the Government Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment press release.

 

Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies, appeared in a number of media outlets to discuss the following topics:

The denial of visas for students travelling from Gaza to Ireland to take up their places at Irish universities:

Settler violence across the West Bank:

On TRT World Now news (Turkish publish broadcast) on 14 August 2026: Israeli army imposes curfew on occupied West Bank town of Qusra.

 

Professor Christine Casey, School of Histories and Humanities. Tributes and condolences were paid to Professor Casey, who sadly died recently, in a number of media items. Professor Casey was Professor of Architectural History in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, and an Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI).

 

Dr Lisa Doyle, School of Histories and Humanities, appeared in a number of media items:

 

Alan Eustace, School of Law, has written two opinion pieces on the following topics:

 

Dr Liam Kneafsey, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, and co-author Miceal Canavan, Ulster University, have written an article stating that ‘as long as Irish people see their own history in the Palestinian present, Ireland's distinctive position in the world is unlikely to change’ on the RTÉ Brainstorm website on 10 August 2026: Why does Ireland care so much about Palestine?

 

Professor Ronan Lyons, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, is featured in a number of media items providing expert comment on the recent Daft.ie report he authored, including quotes that it ‘suggests that the surge in rents in early 2026 was a one-off reset rather than the start of a new trend’ and that the ‘Rental scarcity is no longer a Dublin problem, or an urban one with a national fringe, but a national one’:

 

Alexandra Madeła, IRC Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Histories and Humanities, was a panel guest on a radio show focusing on The Odyssey and why a story of monsters, magic, gods and vengeance continues to inspire and enthral people nearly 3,000 years after it was first composed on Newstalk radio’s Talking History show on 04 August 2026: The Odyssey.

 

Dr Stephen Murphy, Trinity Business School, appeared on radio to discuss smoking and to help explain ‘why we're suddenly seeing this increase of use in the country, which he described as a “tricky" task’ on The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk Radio on 23 August 2026: Cigarette smoking is on the rise again, but why?

 

Dr Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, appeared in an number of media items:

 

Professor Ian Robertson, Fellow Emeritus, School of Psychology, has appeared in a number of media items:

 

Dr Billy Shortall, School of Histories and Humanities, was recently awarded funding for his research project ‘Dublin Civic Weeks 1927 and 1929: Staging Modern Ireland - A digital commemoration’ from the Royal Irish Academy’s Commemorations Bursary Scheme, supported by the Government Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. The award is featured in an article about the eleven winners of funding on the RIA website on 17 July 2026: Eleven historical research projects awarded funding under the 2026 Commemorations Bursary Scheme.

 

Dr John Walsh, School of Education, was one of the expert contributors for Tumtha, a documentary on RTÉ 2 telling the story of the Coláistí Ullmhúcháin (Preparatory Colleges), seven all-Irish second-level boarding schools established in the early years of the State to support the revival of the Irish language. The programme was aired on RTÉ on 28 July 2026 and can be viewed on the RTÉ player: Tumtha.