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Trinity campus to re-open on Sunday at 10am

Normal weekend service to resume from Sunday. Book of Kells to re-open at noon.

3 Mar 2018

Homelessness associated with a dramatic increase in A&E attendance

Homeless people use emergency department 20 times more than their housed counterparts and have 10 times more inpatient bed days, according to a new study carried out by researchers at Trinity College Dublin.

25 Jan 2018

Trinity Week to explore the impact of energy on research and culture

This year’s varied programme features free energy-themed events from lectures to theatrical productions, all of which are open to the public.

6 Apr 2018

Trinity invites you to explore sustainable development in free online course

Trinity’s free massive open online course, Achieving Sustainable Development, will shine a light on the challenges facing the world and the actions needed to create a better one.

23 Oct 2018

Research

Digital project to recreate public record office destroyed by Four Courts fire

A ground-breaking project to digitally recreate the building and contents of the Public Record Office of Ireland, destroyed by fire at Dublin’s Four Courts at the outset of the Irish Civil War, has been announced by Trinity College Dublin.

8 Feb 2018

29th Annual Trinity Secondhand Booksale

The event, which features thousands of novels, academic books, journals, guides and reference books, is the largest charity booksale in Ireland.

29 Jan 2018

Launch of major new programme to help parents teach children creative computing

Trinity and National Parents Council join forces to demystify computer coding and help parents/guardians and children work together to develop essential skills.

9 Oct 2018

Research

‘Violence, ridicule and silence: Irishwomen’s road to the vote’ ? new exhibition

Trinity Library Exhibition marks 100 years of Women’s Suffrage in Ireland.

7 Mar 2018

Announcement of Fellows and Scholars

The announcement of Scholars and Fellows takes place on Trinity Monday, 11 April. The ceremony is one of the oldest and most colourful at Trinity College and marks the beginning of the annual Trinity Week, a long established celebration of College life.

8 Apr 2016

Trinity launches new European digital health incubator programme

Digital health start-ups from across Ireland and Europe are embarking on a brand new European incubator programme hosted by Trinity College Dublin which aims to identify new technologies that promote healthy living, support active ageing and improve health care systems.

19 Jun 2018

‘Who reads poetry?’ asks Ireland’s Professor of Poetry Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

The relationship between the poet and their reader was the focus of the annual Ireland Chair of Poetry lecture lecture delivered by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin in Trinity College Dublin this week.

15 Mar 2018

Trinity welcomes Student Unions’ decision to wind down their protest

Trinity welcomes the decision by the Students’ Union and Graduate Students’ Union to wind down protests .

15 Mar 2018

The seemingly unremarkable crystals that could help predict volcanic eruptions

The new approach may also prove useful for studying volcanoes that have remained dormant.

23 Jan 2018

Rugby’s Silvester is Sports Person of Year

Annual awards celebrate year's sporting highlights

24 May 2018

Professor Luiz DaSilva delivers inaugural Trinity lecture

The lecture considered recent developments in wireless communications networks with a focus on the use of machine learning, stochastic geometry, and game theory.

10 Apr 2018

Trinity and Oxford go head-to-head in student Brexit debate

Trinity and Oxford contended that ‘This House would unite Ireland post-Brexit’ in Student Economic Review Debate.

7 Dec 2018

2018 Grattan Scholars committed to understanding & improving society

The School of Social Sciences and Philosophy has awarded two prestigious Grattan Scholarships to postgraduate students in the disciplines of Political Science and Sociology.

6 Dec 2018

Engineers showcase next-gen robotics research at Europe’s largest maker event

A Trinity delegation of six is showcasing a range of research including ‘Stevie’ the robot at Maker Faire Rome.

12 Oct 2018

Research

Palliative care improves hospital care for seriously ill patients

Palliative care provided by specialist medical and nursing teams to patients with complex health needs significantly improves their experience of care, new research from Trinity College Dublin shows.

4 May 2018

Wicked problems and how to solve them

An opinion piece published by The Conversation that explains how wicked problems can be solved, by using a water systems research case study.

18 Oct 2018