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 Ruth Barton, Fellow Emeritus, School of Creative Arts. ‘Film critics John Maguire and Ruth Barton set sail with Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated epic, The Odyssey’ on RTÉ Radio 1 Arena on 15 July 2026: The Epic Everyone's Talking About.

 

Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies, was interviewed for an article following his recent appointment as a 'global changemaker' event for Oxfam. Oxfam Ireland website on 19/06/2026: “The single most important intellectual awakening of my life was that year in Palestine teaching. Nothing has come close since.”

 

Dr Róisín Á Costello, School of Law, provides expert comment expressing her concerns about the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025 which is set to pass in the Seanad on 23 June 2026, in a co-written article on the Irish Council for Civil Liberties website on 23 June 2026: Garda AI Bill lacks legal clarity and threatens fundamental rights – ICCL and Trinity law professor.

 

Professor Rhodri Cusack, School of Psychology and TCIN, and Professor Richard Layte, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, were recently awarded ERC Advanced grants for their research projects. These prestigious awards are featured in a number of media items:

 

Dr Alastair Daly, School of Histories and Humanities, appeared in a number of media items providing expert comment on Homer’s The Odyssey following the release of Christopher Nolan’s movie.

 

Michele d’Errico, PhD Researcher, and Professor Taha Yasseri, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, have published an article about trust in science and belief in scientific conspiracy theories, in The Conversation on 20 July 2026: Why do some people who trust in science also believe in scientific conspiracy theories.

 

Professor Lindsey Earner-Byrne, School of Histories and Humanities, has co-authored an article about why the UK Government needed to apologise for its role in historical forced adoptions in England in The Conversation on 02 July 2026: Why the UK government needed to apologise for its role in historical forced adoptions in England.

 

Alan Eustace, School of Law, has written an opinion piece on the ‘growing trepidation as negotiations between unions representing public sector workers and the Government have broken down, raising the spectre of that dreaded euphemism, “disruption”, over the coming weeks’:

 

Professor Massimo Faggioli, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies, provides expert comment, on the in an article on the Dialog event being held in Wicklow this summer, which looks at this supposed visionary with radical views on his ‘Antichrist' in the Irish Independent on 26 June 2026: From PayPal to Powerscourt: Peter Thiel's Irish Gathering. (Subscriber content)

 

Professor Patrick Geoghegan, School of History and Humanities and Trinity Long Room Hub, gave the first of the 2026 Hardiman lecture series at the Supreme Court. Professor Geoghegan’s lecture, ‘Myths and Misunderstandings in Modern Irish History’, outlined a series of misconceptions that had become myths, and why this was so. The lecture features in an article in the Law Society of Ireland Gazette on 22 June 2026: Misunderstandings in Irish history examined.

 

Dr Ashish Kumar Jha, Trinity Business School, is quoted in this piece which states that ‘researchers warn social media users can form strong opinions after viewing only a few social media posts on a topic’ on the Euronews website on 01 July 2026: Just a few social media posts from self-styled 'experts' can strongly influence opinion, study says.

 

Professor Ahuvia Kahane, School of Histories and Humanities, is a radio guest providing expert comment on how to read Homer’s epic ‘The Odyssey’ ahead of Christopher Nolan’s movie release on RTÉ Radio 1 Arena: How to read The Odyssey?

 

Dr Liam Kneafsey, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, co-authored this piece on the authors’ analysis that ‘Income levels, education and gender may not predict an interest in the GAA, but it's different with voting intentions and left-right positions’, on RTÉ Brainstorm on 20 July 2026: Does an interest in Gaelic games predict how you will vote?

 

Professor Ronan Lyons, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, provides expert comment on the recent Daft.ie report in a number of media items

 

Dr Eimear Nolan, Trinity Business School, has co-written an article which urges ‘educators, students and university leaders to consider a deeper question: why and how is Gen-AI reshaping the very ownership and production of knowledge in higher education?’ in the AI Journal in July 2026: AI in Higher Education: Who Gets to Decide What Counts as Knowledge?

 

Professor Shane O’Mara, School of Psychology and TCIN, appeared on radio to explain new research which suggests that people who speak two or more languages may have brains that age more slowly, with the biggest benefits seen in those who speak several languages, on Newstalk Radio Breakfast on 07 July 2026: Could learning another language help keep your brain younger?

 

Professor Eoin O’Sullivan, School of Social Work and Social Policy, and the School, supported Focus Ireland in reports on the Irish dimension in findings from the European Homelessness Count which included Dublin and Cork. The reports were featured in an article which states that ‘Two reports released by Focus Ireland provide "one of the clearest pictures of the scale and nature of homelessness" in Ireland's two largest urban areas, according to the homeless charity’ on the RTÉ website on 22 June 2026: Scale of 'hidden homelessness' in Dublin, Cork detailed in report.

 

Dr Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, provides expert comment on a number of issues in separate media items:

Hospitality Sector VAT reduction:

Inheritance Tax:

 

Professor Ian Robertson, Fellow Emeritus, School of Psychology, has written opinion pieces on a number of topics:

 

Tim Scott, School of Creative Arts and Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre, is interviewed on radio about a new play he has written ‘Oscar Unwritten’ which is showing which has been performed in Trinity College Dublin over this summer. RTÉ Radio 1 Arena on 02 July 2026: Oscar Unwritten.

 

Professor Konstantinos Tsetsos, School of Psychology and TCIN, is part of a new project called Forecast 2026, in which researchers at University College London and TCD, pits soccer fans against AI and statistical models to see who predicts the 2026 World Cup match results best. The study is the feature of an article in The Scientist on 03 July 2026: AI and Humans Duel to Predict World Cup Outcomes.

 

Dr Ciarán Wallace, School of Histories and Humanities, and Director of the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, appears in a number of media items following the release of a further 194,000 historical records dating back to 1692.

 

Department of Italian, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies. The recent biennial conference of the Society for Italian Studies jointly hosted by TCD and UCD which celebrated Ireland's pioneering role in Italian Studies as the first country in the world to establish university chairs in modern European languages, is featured in this article on James Joyce in the Irish Times on 10 July 2026: Talking Italian: Frank McNally on Joyce, Beckett and 250 years of language studies in Ireland.