Articles
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Irish buff-tailed bumblebees are genetically distinct from their British counterparts
The news that our native bees are cut from a different cloth has important implications for conservation practices and may also inform the way imported commercial populations are managed.
15 Oct 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Thrive in Trinity: Provost sets out five-year strategic plan
Provost Dr Linda Doyle said at the event: "When we thrive, Trinity thrives. And when Trinity thrives, we are able to challenge and serve society more effectively, and make positive and lasting change in the world".
15 Oct 2025
Community|Culture|Innovation|Students
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Professor Karen Wiltshire wins 2025 A.G. Huntsman Medal
Prof. Wiltshire, a marine ecologist and climate scientist from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, was honoured for her innovative and interdisciplinary research in climate science, and for her significant contribution to international organisations, which has built capacity and brought new voices into the marine sciences.
16 Oct 2025
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Ireland’s strengths as a European leader in AI spotlighted at Artificial Intelligence conference
Taking place at the European Commission and Parliament’s headquarters in Dublin, ADVANCE 2025, hosted by ADAPT, the Research Ireland Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, spotlights Ireland’s role in European innovation, digital security, and an Open Source future.
16 Oct 2025
Business|Health|Innovation|Research|Science
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Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Taha Yasseri, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, writes for The Conversation about Grokipedia – a new project to rival Wikipedia being developed by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI.
16 Oct 2025
Research
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TILDA Connecting Generations Student Awards 2025
The awards event brought together students, staff, and guests from across Trinity’s schools and disciplines to explore the theme of ageing and connection through writing, film, and art.
16 Oct 2025
Arts|Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science|Society
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Trinity researcher contributes to landmark European Cancer Prevention Code
Professor Quentin Crowley, from the Discipline of Geology in Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, has contributed to the fifth edition of the European Code Against Cancer (ECAC5), which officially launched this weekend at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Berlin.
20 Oct 2025
Environment|Health|Research|Science
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"It changed my life”: 90-year-old former Trinity English student recalls university in the 1950s
“It changed my life at that age. I went there straight from a very strict English boarding school so the freedom was just wonderful. We just talked and talked and talked.”
20 Oct 2025
Arts|Community
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€4.3m Erasmus Mundus Grant awarded for new international Master’s in Applied Drama and Arts Education
Carmel O’Sullivan and the School of Education help secure the first ever Erasmus Mundus in applied drama and arts education in Europe.
20 Oct 2025
Arts|Culture|Research
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Extraordinary story of “world’s first multinational” corporation subject of 2025 Annual Edmund Burke Lecture
Historian and author William Dalrymple told audience of the remarkable rise and fall of the British East India Company at Trinity Long Room Hub’s Annual Edmund Burke Lecture
20 Oct 2025
Culture|Research
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What goes up must come down – scientists unearth “universal thermal performance curve” that shackles evolution
This “UTPC" seemingly applies to all species and dictates their responses to temperature change. It essentially “shackles evolution” as no species seem to have broken free from the constraints it imposes on how temperature affects performance.
21 Oct 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity team poses deep-space questions of mysterious dark energy
Astrophysicists are leading a project (TiDES) that will improve our understanding of the mysterious “dark energy” that comprises roughly two-thirds of the Universe and is responsible for its accelerating expansion. Their project kicks off as the revolutionary 4MOST facility captures its first light.
21 Oct 2025
Research|Science
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Irish presidency has evolved significantly in recent years
Once considered largely ceremonial and “above politics,” the presidency has evolved significantly in recent years, writes Gail McElroy, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy in a piece for The Conversation.
22 Oct 2025
Research|Society
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Ireland’s IT skills supply insufficient to meet future demand predictions
A new report co-authored by Trinity Business School has found that Ireland faces a considerable challenge to meet the future skills needs of its indigenous IT sector.
23 Oct 2025
Business|Research
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Trinity celebrates Haddad Foundation as fellowship programme extended
The Haddad Fellowships, which are worth some €40,000 for each student, are mainly focused on the arts and humanities, and are designed to advance the intellectual and cultural landscape in Brazil.
23 Oct 2025
Awards and Funding|Community|Culture
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Two Trinity inventions feature in TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2025 list
Two Trinity-nurtured inventions with their roots in the School of Engineering – an AI sensor and data centre cooling tech – have made TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2025 list.
