Articles
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CONNECT celebrates a decade of pioneering research and innovation
The CONNECT Research Ireland Centre this week marked its tenth anniversary with a vibrant showcase celebrating a decade of pioneering research, innovation, and collaboration in future networks and communications.
7 Nov 2025
Innovation|Research|Science
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ARC Hub for Therapeutics supports new nasal vaccine with potential to transform respiratory disease prevention
A research team from Trinity has unveiled a groundbreaking new approach to vaccination that could redefine how we protect against respiratory infections.
10 Nov 2025
Health|Innovation|Research|Science
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Ferdia Lennon awarded 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
The €10,000 Rooney Prize, administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Creative Writing in the School of English, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40 years of age.
10 Nov 2025
Arts|Awards and Funding|Culture
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Trinity student delegates attend COP30 in Belém
Two delegates will represent Trinity at the 2025 United Nation Climate Change Conference (COP30), taking place in Belém, Brazil from 10-21 November. Trinity Sustainability gained observer status to the conference in 2023 and was allocated two in-person delegates and ten virtual delegates for 2025. Trinity’s representatives will access seminars, panels and networking opportunities, but not the negotiations.
10 Nov 2025
Community|Environment|Society|Students|Sustainability
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Learners urged to take part in 2025 College Awareness Week
Now in its twelfth year, CAW celebrates the importance of post-secondary education and highlights the diverse pathways available to learners of all ages—especially those from underrepresented backgrounds.
10 Nov 2025
Community|Students
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Study suggests speaking more languages might keep you younger
An international study led by Dr. Agustín Ibáñez and co-authors reveals that speaking multiple languages may slow the biological processes of aging and protect against age-related decline.
11 Nov 2025
Health|Research|Society
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“AIdeology” – research coins a radical new description of AI and how it is shaping societal beliefs
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a mere technological tool. It has already evolved into a new ideology — a system of values and beliefs that is shaping how society understands progress, sustainability, and even humanity itself.
12 Nov 2025
Culture|Research|Science
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Trinity researchers feature in Highly Cited Researchers List of 2025
Three researchers from Trinity -- Profs. Valeria Nicolosi, Alan Irvine MD DSc, and Jonathan Coleman -- featured today in the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 List.
12 Nov 2025
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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Time capsule installed in Trinity Business School to connect with future business leaders
A time capsule designed to resemble a bank vault has been installed in the foyer of Trinity Business School. It preserves 155 messages from the graduating class of 2025, current students, and staff, and is set to be opened by the Dean of the School in 2075.
13 Nov 2025
Business|Community
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Ireland’s first novel for children under the spotlight at Trinity symposium
Ireland’s ‘first’ novel for children, a coming-of-age tale published in 1794, is the focus of a talk celebrating the 20th anniversary of the arrival of the Pollard Collection of Children’s Books to the Library of Trinity College Dublin.
13 Nov 2025
Culture|Research
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Link between gut microbiome and autism not backed by science, researchers say
There’s no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper publishing today in international Cell Press journal Neuron.
13 Nov 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity researchers secure Frontiers for the Future funding to pursue cutting-edge projects
Researchers from Trinity are leading seven newly announced research projects funded via Research Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme.
14 Nov 2025
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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Professor John Kelleher delivers inaugural lecture as Chair of Computer Science at Trinity
Prof. Kelleher delivered his lecture “Aging, Artificial Intelligence, and Outcomes: Modeling Age in Stroke Risk and Patient Prognosis” to a full house in the Trinity Business School last week.
14 Nov 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Transforming Care: collective research leads the way in tackling multimorbidity
A comprehensive programme of new research from the Health Research Board (HRB) Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) in Multimorbidity has provided crucial insights and evidence-based solutions to improve healthcare and outcomes for people living with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity).
14 Nov 2025
Awards and Funding|Health|Research
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Trinity places 29th in world in 2026 QS sustainability ranking
Trinity’s Vice-President for Biodiversity and Climate Action Jane Stout said: “There are now a huge number of people across the whole university working towards a shared vision for a better future, including our student body, colleagues in Estates and Facilities, Academic Practice, the Library, Catering, the Health Service, as well as the academic schools. We can be proud of what we have achieved so far."
