Articles
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New evidence supports the case for universal healthcare
New research by Trinity College Dublin healthcare experts has suggested that the full introduction of the Sláintecare model of universal healthcare would fundamentally change the funding of healthcare in Ireland with the share of household out of pocket payments falling from 15.4% currently to 8.5% in 2027.
19 Sep 2017
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Rough Magic donate their chapter of Irish Theatrical History to Trinity Library
Over 115 productions and 33 years later this remarkable company is donating the Company Archive to the Library of Trinity College Dublin, as part of a series of events marking the 50th anniversary of the Berkeley Library in 2017.
1 Aug 2017
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Presentation of Trinity Honorary Degrees 2017
Bob Geldof, Professor Marianne Elliot, Professor James P. Smith, Patricia Oliver, and Professor Terence Dwyer, speak to us about what receiving a honorary degree from Trinity means to them.
27 Jun 2017
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Careers Advisory Service introduces MyCareer portal
MyCareer, an online career management system run by the Careers Advisory Service is now live for students, graduates, staff and employers.
13 Jul 2017
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Postgraduate Open Day – 1 February
Take the opportunity to meet with our expert academic staff and hear about the right course for you across our faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Engineering, Mathematics and Science; and Health Sciences.
24 Jan 2017
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Lessons from gold and silver: Professor Brian Lucey gives inaugural lecture
In his inaugural lecture, Professor Brian Lucey discussed how the economics of gold and silver can help us understand the challenges facing financial economics.
15 May 2017
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Impressive innings for Trinity Cricket
Club celebrates 1,000 games
16 Jun 2017
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Innovative education practices improve students’ College-going ambitions
Secondary school students who had direct engagement with a University or its students were more than twice as likely to say they plan to do a degree.
9 Oct 2017
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World’s biggest climate innovation summer school comes to Trinity
Students from around the world will develop climate-positive business ideas at Trinity before pitching these at the programme end in Riga, Latvia.
14 Aug 2017
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Ancient meteorite impact sparked long-lived volcanic eruptions on Earth
Ancient meteorite impact sparked long-lived volcanic eruptions on Earth.
3 May 2017
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Scientists identify new mechanism for the development of schizophrenia
October 2017.
10 Oct 2017
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Quantum computers closer to reality following molecular magnets breakthrough
The breakthrough could increase a computer hard-disk’s capacity by 1000 using tiny molecules.
28 Feb 2017
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Books by Dublin children join Book of Kells for Bookmarks exhibition
An exhibition of 70 handmade books written and illustrated by Dublin children, and inspired by works from the Pollard Collection at Trinity College was launched by Laureate na nÓg PJ Lynch in the Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity.
4 Apr 2017
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Homeless children relying on takeaways
Trinity research highlights how parents living in in emergency homeless accommodation struggle to provide healthy meals for their children and themselves
10 Aug 2017
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New energy solution will maximise the health of the power-grid’s heart
The product will allow power distributors to better assess power-grid usage and adopt a more proactive approach to managing energy provision.
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Seahorse consortium project wins prestigious maritime safety award
Trinity College Dublin is part of the consortium of universities and private companies that aims to make maritime shipping safer.
17 May 2017
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New mental health collaboration project receives funding award
The School of Nursing and Midwifery has been successful in securing over €300k in funding for STRENCO, a project to strengthen collaboration between academics and students, service users and practitioners in the field of mental health and in an international context.
6 Dec 2017
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A series of musical performances that celebrate ‘silence’ in music
As part of the Trinity Creative Challenge, Professor Adrian Tien and Professor Richard Duckworth, along with a number of renowned musicians, ask the question, can silence be musical?
11 Apr 2017
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The IT Service Desk Team
A phenomenal 44,100 enquiries so far this academic year have been responded to by Trinity’s IT Service Desk. Looking after the IT queries of an entire university with some 3,000 staff members and 17,500 students is undoubtedly a busy job.
13 Jul 2017
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The two Koreas have tried to make peace before – and they could do so again
As the war of words between Washington and Pyongyang gets ever more lurid, it’s easy to forget that North and South Korea have made serious efforts to defrost their relationship before, explains Dong Jin Kim, Research Fellow, Irish School of Ecumenics.
12 Dec 2017
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Data — the key to solving our problems, or just a weapon for sabotage?
Trinity marks Data Protection Day with events focused on the potential -- and danger -- of sharing personal data.
25 Jan 2017
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Forgotten memories may be retrievable
Assistant Professor in Trinity's School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Tomas Ryan, recently delivered a TEDMED talk in which he explained how seemingly lost memories may be accessible.
8 Aug 2017
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TILDA report gives unique insight into end of life experiences of older people
A new study released today by the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin provides a deep and important understanding of the end-of-life experience of older adults in Ireland. The report examines issues such as where TILDA participants died, which services and care they received and their quality of life, health and disability leading up to their death.
12 Dec 2017
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Trinity Innovation Awards 2017 – Celebrating Innovative Research
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin were acknowledged for their innovative research and entrepreneurship at the Trinity Innovation Awards 2017 special awards ceremony last night [November 27th, 2017]. The highest accolade, the Provost Innovation Award went to Professor of Biochemistry, Luke O'Neill for his outstanding contribution to innovation throughout his career.
28 Nov 2017
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Atlantic Philanthropies’ board members visit the Global Brain Health Institute
During the last meeting in Ireland of Atlantic Philanthropies, board members, executive managers, and representatives of the organisation paid a visit to the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) based in the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
3 Jul 2017
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Homelessness among women in Ireland highest in Europe
Growing numbers of women throughout Europe are experiencing homelessness according to research published by Trinity academic, Dr Paula Mayock.
11 Jul 2017
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Does the next industrial revolution spell the end of manufacturing jobs?
Research Assistant in Manufacturing Research Engineering at Trinity, Jeff Morgan, believes that it is up to us to make sure the 'robot workforce' works for us -- freeing us up to focus more on business development and creative science.
20 Jul 2017
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Trinity researchers advise caution when treating blood pressure in older people
New research suggests the benefit of aggressively lowering blood pressure in older people should be balanced against the increased the risk of associated falls and blackouts as otherwise it may harm rather than help
14 Aug 2017
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Trinity Sport celebrates new scholars
Event for friends and family held in the Dining Hall
23 Jan 2017
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Foreign parliaments are not powerless to help the Rohingya
Research Fellow at Trinity, Andreja Pegan, with a co-authored opinion piece published by The Conversation, in which she argues that pressure from foreign parliaments on Myanmar is vital.
27 Nov 2017