22 Oct 2025
Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Sustainability
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No benefit of ketamine for patients hospitalised with depression, clinical trial reports
Researchers from Trinity College, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland, investigate use of twice-weekly ketamine infusions as an add-on treatment for inpatients with serious depression
22 Oct 2025
Health|Research
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Trinity student honoured at 2025 Hamilton Prize ceremony
Ronan Zaletel, an undergraduate in Trinity’s School of Mathematics, was honoured at the 2025 Hamilton Prize ceremony on 16th October – the day on which famed Trinity scientist William Rowan Hamilton discovered quaternion algebra in 1843.
23 Oct 2025
Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Students
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Study reveals how a stubborn lung infection evolves inside patients over years
Researchers wanted to know what allows the infection to hang on or come back, and whether it develops new tricks or resistances while living inside the lungs.
23 Oct 2025
Health|Research
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Marine scientists aim to restore native flat oyster reefs around the coast
Researchers from Trinity are collaborating on a new €1.5 million all-island project, funded by the Marine Institute, to restore native flat oyster reefs and enhance coastal resilience.
24 Oct 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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New research project will integrate agentic AI in mobile and wireless communication systems
The NAIRA project (Native AI for Energy Efficient and Sustainable Radio Access Networks) is a pioneering initiative that envisions a new generation of intelligent, energy-aware networks capable of learning, adapting, and optimising themselves in real time.
29 Oct 2025
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Redefining pneumonia and sepsis care
Two landmark international studies led by Professor Ignacio Martin-Loeches have been recently published in The Lancet and Nature Medicine — placing Irish critical care research firmly on the global stage.
31 Oct 2025
Health|Research
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We’ve done the science — let’s get on with climate action
Marking the launch of Trinity's Climate Gateway, Professor Karen Wiltshire issues a call to action: "This is no longer about whether climate change is real. It’s about how we adapt and how we mitigate — decisively, collectively, and intelligently."
3 Nov 2025
Community|Environment
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An Dr Rosie Lavan ina comheagarthóir ar chnuasach críochnúil filíochta le Seamus Heaney
Rinneadh ceiliúradh ar fhoilsiú an chnuasaigh chríochnúil filíochta le Seamus Heaney, a rabhthas ag súil leis le fada an lá, ag ócáid i mBaile Eachaidh, baile dúchais Seamus Heaney. Bhí an Dr Rosie Lavan ó Choláiste na Tríonóide ina comheagarthóir ar an gcnuasach.
3 Nov 2025
Culture|Research
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Ó na léarscáileanna is luaithe go dtí léarscáileanna turasóireachta na hÉireann i dtús an 20ú céad
Tá léarscáileanna ón 16ú céad de réimsí farraige na hÉireann, suirbhéireacht talún ó ré Chromail agus léarscáileanna turasóirí ón 19ú céad le feiceáil i dtaispeántas nua sa tSean-Leabharlann i gColáiste na Tríonóide.
3 Nov 2025
Culture|Research
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TILDA launches fully operational trusted research environment
This milestone strengthens TILDA’s and Trinity College’s position as leaders in research data infrastructure in Ireland.
1 Oct 2025
Health|Research
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Trinity launches Climate Gateway to build momentum for a resilient future
Professor of Climate Science Karen Wiltshire has spearheaded the Climate Gateway, which is designed to inform policy, develop innovative solutions, and build shared accountability. Anyone interested is encouraged to visit the Climate Gateway website and get involved.
4 Nov 2025
Business|Community|Environment|Research|Students|Sustainability
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Universities and colleges unite to boost safety on campuses
Funded by the Higher Education Authority, Speak Out’s dataset will be used to inform future responses to abuse and harassment in higher education, and to encourage formal reporting.
4 Nov 2025
Community|Society|Students
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€10 million ERC grant to investigate coercive interrogation practices awarded to Trinity researcher and colleagues
An international, interdisciplinary team of researchers, including Trinity’s Shane O'Mara and colleagues from Dublin City University, De Montfort University and Tilburg University, has secured a €10 million European Research Council grant to investigate coercive and abusive interrogation practices.
6 Nov 2025
Awards and Funding|Research
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First, simple memory tool for early recognition of rare types of lymphoma
Trinity researchers, along with UK collaborators, have created a simple but powerful diagnostic tool, which they believe will change a patient’s life in the diagnosis of a type of blood cancer that shows up on the skin.
5 Nov 2025
Health|Research