18 Nov 2025
Environment|Health|Society|Students|Sustainability
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Trinity welcomes three new Pro-Chancellors
Professor Gerard McHugh, Hugo MacNeill, and Mark Orr have been inaugurated as Pro-Chancellors of Trinity College Dublin at special ceremonies in the university.
18 Nov 2025
Community
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From that Small Island documentary scoops award at Newport Beach Film Festival
From that Small Island documentary, which features a host of Trinity researchers, traces the story the Irish—from first inhabitants to a global diaspora of 80 million plus.
19 Nov 2025
Culture|Research
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Trinity receives first philanthropic donation in cryptocurrency
The funds will be used to support Pathways to Business, a programme run by Trinity Business School and Trinity Access Programmes that bridges gaps for second-level and undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds, helping them pursue careers in business.
20 Nov 2025
Business|Community|Innovation|Students
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Researchers begin study investigating shared languages and identities on the island of Ireland
The new research project based between Trinity and Queen's University Belfast will collect information about the rich linguistic and cultural diversities of communities from every county in Ireland north and south.
20 Nov 2025
Culture|Research|Society
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Male vulnerability still ridiculed in contemporary societies, making it difficult for abused men to seek support
A new study, called the MENCALLHELP2 project, has explored the content, nature and characteristics of call data received by the Men’s Aid Ireland national helpline service over one calendar year (2022)
19 Nov 2025
Health|Research
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First national study on LGBTQI+ inclusivity in football published
Trinity College joined with Bohemian Football Club, to examine the experiences of LGBTQI+ people in relation to participation, openness, discrimination and harassment, barriers and positive/protective factors in football settings in the Republic of Ireland.
20 Nov 2025
Culture|Health|Research
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Trinity’s Bookmarks programme celebrates creativity and inclusion with Ballyfermot Traveller Action Project
This partnership forms part of the PATH 5 initiative supporting Traveller and Roma communities, with outreach activities carried out in collaboration between Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.
24 Nov 2025
Arts|Community|Society
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Study demonstrates proof of concept for preventing oesophageal cancer
Trinity St James's Cancer Institute (TSJCI) researchers demonstrated the power of a structured, quality-assured Barrett’s Oesophagus Registry to prevent and detect early oesophageal cancer.
22 Nov 2025
Health|Innovation|Research
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Study identifies powerful opportunity to act on dementia prevention
New research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) highlights a widespread prevalence of treatable risk factors for dementia among older adults in Ireland, many of which remain under-treated.
17 Nov 2025
Health|Research|Society
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A fish-friendly innovation that could turn river barriers into green power stations
Researchers from Trinity and UCD have designed and road – or “river” – tested a new barrier modification system that enables fish to travel up and downstream while simultaneously generating green energy for local consumption.
25 Nov 2025
Environment|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity’s addiction expert joins Europe’s frontline in drug science
Jo Hanna Ivers, Associate Professor in Addiction and Associate Dean of Civic Engagement at Trinity College, has been appointed to the Scientific Committee of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA).
25 Nov 2025
Health|Research|Society
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Enda Kenny presented with inaugural Trinity European Laureate Award
The award is in recognition of his leadership when Ireland last held the Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2013.
25 Nov 2025
Culture|Research|Society
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Scientists uncover how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function
The scientists have discovered that a single inherited mutation causes whole-body issues in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial disorders after the immune response is sparked into action.
26 Nov 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity awards posthumous degree to writer Christy Nolan
This unique award comes in the year of the 25th anniversary of Trinity’s disAbility service, and celebrates the fact that Christy, despite immense physical barriers, found a community in Trinity that recognised his potential and his voice.
27 Nov 2025
Arts|Community|Society
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New documentary shows a stark reckoning with Ireland’s Magdalene past – and the long fight for justice
The new documentary 'Testimony' is an essential reminder of a society’s efforts to contain female sexuality, writes Ruth Barton, School of Creative Arts, in a piece for The Conversation.
27 Nov 2025
Culture|Research